[comp.sys.amiga] will polarized plastic stop flicker

880274d@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Ralph Doncaster) (01/28/91)

Does anyone know if clear polarized plastic will stop the flicker from interlaced mode?
I know tinted polarized sunglasses work well, but I don't know if it is mainly the polarization or the tinting.
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|Ralph Doncaster                                                            |
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orb@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (Randolph Turner) (01/28/91)

880274d@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Ralph Doncaster) writes:

> Does anyone know if clear polarized plastic will stop the flicker from interl
> I know tinted polarized sunglasses work well, but I don't know if it is mainl
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  After working in an Optics shop for the last year, I would speculate 
that the improvements you see in the flicker are due to the "tinting" of 
thge sunglasses.  Optical coatings can slow down certain wavelengths (or 
frequencies) of light while allowing other wavelengths to pass through 
untouched.  This would tend to reduce the amount of flicker you see in 
interlace mode.  As for polarizing, I don't see how that would have much 
effect.
 
Later,
Randy