re subliminal message flashing on tv hi i was doing research on subliminal suggestion for a psychology paper and i read that one researcher flashed hidden messages on the tv screen at ths of a second is that possible i thought the maximum rate the tv was even capable of displaying images was th of a second or th of a second for an image composed of only odd or even scan lines you are correct the fastest complete image that could be presented on tv would be one field which is of a second approximately of course the phrase tv screen is often thrown around in reference to any crt display so perhaps this researcher wasn t using normal tv rates might even be a vector strokewriter display in which case the lower limit on image time is anyone s guess and is probably phosphor persistence limited bob myers kc ew hewlett packard co opinions expressed here are not systems technology div those of my employer or any other myers fc hp com fort collins colorado sentient life form on this planet
