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| Thread ID: 47354 | 2004-07-23 16:08:00 | Eye fatigue with new monitor - Brightness/glare? | kiki (762) | Press F1 |
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| 254773 | 2004-07-24 04:22:00 | > Set both contols to zero then dim the lights . You mean make the room pitch black? Doh! It's daytime now, have to wait till later :p > Next you advance the brightness until the screen is faintly lit . Now set the contrast to suit . That should be it, but a minor tweak of the brightness may be needed . Brightness is not really brightness at all, it is actually black level . Ok the defaults on the monitor are 50% brightness, 100% contrast . I've set it to 25% brightness, 75% contrast . It's a little easier on the eyes, but still not perfect . Left eye seems a bit strained than the right now? The colours seem a little duller . It's definitely hard to find a balance between right colours and not hurting your eyes . > Have you run 1280 x 1024 x 32 with other 19" monitors in the past? This is my first 19" monitor . I had a 17" Likom monitor running at 1024x768x32bit before . If it's a 19" monitor what is the correct resolution to be running it at? 1280x1024? > Although I feel that the higher the Hz, the easier for the eyes, have you tried turning the refresh rate down a bit to see who that goes? I set mine around 75 Hz, and it's dandy . Is it possible to get more eyestrain from 100Hz than saay 75Hz? > Oh and the other thing I noticed about this "Flat" CRTs is that (like mine) they are really really bright compared to normal CRTs . I run mine at about 50% of full brightness all the time, and, perhaps more importantly, 83% of full contrast . Indeed they are bright! :p What monitor are you running Growly? |
kiki (762) | ||
| 254774 | 2004-07-24 04:30:00 | Hi kiki There was a wizard that came with Leadtek GeForce cards called WinFox or something (no idea if it still does) that was realy great at getting the best adjustment out of your monitor, whatever its condition . Could dig it out and email it if you can't find it on the net . Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 254775 | 2004-07-24 04:52:00 | > You mean make the room pitch black? Doh! It's daytime > now, have to wait till later :p If you are at the experimentation stage, some activities just seem to go more successfully in reduced light.:| You don't need pitch black though, just dim light that lets you see low levels of screen illumination. > Is it possible to get more eyestrain from 100Hz than say 75Hz? Very unlikely This type of problem with a new monitor usually responds best to the KISS principle, so drivers and other hi-tech solutions are not necessarily going to do anything to help. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 254776 | 2004-07-24 04:52:00 | Oh I forgot to say I have a Radeon 9800 pro. Would that program work for it? | kiki (762) | ||
| 254777 | 2004-07-24 06:31:00 | Would these help? (www.buddyhollycenter.org) | godfather (25) | ||
| 254778 | 2004-07-24 10:28:00 | One thing I usually do is set the Window background to a slightly off white which makes it far easier on the eyes. Not in Windows at the moment but from memory Right click in the empty desktop and choose properties/Appearance. That will only help when using programs which have a white window background. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 254779 | 2004-07-24 10:41:00 | Hahaha Godfather, not really. I've been experimenting with the brightness/contrast as per the instructions. Thing is I can't get the right setting where its the correct white/black but its not hurting my eyes. It's getting pretty bad now and my eyes are getting really sore, especially my left one. The right one seems to be handling the contrast a bit better. :( I'm thinking this is a waste of my money. I paid $630 for this and I don't want it to make me blind!! Why isn't it set up properly from the factory? X-( |
kiki (762) | ||
| 254780 | 2004-07-24 10:51:00 | will the on screen settings do anything? | Megaman (344) | ||
| 254781 | 2004-07-24 14:17:00 | On screen settings? Yeah that's what I'm trying to configure at the moment. Seriously considering getting a refund for this thing. It's worse than my old monitor. :( Perhaps I can get a Philips technician on the warranty call-out service to configure it properly for me? Maybe I'm getting some sort of RSI... possible? |
kiki (762) | ||
| 254782 | 2004-07-24 18:07:00 | In My experience it is 'contrast' more than brightness that hurts the eyes. Try turning down the contrast, then adjusting the brightness to suit.' Vince | Vince (406) | ||
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