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Need some advice. Reducing eye fatigue.

gamefreakgcb

gamefreakgcb

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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.
 
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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.
 
Try a program called F.lux

It changes the color of your monitor depending on the time. I really like it.
 
crashtestdummy said:
Lower the brightness of your monitor, and get one with really high contrast (PVA, MVA, etc.).
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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
 
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.
 
- 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
 
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.
 
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.
 
"bias lighting as well."
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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).
 
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.
 
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