Need some advice. Reducing eye fatigue.

[gamefreakgcb]

Any way to lessen eye fatigue? I see all these glasses online but they're $$$. I had laser vision correction so I wouldn't mind wearing any while I work. Asking here (and potentially risking my health 0_0). Thanks.

P.S. Please do not tell me to reduce the amount of time I sit in front of a monitor, I cannot.

Ah! I forgot we have a a health/fitness forum. I think I should get this thread moved there.

PPS. I use a Dell 2005FPW if that makes a huge difference. I'm no color guy so can't really tell. I think I have the monitor set to sRGB or something. Will have to check later on.

PP...PS: Any tips on contrast/inverting color in word/excel 2010? My most frequently used programs.

 

[crashtestdummy]

Lower the brightness of your monitor, and get one with really high contrast (PVA, MVA, etc.).

 

[SKORPI0]

Stop watching porn in the internet!!!!! :hmm:

 

[Baked]

Stop watching porn in the internet!!!!! :hmm:

But it's cheaper than escort service and you don't get the AIDS.

 

[bonkers325]

Set the color of your monitor to a more red color.

 

[bret]

Set the color of your monitor to a more red color.

put in a red light bulb.

or what my Dr tells me... go the fuk to bed and stop staring at a monitor.

 

[gotsmack]

When I went to the eye doctor for my annual exam, she said every 20 minutes you should look away from the monitor at something far away and then blink a few times and hold your gaze for a minute.

The strain comes from having your eyes look at something at a fixed distance for a period of time.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

put in a red light bulb.

or what my Dr tells me... go the fuk to bed and stop staring at a monitor.

Weird... green is supposed to be the easiest on the eye...

 

[paperfist]

Eye drops?

 

[Ricemarine]

matte screen?

 

[oynaz]

Get a really good monitor. It makes a big difference.

 

[l0cke]

Try a program called F.lux

It changes the color of your monitor depending on the time. I really like it.

 

[0roo0roo]

Lower the brightness of your monitor, and get one with really high contrast (PVA, MVA, etc.).

or ips...

bias lighting as well.

basically a dim light source behind the monitor that lights the wall behind the display and reduces contrast between screen and its surroundings without glare. ikea grono light with a very low wattage bulb from ikea also works pretty well. i think they go down as low as 3-5watt..

and of course reduce retina burn level of monitor brightness

 

[Rifter]

Get a better monitor. We switched to IPS at work and its a literal night and day diff in eyestrain, and i work 12 shifts with no breaks staring at 4 monitors the whole time.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

I use a Dell 2055FPW. Its 6 years old.

 

[gevorg]

- if you're doing lots of reading, white on black is usually easier on the eyes than black on white, there are even windows/browser themes for that
- make text larger, use quality and well calibrated monitor
- keep your eyes at least 18" away from the screen, blink often
- bias lighting helps like mentioned, especially if you're in the dark room
- take breaks from the screen, look at the long distance objects (i.e. window)
- google nutrition/food that is good for the eyes
- reducing the amount of time on screen will make the greatest difference

 

[MovingTarget]

Spend less time in front of the monitor, reduce the brightness, increase the contrast and refresh rate (if CRT), etc. I really wish they'd come out with an e-ink style monitor for those of us in the corporate (read: non-gaming) world.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Any word 2010 color inverting tips?? Most of my time is spent on it also. Word and Excel.

 

[0roo0roo]

for text take the brightness way down.. you can save it as one of the modes so you can switch to normal brightness for other things.

 

[mshan]

"bias lighting as well."

Yes, try and make sure room is well lit or put a lamp so it shines onto screen itself and see if that helps relieve strain (if this is problem, I think it is because eye is having trouble adjusting between bright screen and dark background wall behind screen).

 

[JSt0rm]

just a fyi this monitor is a ips panel. Its the same panel used in the 20" apple cinema display and it looks damn good.