headache with a LCD monitor

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Hi,

I finally forked up $400 to replace my A95f with a Viewsonic VA2012wb.
It looks great no ghosting no dead pixel or whatever.

The only problem for me is that I am having headache and my eyes hurt with
this monitor. And this lcd monitor is way too bright. I have to set the
brightness to 0 and constrast to 50.

I think I know why. I believe my headache is casued by the fluorescent
light used in the lcd monitor.

It is a well known fact that flourescent causes headache.

I remember I read something about changing the color temperture can help.

Do you guys know what color temperture to use? I think it is in my A95f
user manual; but I don't have it anymore.

or... any tips can help fixing this headache problem?

One thing I know that will work is to let enough sunlight to go in to the
room.
 
Hello.

First of all your major problem, brightness.

If you are using an ATI or NVIDIA card, or another card with that chip, you
can install the FULL drivers
for that from the www.ati.com site or the www.nvidia.com site.
The full addition provide controls to adjust the color, brightness and
contrast from within the software (driver).
If you need help finding this, tell me what kind of card you have so I can
tell you where to look,

There is also a small program that will do what you want fast, with the
scroll wheel of the mouse.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/volumouse.html

this is NOT only for the volume of the sound.. it can adjust brightness
also...

see this image I uploaded for you and make the settings as you see them,
http://www.computerboom.net/support/volumouse-brightness.jpg

then press the mouse wheel and while you have it pressed down scroll it up
and down,
and you will see the screen changing brightness.

You can also use the wheel without pushing it in if you change the settings
on that window.

Tell me if you have a problem and if this solves your problem.

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke
 
Another thing... did you try to lower you contrast???

thats the first thing I should have told you...

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke
--
 
Are you sure you are operating the monitor at is normal resolution?
LCD monitors display well only at one resolution.
And if so, perhaps the letters are small now and you are straining your
eyes.
In that case chose "large" fonts under control panel>display>appearance
or change the dpi of the fonts from the display adaptor settings.
Also see if you have cleartype on, and try the MS cleartype powertoy for
adjusting the cleartype (link on the right)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Also have lighting in the room from the back (dont sit in a dark room!)
so it will not shine on the screen or create reflections.

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke
 
Thanks for the tips!!!

The monitor is a 20" wide screen with native resolution at 1680x1050
(16:10). It doesn't look big in Costco but when I put it in my room, wow!!!
it is huge!

I've already turned everything down to 0. But this thing is just too bright
in my room. I have a HP L1730 in my office. I open all the blinds so I
don't have any headache with the HP in my office looking at it all day.

I will try to low the brigthness to see if it help.
Is this headache thingy a common problem with LCD monitor?
and thanks again!
 
Thanks for the link.

Those filters are for glare only. The VA2012wb already has anti glare
coating (I think). I think I need some sort of filter for Ultra Violet
since LCD monitor emits UV directly. And some sort of color mixer to add
the rest of the color spectums since fluorescent light does not emit a full
spectum of light.
 
I've already turned everything down to 0.

Did you really read my post? You have turned down the controls from the
monitor
and not from the DRIVERS or vice versa!
If you HAD turned both of them down the screen would be black!

--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke
--
 
I've tried that too.

I set both monitor and driver to -100 and 0.

It is not black. It is very dime but readable.

I am trying different combinations.

Right now I am setting the monitor to 5 brightness and 50 constrast,
and -100 brightness and 100 constrast from the driver.
 
Right now I am setting the monitor to 5 brightness and 50 constrast,
and -100 brightness and 100 constrast from the driver.
Click to expand...

Put a light behind the monitor, one that lights up the back walls. That will
reduce the contrast between the monitor and whatever's behind it, and might
help.

The original LCDs had fluorescent lights that flickered, but the new ones
shouldn't. Turn your head and see the monitor with your peripheral vision.
If it flickers, take it back and get a better one. There are no adjustments
to fix it.

-John O
 
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