Quote Originally Posted by Sr7 View Post
Sorry, that's not correct. If what you're saying were correct, you'd never see tearing on an LCD, which is obviously not the case. Tearing comes from seeing part of an old frame at the same time as part of a new frame, and this is what happens on LCDs just the same as CRT monitors.

The per-pixel update is done progressively, not simultaneously.. or perhaps you can explain just how horizontal tearing shows up on an LCD?

What you're describing is the V-sync specific case, where the monitor only displays a single frame per refresh cycle.
Dude ... refresh rate is the number of times the monitor updates the image on screen, regardless of the condition of the frame data being fed to it .... that is what refresh rate means. If the frame buffer refreshes higher than the refresh rate of the monitor, you will see images distorted (tearing) because the image frame is inconsistent with the monitor frame, if the frame buffer refreshes slower than the refresh rate you will see the same effect.

Progressive and simultaneous are the same thing. LCDs are not scanned like CRTs, nor are the interlaced, by definition they are progressive.