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computer vision syndrome
Does your eye ever get stressed out after using computers for awhile? It seems reading from a computer screen is a lot more demanding on the eyes than reading printed materials.
I heard there are "computer glasses"? Anyone know anything about them?
I heard there are "computer glasses"? Anyone know anything about them?
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It's the scan line flicker on the CRTs that give you a headache. Like Jake said, look into LCD or use a laptop. (Man, I want a big plasma screen to hang on the wall with bluetooth, but I'd get a headache paying for it.)
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I used to get eyestrain back when I had one of those primitive CRT monitors; I dumped it three years ago and went with a NEC LCD monitor. End of the problem and much better resolution and picture quality too.
*If you have one of those CRT monitors and if you have fluorescent lighting in the room, get into the settings and change it to anything other than 60Hz.
*If you have one of those CRT monitors and if you have fluorescent lighting in the room, get into the settings and change it to anything other than 60Hz.
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You'll also get a headache if reading under floresents (sp?) on white paper. It's the flicker of the lights. Same with a CRT monitor, the refreshing lines flicker which stresses the eyes, you'd do best to get an LCD.
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Remember to blink and your eye-line should be even with a point 1/3rd of the way down from the top of the monitor 
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If you are stuck with a CRT like at work, as Cowboy mentioned crank that refresh rate up. I generally go as high as the monitor will let me, but 60hz is absolute crap. This one only lets me go to 75hz but its still quite a difference.
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Yup, like the other guys said, crank up the refresh rate as far as it will go. You might run the monitor a little hotter, and therefor it might not last as long (slightly), but you're eyes will thank you for it.
I recently turned on my 21" CRT after living with a 19" LCD (same size, almost) and wondered what was going on with my eyes? Then realized the LCD is so much better to look at...
If you're at work, you can try to get an LCD screen by letting them know it'll use a lot less electricity over the three years they get to depreciate it that it might make up for the extra cost. Here on Long Island, electricity is so high that every big business has gone the LCD route for obvious reasons.
I recently turned on my 21" CRT after living with a 19" LCD (same size, almost) and wondered what was going on with my eyes? Then realized the LCD is so much better to look at...
If you're at work, you can try to get an LCD screen by letting them know it'll use a lot less electricity over the three years they get to depreciate it that it might make up for the extra cost. Here on Long Island, electricity is so high that every big business has gone the LCD route for obvious reasons.
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As one who spends way to much time staring at a screen I can sympathize. I still use a 19" CRT monitor, for cost reasons. I plan on buying an LCD later this year, but I need at least a 19", usually having four or five active windows tabbed sort of eats up screen space.
Of course, if you've got a few extra bucks, I'd like to have one of these for my birthday.
(Drool, the geek in me just can't stand it.)
Of course, if you've got a few extra bucks, I'd like to have one of these for my birthday.
(Drool, the geek in me just can't stand it.)
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Originally Posted by RNE
As one who spends way to much time staring at a screen I can sympathize. I still use a 19" CRT monitor, for cost reasons. I plan on buying an LCD later this year, but I need at least a 19", usually having four or five active windows tabbed sort of eats up screen space.
Of course, if you've got a few extra bucks, I'd like to have one of these for my birthday.
(Drool, the geek in me just can't stand it.)
Of course, if you've got a few extra bucks, I'd like to have one of these for my birthday.
(Drool, the geek in me just can't stand it.)
It cost somewhere around $329 or thereabouts, lots of rebates, one in-store for $100, then another mail-in for $50 or something like that. Anyway, it was a cheapo solution because the Sony was going south, but it turned out 100% acceptable if not exceeding my wildest expectations.
Turns out, 3-4 years ago, when I bought the Sony, it was $699. The LCD cost me $329.
No dead pixels, no problems, and it has speakers in it even.
art k.
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Originally Posted by unclehan
Does your eye ever get stressed out after using computers for awhile? It seems reading from a computer screen is a lot more demanding on the eyes than reading printed materials.
I heard there are "computer glasses"? Anyone know anything about them?
I heard there are "computer glasses"? Anyone know anything about them?
http://vision.about.com/od/contactle...terglasses.htm