> Not bulbs, but I know the tubes hum seem to increase in pitch and they 
> start flickering before they go. I spot it more often in shops (prevalence 
> of such lights), but the wierd thing if I point it out to someone or a 
> sales guy they just get a blank look. If it was all of the lights doing it 
> I'd say it was me, but it's just some. Oh and for some reason the flicker 
> shows up more in reflecting light, browsing one section of DVDs I had to 
> stop as it was like a strobe effect.
>
> Anyone else with the same thing or should I just submit myself to the 
> nearest lab for scientific study and dissection :-)

Yeh, I think your eye is more sensitive to flicker away from the centre 
high-resolution bit.  Often on my gf's parents old CRT (the only one I ever 
use nowadays) I can see it flicker out of the corner of my eye when 
displaying a whitish image (eg google website), but when I stare directly at 
it it looks fine.

Also, as I understand, the amount of flicker visible varies quite a lot 
person to person.  What you see as annoying flicker someone else might not 
even notice.

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