Re: [OT] Monitor madness

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Are you sure that this is the general case though Richard?

The reason I am so cautious about these things is from discussions with the
optician who does my contact lenses: she does H&S consulting work for a
few
major offices in Glasgow, doing annual eye checks for VDU using staff, and
she seemed more concerned about the amount of rapid eye movements around
the
screen causing excessive drying out, making you more prone to infections,
giving you headaches, and causing long term problems that way rather than
just screwing up your eyes to read the text...

I can easily read the screen at very high resolutions, and don't feel I
have
to strain: before talking to her, I didn't see there being a  problem.. I'm
basically being super cautious because of the advice I have had from a
pro..
I trust her advice on which lenses are best of my eyes, and so on...

What's your view though? is this advice from an optician you trust? are you
qualified yourself?

I'm interested in a second view on the subject (not least of all because I
am often asked these sorts of questions as I do IT support)

Ian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Malcolm-Smith" <rich@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Monitor madness


> > All joking to one side Stuart, don't do it!
> >
> > You have precisely one set of eyes, and that sort of resolution
on a 15"
> > screen is *seriously* bad news for your them..
>
> If there is no strain when reading it, theres no problem. I can read
2048x1536
> on my 17 from over a metre away, but suffer the 60Hz problem too... So
I
use
> 1920x1440 - 72hz - thats enough normally. Sometimes 1600x1200 if im
suffering
> from the low refresh.
>
> > Have you looked at one of the short tube 19" monitors? or
even the
> > possibility of going dual head?
>
> > I use 1024x768 on an LCD panel as my main "reading"
screen, and
1600x1200 on
> > a 22" CAD monitor (which I picked up at a knock down price!)
as my main
> > screen for games/ running apps/video etc.
> > because of the "fuzzier" text on the CRT, I use a
larger point size for
> > everything I run on the CRT normally...
>
> ick, cant stand 1024 on anything. What I find really annoying is there
are
> laptops out there with a 13-14" screen that does 1440xsomething,
but I
cant find
> anything standalone that does it.
>
>
> > It's like brakes on a car: if it's a choice between some go
faster stuff
> > like CPU, memory etc, or the device you are going to trust your
sight
to...
> > it's not the place to scrimp on :
>
> And if there is no strain to your eyes then there is no problem - keep
distance
> from it so you arnt straining for focus, and you are fine.
>
>
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