flicker on tv when filmed on video camera

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I need a very basic copy of some footage I have saved on a hdd tv external hard drive/dvd player I just want to save time by just filming off the tv the footage on into my camera and then put on th laptop, but you get that flicking effect on the tv. It is a 8 year old rear projection, do you get the same flicker effect on the more modern LCD tv's?

Thanks in advance

[ChuckFickens]

Possibly not. it depends on the refresh rate of the screen, LCDs and plasmas are far far less likely to flicker when filmed, but it's not impossible for them to do so.

[Old_Geezer]

Can't be sure but I'd guess any picture which is updated a number of times a second (but which the eye's hysteresis means you don't actually become aware of) is likely to have the same problem when filmed on other tech having it's own update rate.

Worth trying and seeing.

[what..the?]

thanks

[pug100]

Hi,
It's to do with the difference between the tv feld refesh rate and the cameras electronic shutter speed. Most tvs field scan is 50Hz, some Philips sets scan at 100Hz.

Your camera may have a variable shutter speed (they are all diffferent and you don't say whch camera you are using). If it does try changing the shutter speed and try to match the field scan rate to reduce the flicker.

[what..the?]

thanks pug will try