On 27/10/2015 01:56 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2015-10-27 03:23, Le_Forgeron a écrit :
>> Probably because Pal is an interleaved image: there is odd and even
>> frames. It was probably easier for the electronic in charge of
>> generating the lines in that order instead of obvious linear order.
>
> It's because the phosphorescent particles on the CRT face would dim too
> much by the time the scanning electron beam came back to tickle them
> back to life. By having an interleaved image, the flicker was less
> apparent.

I have personally used an ancient Grundig CRT TV with an Amiga 1200 set 
to a high enough resolution that pixels are 1 scanline high.

The flicker is *crazy*!

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