LCD Monitor is bad for eyes!!

[zyberboy]

Brought Samsung SyncMaster 740n thinking that now my eyes can rest a bit ,but to me it is very disappointing .
Feeling pain deep inside my eyes i dont know why, first i thought this is not possible i am using lcd.Then i searched the net and got a link
http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19960719lcd.html
which confirmed my doubts that" fluorescent light " in lcd can cause problem to some people....what a disappointment dis lcd is
One of my friend had warned me not to buy lcd(he bought samsung 17 inch crt 1 month ago ) i have never heared lcd having problem with eyes before that....i think he was right .White coloured webpages r killing my eyes, now using a greasemonkey script to change color automatically.

In terms of performance SyncMAster 740 is good no ghosting(8ms) or anything in UT2004 & movies,good color and sharpness

Tried different settings brightness 0, contrast 0,60hz ,75hz, different res,but no help
My other family members doesn't feel anything
Earlier i was using " hcl 15inch crt" monitor, no problem even after 6 -8hrs continues .
Feeling better today...

[The Outsider]

same happened to me while using my friend's laptop (some hp model), remained online for like 4 hours on that laptop and afterwards i got severe headache, i prefer crt

[iMav]

well im not sure whether its affecting me or not .... but i feel the lcd is not as good as crt anyways .... though not to de-value the lcd it too has its benefit the biggest .... i can now keep my food in front of me while being on my pc

also try out the clear type front option

[caleb]

I think cyberboy might be right coz I use LCD in the office for 8hours and in the house CRT for around 3 hours on weekdays & upto 8 to 14 hours on weekends...in the office I get a headcahe, I use to attribute that to the boring nature of my work, but maybe just maybe it is the LCD...because at home even if I spend over 8 hours working on my CRT I never experianced a headache.

[rajasekharan]

even i get light irritation when i go to browsing center "reliance " which has LCD monitor . i dont know , it may be cause of brightness being over ????

[ranjan2001]

R U guys running ur LCD at its native resolution or not?

Never heard LCD hurting eyes that strongly, but its the brightness that might be causing headache.

[ambandla]

Yes. I use a 19" HP LCD in office and man, it hurts. My colleague bought a anti-glare screen (yes. for LCD) and it's much better to work with anti-glare. I saw some LCD monitors that have anti-glare coating. these kind of monitors are better.

[rajasekharan]

i am in the reliance browsing center now..., if they turn off the lights its horrible to work with LCD, else it ok..cause i reduce the brightness of it ..., i strongly believe its the brightness that causes the headache...

[lalam]

Uh nice info didn't know about this maybe its true afterall.....

[shashank4u]

lesson:
don't use LCD also don't use CRT..
becoz both r harmful ..

[24online]

anti glare screen is good option for CRT monitors...TV, PC..

[zyberboy]

Originally Posted by ranjan2001

R U guys running ur LCD at its native resolution or not?

Never heard LCD hurting eyes that strongly, but its the brightness that might be causing headache.

Yes at 1280X1024 , i think that special backlight is the cause , reducing brightness and contrast can releave a bit.
Now using Antiglare screen for lcd (plz dont laugh).

[rajasekharan]

anti glare is the best thing to do . . it only kills the looks but hey whats important looks or EYES ??? . and also turn on the lights while using lcd . never use it in dark environments . it causes head ache to me atleast :-l

[lalam]

Originally Posted by rajasekharan

anti glare is the best thing to do . . it only kills the looks but hey whats important looks or EYES ??? . and also turn on the lights while using lcd . never use it in dark environments . it causes head ache to me atleast :-l

Already experienced that too

[ranjan2001]

Originally Posted by rajasekharan

it only kills the looks but hey whats important looks or EYES ??? .

Why kill looks, wear sunglasses & have best of the both worlds.

[goobimama]

I've found LCDs to be really pleasant on my eyes. Though I must admit, at full brightness and no ambient lighting, it really burns through (450 cd/m2 brightness).

In a CRT, the eye actually has to focus on three planes, the Red, Green and Blue (the brain does some calculations and it appears to be flat). In an LCD, each pixel is its own colour, so there's no calculations needed. There's also no radiation produced...so.

A word of advice though: Please don't use these things for such long hours (I mean 6-8 hours is really ***** up).

[roydon]

I'm using a BenQ 17" for over a year now and simply love it .Havent had any problems at all.Gaming is beautiful and no strain on the eyes for long periods of time.I guess it also depends on the res your running it on and the specs of the monitor.

[rajasekharan]

hmm , may be it has some side effects for minority . well it feels ok when i use it on bright conditions . but on dark conditions it hurts my eyes .

[deathvirus_me]

Use the Magicbright mode , and set it to text ... shouldn't hurt much .. other modes are a bit intense ...

[Tech.Masti]

Still doesnt used LCD much.... But i dont feel any problem..... First time heard that LCD is bad for eyes....

[nishant_nms]

^^ me too firest time heard of something like that about a LCD. I had worked on LCDs and had never faced such problems

[eddie]

The document has been written in 1996...things must have changed tremendously since then. I personally am using a Samsung 793MB CRT but its brightness, even in text mode, was so much that it hurt my eyes. I reduced both brightness as well as contrast and it is fine now. imho you should try that as well.

[zyberboy]

Document has updated in 2001

[eddie]

Though it says that revision was done in 2004 (not 2001) but I highly doubt there was much revision. Here is a little research done by a professor of cornell university related to CRT and LCD
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/Pub/LCD_vs_CRT_AH.pdf
I think you should read it

[iMav]

i wud second tht reducing the brightness brings a really pleasant change

[prateek_san]

never heard of this thing......i m using and LCD for more 1 yr and it just feels great on the eyes...dont know how u people facing eye problems..............

[kirangp]

Originally Posted by ranjan2001

Why kill looks, wear sunglasses & have best of the both worlds.

lolz my friend does that for CRT itself...after seein this post he will start usin it for LCD also I guess....

[goobimama]

Full brightness should only be used for movies and such. Even professional Video editing and DTP is done at a max brightness of 250 cd/m2...at least I've heard...

[aryayush]

Spending long hours of any of the two (LCDs or CRTs) will result in a head-ache. But yeah, LCDs make a far lesser impact than CRTs.

[ambandla]

and the size matters.

I felt

15" CRT is better than 19" LCD

19" LCD is extremely better than 19"CRT