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"This old TV is giving me a headache. Can you get a new one?" Photo: adzia/Flickr Blu-ray, high-def, LCD. Does any of it make a difference to our pets when they're nestled on the couch watching television with us? Turns out quick-thinking cats may actually prefer high end flat screens. According to an Auckland, New Zealand veterinarian, pusses prefer watching prime time on fancy 100Hz LCD screens that have a faster frame-per-second rate. "Cats process visual information much faster than the rest of us," Dr. Alex Melrose writes. "And to their eyes, our standard 50Hz television sets will usually appear to be projecting a mind-numbing, garbled flicker." Despite a popular myth, dogs ...