I have the same "problem" looking out my lounge window every days end. The new plasma display sits in the corner beckoning me to watch. But my eyes are drawn across the bay to the distant snow covered mountains and the setting sun. Now that I've been "educated" on this issue of flicker, I note with a bit of research that Europeans apparently can suffer a similar annoyance problem with film judder due to 3:2 pull down that, according to the document I'm reading, does not affect Americans as they have "grown used to it from childhood" Barry Wilkins=20 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Schubin [mailto:tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 2004 2:51 p.m. To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040830 Mark's Monday Memo > Whilst in NZ Mark, did you see any of the dreaded 50Hz flicker syndrome? Barry Wilkins =3D20 Alas, yes. We were shooting in Wellington and also noticed it in hotels in Fox Glacier, Haast, Dunedin, and Christchurch. But it was hard to think about watching TV in such a wonderful place. TTFN, Mark =20 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org=20 - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.