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It's known as a "hum bar" and indeed is very common with CRT displays. I've run into it frequently with vintage arcade games when bad connections develop and you end up with 60Hz hum riding on the video and sync lines to the monitor. It's much of the reason why analog television vertical refresh rates usually match the power line frequency of the region. Syncing the vertical refresh to the line frequency minimizes the effect of interference.

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