59Hz Refresh Rate?

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?

dinga@noone.com (Mandinga) wrote in
news:XD0si.45$oo5.24@newsfe12.lga:

> 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.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

* 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