High Resolution Hurts Eyes?

[VIAN]

I remember somebody saying that high resolution hurts eyes. Why? I just recently started playing some games at 1600x1200 and just wanted to know.

 

[Sid59]

refresh rate is lowered and you're prolly squinting to see the tiny text

 

[PhlashFoto]

for me, a low refresh rate hurts my eyes worst than high-res

 

[VIAN]

Well, my refresh rate is at 85 and 120dpi.

 

[BFG10K]

A high resolution doesn't inherently have such problems. However depending on the monitor, a side-effect of it can be a reduced refresh rate and/or small text and some peoples' eyes might get strained in such a situation.

 

[clicknext]

If you're having trouble seeing anything because its unclear at such a high resolution, that's probably why.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: VIAN
I remember somebody saying that high resolution hurts eyes. Why? I just recently started playing some games at 1600x1200 and just wanted to know.

Squinting at the small text?

 

[Viper96720]

Another vote for small text.

 

[VIAN]

alright thanx

 

[killercow81]

if the refresh is any lower then 70 it hurts for me to look at...

i can't stand it.

Try putting your monitor at 75 or 80 for a long time then switch back to 60 or what ever, you'll never want to look at the screen again.


the small text gets annoying too though..

 

[Peter]

Small text isn't inherently a problem of high display resolution. Actually, choosing a ridiculous resolution is GOOD for text display quality. This is because at the same physical size of a character, it looks a lot better when it consists of more pixels.

That only if your operating system calibrates its text sizes by actual physical display size - like Linux KDE does. I'm running 1400x1050 on a 17" CRT, for the sole purpose of making text look good. The characters are the exact same physical size as they are on the 20" Sony right next to it that's running at 1280x960 because it has to. Now guess which one has the better looking text ... particularly in the fine print, the higher resolution shows positively.

Windows however is different, rendering most of its text stuff by pixel count, not by real world measure. That's why higher resolution means smaller text. Dumb, that.

 

[edmundoab]

starring at the monitor long enough is enough to hurt your eyes.
But I agree that low refresh rates makes things worst..

making things smaller on the desktop with high resolution have every reason to strain the eyes 🙂

I do know some people who are happy at 800 X 600
while I am using 1024 X 768