On Saturday, July 17, 2004, at 11:45 AM, VIRKKALA wrote:
Any opinions on monitor filters/anti-glare devices?
Allsop makes one:
http://www.allsop.com/product.asp?cid&p'040
Have there been any good consumer products tests on these? Any anecdotal
evidence you'd care to share?
My eyes get tired, staring at my monitors. I'm considering ways of making this a little easier on me.
First, you gotta determine why they're tiring your eyes.
If they're too bright, simply turn down the brightness.
If you have glare from room or external light coming off the monitor screen, I'd fix the room lighting first; turn it down, draw the blinds.
It could well be that they're simply set to a crappy refresh rate; under fluoresent light a 60 Hz refresh gives me headaches in about 15 seconds. Higher refresh == less eyestrain.
Are the monitors old? Check the focus, as CRT monitors age, they get blurry.
Are your eyes working right? When we start reaching those 'certain ages', ;-) focusing on a computer screen can become a strain...several people in the College have found that their glasses aren't set for a monitor distance. moving back from the monitor, or getting glasses tuned for computer use have been a solution. (me, I graduated to bifocals this year...the gradient lenses, though more expensive are easier to adapt to and not noticeable as bifocals...)
I've found the anti-glare screens tend to make such problems worse, not better. MOst eyestrain can actually be traced to poor ergonomics.
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