Does LCD ghosting cause any health problems?

[torpid]

I purchased a new monitor which has noticeable ghosting only in certain 3d games (not all, or at least not in all situations in all games). It doesn't really bother me that much - overall I prefer the new monitor because it (oddly) has greatly reduced glare and better color / brightness. My old monitor, a viewsonic, also seems to have power fluctuations (screen goes bright for 30 seconds then back to dark). I only notice ghosting generally if I'm looking for it or making extreme turns frequently.

However, I'm wondering about the health implications. I know that playing a low framerate game for too long can cause headaches / eyesore. Some of the effects of ghosting are kind of similar. Is there anything for me to be concerned about if I'm using this monitor all the time in 3d games?

 

[glenn beck]

cancer?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
cancer?

This will prevent that.

- M4H

 

[torpid]

No it won't. It will support you once you get it though.

 

[exar333]

if you are concerned about health caused by ghosting, why not get a LCD that does not casue ghosting??? there are plenty out there, and not for much more money...

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333
if you are concerned about health caused by ghosting, why not get a LCD that does not casue ghosting??? there are plenty out there, and not for much more money...

That's why I created this thread. I don't want to go through the effort and cost to return a monitor if it's unnecessary, but if I could be causing myself literal headaches by keeping it, I'd like to know so I can return it in time. Jesus. I expected such thread crapping in OT but not here.

 

[peleejosh]

might give you headaches? bad for eyesight?

 

[Munky]

Well, let's see... carpal tunnel, bad eyesight, headaches. If you get any of those, you'll be just as likely to get them on a non-ghosting LCD. So, to answer your question, no, ghosting will not cause any health problems.

 

[torpid]

Thanks. I'm also starting to doubt whether it's ghosting or just reduced smoothness due to some frame rate reduction that I can't account for. Is "ghosting" always in the form of blurred motion, or can it manifest itself in "jagged" motion? I do experience blur every once in a while, but the thing that I assumed was ghosting is actually stuff like, scrolling a web site that has black background with white text, the text "darkens" during the period of scrolling and then is back to its normal brightness when I stop. Or when I turn suddenly in certain games, I see the edge of a building animated as if it were stop motion instead of a smooth movement.

 

[sandorski]

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