59Hz Refresh Rate?

[Mandinga]

I recently bought a Toshiba notebook equipped with a Radeon. It gives me two
refresh rate options 59Hz & 60Hz. I've never seen a 59Hz refresh rate
before. All my other LCDs' refresh rates are 60Hz.

Is the 59Hz a bug, or is there some special use for it?

 

[Bert Hyman]

(e-mail address removed) (Mandinga) wrote in

Is the 59Hz a bug, or is there some special use for it?

Just a wild guess, but maybe it's there so you can change the refresh
rate in the unlikely event that your display has synced up with a
nearby single-tube fluorescent fixture running at 60Hz.

 

[Benjamin Gawert]

* Mandinga:

I recently bought a Toshiba notebook equipped with a Radeon. It gives me two
refresh rate options 59Hz & 60Hz. I've never seen a 59Hz refresh rate
before. All my other LCDs' refresh rates are 60Hz.

Is the 59Hz a bug, or is there some special use for it?

No, it's no bug. 59Hz is quite common in notebooks but less often on
desktops.

Benjamin