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And 120hz refresh rates... almost 20 years ago!
Yeah, and I had 3d shutter glasses that worked great with the trinitron... In 2000 or so. Nvidia 3d Vision came along later but now sadly those product lines are abandoned, I guess due to VR which is just not what I want at all
I remember playing MoH:AA, the play experience was quite out of this world.
What I want to know is, who implemented the original animation (on silicon, I presume?), and did they foresee that it would have such a cult following today?
I'm pretty sure the screensaver was done in software. All DVD players have some sort of an embedded computer inside (even the earliest ones had to handle things like on-disc menus). It wouldn't make much sense to implement all that non-time-sensitive logic in an ASIC.
Here's the link: https://codepen.io/ademilter/pen/oJqvNR
A while ago I made a bouncing DVD logo that would actually hit the corner every few bounces with high probability: https://nikital.github.io/screensaver (But then it would troll you just before hitting it)
Earlier I commented about turning it into a mac screensaver. Well, I went ahead and did it. Used your code, but didnt have a license. Do I have your permission? Here is the link to the repo: https://github.com/pabloriveracelerity/mac-dvd-screensaver Please let me know if you do not approve and I will take it down ASAP. No ill intentions. Just wanted to join the fun. :)
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I never noticed a benefit over 70 or so. The flicker of 60 made my eyes bleed though. Then with LCDs 60 was fine.
I still don't know what it is about 60 Hz that made me see the flicker plainly as a strobing light. TVs at 50 Hz—nothing (other than being generally bleh back then). Had to use 800x600 instead of 1024x768 just to have 85 Hz instead. On LCDs, I still can see faint flicker on some static backgrounds, and I think 60 Hz might play a role here too—though it seems to also depend on the brightness and Flux being on or off.…
As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
I guess plasma is the main reason why on-screen channel logos went from solid to translucent?
As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
Ironically, the increased popularity of OLED displays in television, computer and smartphone screens has brought this problem back. If this trend continues, perhaps those 3D maze, tubes, fish, will come back to everyone's computers soon.