Yes, digital 8 is very susceptilble to flicker. When I tried Digital 8 the first time all I could get was the picture pulsating back and forth from black. I had to then resort to my old VHS one, which worked pretty well. There may be some minimal flicker but nothing you would notice were you not looking for it. If you want to absolutely get rid of all flicker, I believe you need a variable speed projector set to 20 fps instead of 18.

But yes, Digital 8 will cause huge problems.