New LCD (DELL E193FP) is killing my eyes

[MustISO]

I previously had an 18" Dell LCD which was great. JUst got the monitor last night and it's killing my eyes. It hurts to stare at the screen. I'd swear the screen has a blue tint to it, I'm looking for a program that will help me calibrate it. Any ideas what could be wrong?

 

[Tab]

Refresh Rate? Align opition? Turn the brightness down?

 

[MustISO]

Resolution is set to 1280x1024. Refresh @ 60Hz. Did the "auto adjust image". I've been playing with the contrast and brightness (turning them down). It helps a little but I'd like to be using the correct white, black and color levels.

 

[govtcheez75]

you coulg just give me the LCD....so it won't hurt your eyes anymore!

 

[Mamapajama]

I just picked this up as well - the brightness is.. well.. killing my eyes as well, but not because it's so bright; rather, the monitor's way too dark. I was wondering if any of you knew how and if you could change the brightness on this thing, cus I sure can't find it anywhere in the OSD options... anyone?

By the way, the blue tint is probably just the display setting - you can go into the display option in the OSD menu and change it so it has a red, green, or custom tint level.

 

[Jeffyboy]

LCD's do tend to appear brighter and crisper... you may either wanna turn the brightnes down, auto-adjust it, or smear vaseline on yer eyeballs to make it look like a CRT..hehe. I have 4 LCD monitors and I love each one altho when I first got one, I admit it took a while to get used to it over a CRT...but now I wouldn't go back.

Are all the colors correct? It doesn't have an over-exposed or washed-out kind of look?

Jeff

 

[westsidetilldadayidie]

Oh yah, I've had 12 different LCDs throughout my career as a high school student, and I am telling you the first one (a Samsung SyncMaster 171s) took a while getting used to with respect to its brightness. It's a natural thing, and you must only get used to it. There is no software or OSD option to adjust it, so get used to it or go back to CRT. Your choice really ... ...

 

[yhelothar]

You could change the color temperature so it's warmer. Warmer is usually better if you do a lot of photo editing anyways. Try 6500K

 

[erevly]

a refresh rate of 60hz is good for killing your eyes ^_^

 

[Hikari]

They have an LCD, refresh rate doesn't apply.

Originally posted by: erevly
a refresh rate of 60hz is good for killing your eyes ^_^

 

[erevly]

and this is proof why LCD > CRT, and furthermore that 60hz on a CRT kills your eyes, trust me :/

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: erevly
and this is proof why LCD > CRT, and furthermore that 60hz on a CRT kills your eyes, trust me :/

Bah, I'll take my 22" Compaq P1220 CRT over any LCD in games - and I include the "perfect" FP2001.

A CRT @ 60hz is hard on the eyes? Next you're going to tell me the sky is blue.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: Hikari
They have an LCD, refresh rate doesn't apply.

Originally posted by: erevly
a refresh rate of 60hz is good for killing your eyes ^_^

Is still has a refresh rate, it just isn't applied that same way as a CRT which gives you eyestrain.

 

[Pete]

I second changing the color temperature to 6500K. Also, as usual, set contrast close to 100% and brightness as far away from 100% as is comfortable.

And maybe turn on some more lights in your room.

 

[xtknight]

If your LCD has color adjustment controls, DO adjust them, a LOT. Else, use the ATI Catalyst or nVidia Detonator color control panel. First, turn down the brightness, and increase the contrast so they are almost opposite each other. This may seem insane, but also is my LCD's blue tint. Here are the settings I have in my monitor. I have set this monitor to a "warm" preset and a blue tint just glooms over the whole thing like horrible. The difference between "warm" and my custom settings is like night and day. Try it, see how you like it. It will be a little insane at first, but once you get used to it you can never go back to "warm" (cough). I don't know, maybe it's just my monitor that has lopsided controls.

Brightness: 35
Contrast: 80
Red: 79
Green: 32
Blue: 10

It should look just as warm as a CRT now, and thus probably be better on your eyes. Try playing around with gamma presets as well. I have kept mine on the default gamma preset (Gamma 1) and am happy though. They produce varying effects of color contrast.