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Does the refresh rate affect LCD screens?

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Mar 15, 202612338 views
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I have never really paid any attention to the refresh rate setting on computers with LCD screens. I thought with LCD displays the pixels are either on or off, they don't flicker like in old CRT monitors. Seems trivial to me, but my own graphics card allows me to select 59Hz or 60Hz - which leads me…

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Yes, but it is worthwhile clarifying. LCD pixels get turned on by current and turned off when the current stops. On the other hand, CRT pixels get excited when the electron beam hits them and immediately start to fade. The implications of this are: …

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