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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by buzzert on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:57PM (#28911624)
Do you have to use laptops with cathode backlights instead?
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by nitins_jakta on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:14PM (#28911847)
Ah, so for most of us LED itself is not strictly the problem. Low quality ones with a low refresh rate, like in some department stores, are a problem.

It is likely other sources of flicker like temporal dithering (FRC), you can see it here (it is on Windows too): https://youtu.be/0y-I3hqQgCQ

The visual noise/dots you see is the dithering. The e-ink display is slow enough so we can see it.

People with BVDs are strongly affected by that noise...and unfortunately simple pair of glasses does not help.