• Beacon@fedia.io
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    22 hours ago

    Did he ignore flicker problems again like last year? Because flicker ruins lights for a lot of us

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      15 hours ago

      I dunno. I just bought the Sylvannia led traditional white lights. Flicker free. Finally.

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        14 hours ago

        That’s what’s so stupid about the whole problem - the solution is known and easy but it costs a tiny bit more to make so lots of manufacturers don’t do it. It just needs to run off DC instead of AC. Simple.

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            12 hours ago

            Would still need a capacitor or something or it would flicker at 120Hz (in the US) but that’s not much more cost I would hope.

            Also those 4 would flicker more than the rest of the string.

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            11 hours ago

            I just looked it up and I’m fairly certain it wouldn’t work. Every time the output waveform gets too low then the led would turn off, which is what creates the flicker. An led needs a constant current to stay on constantly.

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      18 hours ago

      I actually ran my outside lights on rectified DC power last year because the flicker kills me

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            14 hours ago

            I may never understand why people get pissed at creators focusing on an issue they are passionate about - because that viewers specific issue wasn’t mentioned or focused on. Surely there is content that aligns with what you are seeking without forcing every other creator to monologe out every possible edge case like a US drug advert reading out side effects.

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                  3 hours ago

                  He is promoting a product. That product possibly has what many perceive as a severe defect (flicker). He could say it doesn’t personally bother him but still compare it to other lights in the same way he compared colors in detail. Is the flicker large or small?

                  I love his channel and watch every video. But that doesn’t mean I have to ignore when he misses a detail.

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                14 hours ago

                Something to that effect, yeah. I genuinely get people pointing out or raising the issue in the comments… If for no other reason than to perhaps inform the creator / community of something. But that has a far different energy than this. It almost always feels hostile.