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Questions tagged [eye-strain]

A condition where the eyes hurt after extended exposure to any kind of backlight display. Can be both temporary or permanent.

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How can I reduce glare on my computer monitor?

I use a 19 inch LCD monitor and sit with my back to the windows. During some times of the day I get reflection from the sun - however moving my desk isn't an option. I've tried looking on Amazon for anti-glare devices, but none with good reviews fit…
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How to make a laptop screen more comfortable to look at?

Are laptop's screens inherently less comfortable to look at, or am I doing something horribly wrong? I've had laptops from HP and Dell, and I always have eyestrain after using them. It is very hard to read text on the bottom at the screen, because…
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HP x22LEDc LCD, and the eye strain that won't go away

What I am about to ask is related to a similar question I asked. Several people suggested several solutions, but nothing worked for me. That particular LCD (ViewSonic) continues to cause immense eye strain to my eyes. I recently purchased an HP…
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Possible eye damage from CRT monitors?

I'm using a CRT monitor right now (my LCD screen is broken), and it's currently set to 1024 x 768 at 85 hz, according to the OSD. Can a monitor with a refresh rate like that cause eye damage or eye strain? What is the optimal refresh rate for CRT…
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How to adjust the maximum white (NOT overall brightness) on an LCD computer monitor (display/screen)?

My eyes are hurting from computer use. I use dark colors when possible, but some applications only use bright white backgrounds. They are resulting in physical pain in my eyes. I have turned my monitor's brightness down to zero, but pure white…
Amazon Dies In Darkness
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Reduce blue light on LCD monitor

My work LCD monitor has four settings for Color: warm (5000K) standard (6500K) cool (9300K) custom (each of the RGB values can be chosen separately) What is the setting that could reduce at most blue light? I mean: changing color temperature…
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Laptop screen causes eye strain on all linux distros except Ubuntu and elementary OS

I have a Lenovo g470 with Windows 8 used for games only, and a Linux Distro used for development and as my main OS. I used to have Elementary OS, it was working well, but I decided to try CrunchBang. I installed it and everything went fine with the…
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SSH viewer like behaviour

Is it possible to SSH into a shared shell session? I suffer from eye strain/computer vision syndrome and want to use my (jailbreaked) eink Kindle to SSH into a computer but use that host machines keybord for input. So if I type on the hosts keyboard…
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Are there any recommendations for optimal placement of the computer monitor within a room?

I have a vague memory of reading something from the Joel Spolsky's blogs regarding the need to have something distant to look at to avoid eye strain. Are there any studies or recommendations suggesting against the placement of a monitor directly in…
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How do PC blue light filter softwares reduce blue light?

I have often heard about the eye strain that blue light can cause, especially when comming from monitors. I did not give it much importance until I began feeling these effects on me, and, after having tried many blue light filter softwares, I came…
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Should the display's color match the wall?

Since the brightness of your display is supposed to match the 'brightness' (of the wall) behind the display; can I stick a large light orange shade of paper behind my LCD display and then use Windows 10 Night Light to make my display a light orange…
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Refresh rates on LED monitors and eye strain

In the old days it was simple, anything less that a 75 Hz refresh rate on a CRT monitor hurt my eyes. Now things seem more complicated. As a programmer I spend a lot of time in front of my monitor, or using an android device (usually Nexus 7 (2013)…
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What monitor features are good for my eyes?

I am looking for monitors that are good on my eyes. What is most important: high resolution, large screen size, or high refresh rate? Or something else?
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Is there a way to reduce the eye shock while switching between high contrast windows in Linux?

Quite often, I jump between my terminal window and a browser and a lot of websites have background colors that contrast with my terminal's background, which is painful for my eyes. Is there a way to reduce this contrast somehow? I was for example…
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What will put more strain on eyes? 19" Monitor or 15" Laptop screen?

I have purchased 19" Dell Square Monitor (E1690S) with 1280x1024 resolution, so that I can easily look at the Source Code at a glance in Visual Studio and read other things well. But, I am wondering, that looking at a bigger screen will put more…
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