Flat screen/eye strain???

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I have a new flat screen for about a month and I seem to think that I suffer
a lot more eye strain but all the literature says that they are better for
your eyes.
I had the screen adjusted and I am using clear type.
Is this in my imagination or are the older CR screens really better for your
eyes?
 
There is an optimal resolution for a flat screen, if you are using it at a
resolution other than the optimal specified by the manufacture then the text
will be not as sharp.

JS
 
|I have a new flat screen for about a month and I seem to think that I suffer
| a lot more eye strain but all the literature says that they are better for
| your eyes.
| I had the screen adjusted and I am using clear type.
| Is this in my imagination or are the older CR screens really better for your
| eyes?
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| angelapf

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Which Monitor Type is Better, LCD or CRT?
http://www.wisegeek.com/which-monitor-type-is-better-lcd-or-crt.htm

Is your LCD running as an analogue or digital connection?

An LCD (liquid-crystal display), is a digital device.

When connected via an analog connection, an LCD is vulnerable to the same distortions that affect CRT monitors. However, when connected via a digital connection, often labeled DVI (for Digital Visual Interface), no digital-to-analog conversion is required, and there should be no loss or corruption of the signal. As a result, when running at its native resolution, an LCD should give you a cleaner and crisper image than you'd see on a CRT.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3174_7-5136369-1.html

(A)bort, (R)etry, (P)retend this never happened
 
Angelapf: I also had an eye strain problem when I switched from a 17"
CRT to 19" LCD. I am a little near-sighted and I am therefore a little
closer to the screen than normal, about 18" from screen to eye.
Because the 19" monitor was so much bigger, I quickly became very
uncomfortable using it, I think because I was having to move my head
more to see the entire content of the screen. Had I been able to view
it from further away, I'm guessing I might have been fine.
I switched to a 17" LCD (still more real estate than a 17"CRT) and have
used it without problem for about three years.
So just a thought that you may need to sit a little further away from
the screen or get a smaller monitor.
 
so they are just there for eye candy

It's there because the driver doesn't know you have an LCD. If you've ever
experimented with refresh rates and a CRT, try it with an LCD and see what
happens.....betcha a beer the answer is nothing. :-)

-John O
 
the only thing I notice when I set my desktop lcd to 75mhz is it seems a
little faster.
Oh and I have specific drivers for the lcd which can be set at 60, 72,
75mhz.
 
Looks like maybe I owe you one? Refresh is needed because of the persistence
of the coating on the inside of the tube...how long it glows before needing
another kick from the electron gun. Obviously, LCDs don't need any such
thing, but it may be controlling something entirely different from the same
control.
 
The "refresh rate" in this instance is how often the frequently video
image CHANGES will be written to the monitor. Say, if you "blink" a
pixel off and on 75 times a second but have 60hz set, the pixel will
only change at 60 times a second. This is ONLY related to changed
pixels, it no effect as to the repainting a static image, as in
displaying text, which is why I said the "refresh rate" was immaterial
with flat panels. Yes, you can "change the refresh rate", but its only
related to the flat panel monitor for smoothing moving images. And as
you can see by the percentages, the difference is minimal.
 
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