Advice on Buying New Monitors (Sore Eyes)

[easymon1]

Computer Eye Strain: 10 Steps for Relief (#5) http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/irritated.htm
How to Eliminate Eyestrain http://www.pcworld.com/article/258703/how_to_eliminate_eyestrain_from_your_big_beautiful_pc.html
What color text on what color background http://ask.metafilter.com/112084/Wh...screen-readability-while-minimizing-eyestrain
. . . and remember to let your assistant place those cucumber slices on your eyes while rubbing the tension out of your shoulders.

 

[murray t turtle]

Eye sore / eye strain may not be the result of monitor technologies. If they are not, changing out the monitors would not resolve your issue.

Some common poor practice that likely stress your eyes (thus your brain):

#) Exposed to bright background for prolonged period.
A lot of the charting software use white background and black or primary color (red, green) to plot the charts as default. Many users don't change the default. They stare at red color charts on white background all day long, on multiple monitors. Suggestion is to change all charts to default to a black background. Dim the ambient lights to reduce glare.

#) Poor color contrast:
Your brain works extra hard to differentiate the objects from the background when the color contrast is poor. For example, a red color object on a brown color background. When you plot an indicator on top of something else, try to use a good contrast pair for coloring. It is less likely to stress out your eyes/brain.

Google images for "color contrast" for more info, like this:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...2.0....0...1ac.1.43.img..0.14.831.Ho_HLYgwtPI

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Good points ;
+ your eyes were not created to stare @something all day long.

Take a break. Even if i need to use a computer for long periods, glance @ a book briefly, or a window, or a bird feeder out of the window Mark Weinstein[nickname HI %% trader] some how finds thwe time to watch birds feed some during the day.

Who would want to ruin eyes for any amount of money??? Not me. Pain , is your body trying to tell you something is wrong.

 

[Catoosa]

I always wear Ray-Ban ambermatic sunglasses when I am using computer monitors. This for me has for years eliminated the eye fatigue and strain problems I was having when I started using computers with monitors.

 

[Cdntrader]

I always wear Ray-Ban ambermatic sunglasses when I am using computer monitors. This for me has for years eliminated the eye fatigue and strain problems I was having when I started using computers with monitors.

 

[WinstonTJ]

I always wear Ray-Ban ambermatic sunglasses when I am using computer monitors. This for me has for years eliminated the eye fatigue and strain problems I was having when I started using computers with monitors.

Are you blind? I know several blind people who often use computers with/without monitors and also wear sunglasses while using them.

 

[Catoosa]

Are you blind? I know several blind people who often use computers with/without monitors and also wear sunglasses while using them.

I hope I never join that group!; Although, I thought I was going blind until I tried the ray-ban ambermatics.

 

[robbo]

I hope I never join that group!; Although, I thought I was going blind until I tried the ray-ban ambermatics.

Some good points raised and a few good links. I need to make a few changes and this should help. Sunglasses would definitely reduce the brightness but what do you think an Optician would say about this.

 

[GoldenMember]

Pain , is your body trying to tell you something is wrong.

Pain, is God's way of reminding you that you are married.

 

[Bac0n]

My eye Doctor toll me that the eye strain is because people in front of monitors
don't blink for longer periods, and the eyes get dry just drop water
on your eyes...

 

[Scataphagos]

I probably have as much screen time as anybody, and I've never experienced any kind of eye strain with flat screen monitors.

1. Turn down the brightness (may need to turn up the contrast). I have brightness turned down so much, I need to temporarily increase it to view online videos.

2. Use native resolution for the monitor, but increase font size so you can see comfortably, 3' from screen. (If the image is blurry at all, your eyes constantly try to adjust to focus the blur... and that leads to eye strain.... much like corrective lenses with wrong prescription.)

3. Wouldn't know what color combo experts would say is best, but from my experience I'd say "no white background". I use black background for quotes and black background with cyan candles for charts.