[vslist] Persistency in CRTs, oscilloscopes

Andrew Watson abwatson@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Thu Mar 7 12:26:00 2002


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A quick check of PubMed shows some fairly recent and possibly useful 
reports on this subject:

[1]	M. A. Garcia-Perez and E. Peli, "Luminance artifacts of 
cathode-ray tube displays for vision research," Spat Vis, vol. 14, 
pp. 201-15, 2001.
[2]	V. Di Lollo, J. T. Enns, S. Yantis, and L. G. Dechief, 
"Response latencies to the onset and offset of visual stimuli," 
Percept Psychophys, vol. 62, pp. 218-25, 2000.
[3]	M. Bach, "A note on luminance calibration of raster-scan 
cathode-ray tubes: temporal resolution, ripple, and accuracy," Spat 
Vis, vol. 10, pp. 485-9, 1997.
[4]	V. Di Lollo, A. E. Seiffert, G. Burchett, R. Rabeeh, and T. 
A. Ruman, "Phosphor persistence of oscilloscopic displays: a 
comparison of four phosphors," Spat Vis, vol. 10, pp. 353-60, 1997.
[5]	W. Wolf and H. Deubel, "P31 phosphor persistence at photopic 
mean luminance level," Spat Vis, vol. 10, pp. 323-33, 1997.
[6]	D. E. Irwin, "On the measurement of phosphor persistence in 
oscilloscopic displays," Vision Res, vol. 34, pp. 1623, 1994.
[7]	V. Di Lollo, W. F. Bischof, P. U. Walther-Muller, M. T. 
Groner, and R. Groner, "Phosphor persistence in oscilloscopic 
displays: its luminance and visibility," Vision Res, vol. 34, pp. 
1619-20, 1994.
[8]	G. Westheimer, "Phosphor persistence in oscilloscopic 
displays," Vision Res, vol. 33, pp. 2337-8, 1993.
[9]	R. Groner, M. T. Groner, P. Muller, W. F. Bischof, and V. Di 
Lollo, "On the confounding effects of phosphor persistence in 
oscilloscopic displays," Vision Res, vol. 33, pp. 913-7, 1993.
[10]	C. Neary and A. J. Wilkins, "Effects of phosphor persistence 
on perception and the control of eye movements," Perception, vol. 18, 
pp. 257-64, 1989.

>We require a display with fast refresh rates and very short 
>persistency. From the literature, many opted
>for oscilloscopes such as the Tektronix 608 that uses the 
>fast-fading P15 phosphor. From our vendor,
>however, we are told this model is based on analog technology "dead 
>for 10 years".
>
>Can anyone advice on what displays are nowadays used when fast 
>refresh and short persistency is
>required? What is, for instance, the persistency of a flashed image 
>on a "regular" PC monitor?
>
>Also, I find no CRT monitors with vertical refresh rates in excess 
>of >160 Hz. Do faster monitors exist?
>Again, for how long does the image leave a trace behind when flashed 
>on these monitors?
>
>For newer, digital, oscilloscopes, the persistency is tunable, but 
>apparently only down to 50 msec. Are
>there better performers than this? Manufacturers? Models?
>
>Per Magne Knutsen
>


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<div>A quick check of PubMed shows some fairly recent and possibly
useful reports on this subject:</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">[1]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</x-tab>M. A. Garcia-Perez and E. Peli, "Luminance artifacts of
cathode-ray tube displays for vision research,"<i> Spat Vis</i>,
vol. 14, pp. 201-15, 2001.<br>
[2]<x-tab> </x-tab>V. Di Lollo, J. T. Enns, S. Yantis, and L. G.
Dechief, "Response latencies to the onset and offset of visual
stimuli,"<i> Percept Psychophys</i>, vol. 62, pp. 218-25, 2000.<br>
[3]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>M. Bach,
"A note on luminance calibration of raster-scan cathode-ray tubes:
temporal resolution, ripple, and accuracy,"<i> Spat Vis</i>, vol.
10, pp. 485-9, 1997.<br>
[4]<x-tab>&nbsp; </x-tab>V. Di Lollo, A. E. Seiffert, G. Burchett, R.
Rabeeh, and T. A. Ruman, "Phosphor persistence of oscilloscopic
displays: a comparison of four phosphors,"<i> Spat Vis</i>, vol. 10,
pp. 353-60, 1997.<br>
[5]<x-tab> </x-tab>W. Wolf and H. Deubel, "P31 phosphor persistence
at photopic mean luminance level,"<i> Spat Vis</i>, vol. 10, pp.
323-33, 1997.<br>
[6]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>D. E. Irwin, "On the
measurement of phosphor persistence in oscilloscopic displays,"<i>
Vision Res</i>, vol. 34, pp. 1623, 1994.<br>
[7]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>V. Di Lollo, W. F. Bischof, P. U.
Walther-Muller, M. T. Groner, and R. Groner, "Phosphor persistence
in oscilloscopic displays: its luminance and visibility,"<i> Vision
Res</i>, vol. 34, pp. 1619-20, 1994.<br>
[8]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>G. Westheimer,
"Phosphor persistence in oscilloscopic displays,"<i> Vision
Res</i>, vol. 33, pp. 2337-8, 1993.<br>
[9]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>R. Groner, M. T.
Groner, P. Muller, W. F. Bischof, and V. Di Lollo, "On the
confounding effects of phosphor persistence in oscilloscopic
displays,"<i> Vision Res</i>, vol. 33, pp. 913-7, 1993.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">[10]<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>C.
Neary and A. J. Wilkins, "Effects of phosphor persistence on
perception and the control of eye movements,"<i> Perception</i>,
vol. 18, pp. 257-64, 1989.</font></div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>We require a display with fast refresh
rates and very short persistency. From the literature, many opted<br>
for oscilloscopes such as the Tektronix 608 that uses the fast-fading
P15 phosphor. From our vendor,<br>
however, we are told this model is based on analog technology
&quot;dead for 10 years&quot;.<br>
<br>
Can anyone advice on what displays are nowadays used when fast refresh
and short persistency is<br>
required? What is, for instance, the persistency of a flashed image on
a &quot;regular&quot; PC monitor?<br>
<br>
Also, I find no CRT monitors with vertical refresh rates in excess of
&gt;160 Hz. Do faster monitors exist?<br>
Again, for how long does the image leave a trace behind when flashed
on these monitors?<br>
<br>
For newer, digital, oscilloscopes, the persistency is tunable, but
apparently only down to 50 msec. Are</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>there better performers than this?
Manufacturers? Models?<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Per Magne Knutsen<br>
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