[ale] OT: Office lighting

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Michael H. Warfield wrote:

> 	If 120 Hz hurts (sorry, cheap pun) your eyes you've got bigger
> problems.  Frame rate on a standard NTSC television is very slightly less
> than 30 (29.97) Frames per second (Field rate, at 2 fields per frame, is
> slightly less than 60 (59.97) FIELDS per second).  Movie house movies,
> OTOH, would REALLY kill you at 24 frames per second (and no field / frame
> interlacing - you get 24 pics per second period).

Minor correction:  The strobe in the projector (they're not using shutters
much anymore) goes off three times per second before the film is advanced,
giving 72Hz.

glasher at nycap.rr.com
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