Kris I have been using CRTs for over 15 years and not suffered from heachaches or eye strain.
Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: Family Of eMacs From: Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 24/10/2008 13:20 On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > All for £125 delivered. Bargain. I disagree. Yesterday I cited that LCD monitors literally "pay for themselves" in electricity saved. You're being "penny wise and pound foolish". The savings for one display over 5 years (in 2005 energy costs, which are low now, meaning more like 4 years or less now), is £100 per display. So your three eMacs are costing you at least £300 more than you've stated. (1) On the health side, studies have shown that for children, the risk of childhood cancers is as high as 2 for users of CRT monitor. This means your child may double their chances of cancer from prolonged use of CRT monitors. (2) I cited eyestrain as my reason for switching. There are 112,000 hits on Google for the terms "CRT eye strain" not in quotes.(3) You can take your choice. There are thousands of anecdotal reports like my own of years of headaches and eyestrain ending instantly by switching. There are studies and solutions (crank up your refresh rate on your CRT, it may help the eyestrain, but it hurts the EMF exposure). There are many, many anecdotal reports of computer programers who say their vision was ruined by CRT usage, but I've never seen a report saying "my vision was ruined by LCD usage". I reiterate from yesterday, recycle these, or remove/disable the CRT and use an LCD with them. Here are the links to my citations from above: (1)<http://www.nec-display-solutions.com/c/g/uk/en/Monitorizing/Whitepapers/Details/dp/Internet/Shared/Content/SeeMore/Whitepapers/LCDandCRTTechnology/index,solutionId=.htm > (2)<http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/video-faq/19-Should-I-be-concerned-about-monitor-emissions.html > (3)<http://www.google.com/search?q=CRT+eye+strain> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
