Re: Are TV's interlaced? Why no flicker?

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From: John Nagle
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:18

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jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Cronin) writes:
>Why don't ordinary TV sets flicker?  A friend told me that standard
>NTSC video signals are interlaced.  That doesn't make sense, since
>the picture should flicker enough to be unwatchable.  

     They do.  They are.  It does.  It is.  Get closer to the screen
and look.  Try still-framing a VCR.

					John Nagle

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