619
Anon reflects on e-sports (sh.itjust.works)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] julianh@lemm.ee 98 points 2 weeks ago

Idk if it's just me but I have pretty good hearing, so I can hear the high pitch tone CRTs make and it drives me crazy.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago

This only happens with TVs or very low quality monitors. The flyback transformer vibrates at a frequency of ~15.7k Hz which is audible to the human ear. However, most PC CRT monitors have a flyback transformer that vibrates at ~32k Hz, which is beyond the human hearing range. So if you are hearing the high frequency noise some CRTs make, it is most likely not coming from a PC monitor.

Its a sound thats a part of the experience, and your brain tunes it out pretty quickly after repeated exposure to it. If the TV is playing sound such as game audio or music it becomes almost undetectable. Unless there is a problem with the flyback transformer circuit, which causes the volume to be higher than its supposed to be.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There is not one crt I ever encountered that I couldn't hear. So I'm having trouble believing you information.

I could time it out most of the time, but it was always there.

[-] deltapi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I could hear them too, when I was younger. I lost that frequency range of my hearing in my mid-to-late 20's, which I've read is normal.

load more comments (10 replies)
load more comments (11 replies)
load more comments (21 replies)
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
619 points (95.2% liked)

Greentext

3216 readers
758 users here now

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS