I believe the CRT is set to a 75Hz refresh rate. If the local power frequency is 50Hz (quite common in Europe), then setting the CRT to 85Hz (or, if you can't manage that, 72Hz) may help; 75Hz and 50Hz are likely to have some strobe effects.
Other things to try; turning off the lights in the room for a while - if the problem goes away, you know it's not a problem with the monitor. If the problem persists, try putting a power conditioner (ideally, a UPS) on the monitor power. On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:10:56AM -0500, Don Sanderson wrote: > I've heard this complaint with screens when the refresh rate was set > close to, but not exactly at, the frequency of the room lighting. > Here where the AC power is at 60hz I usually set screen refresh to > 85hz to solve the problem. > Having the refresh near the room light frequency causes a strobe > effect, you may not notice it but your eyes will be affected. > > Saying that a monitor has 16 million colors is inaccurate, that is > a function of the video card. > > Don > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Boris Liberman > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:30 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Help me! > > > > > > Hi! > > > > I've bought Philips 17P50 CRT monitor. For some odd reason it really > > hurts my eyes. I've run Adobe Gamma and profiled it. Yet, after 10-15 > > mins in front of it my eyes start to hurt real badly. My wife also > > complains. > > > > Now, I went to the service shop. Guy there offered to lower the > > brightness (set currently at 90) and contrast (set at 60). I didn't > > quite like this idea because that would mean problems with my photo > > editing... > > > > So, I was offered to buy Philips 200W6CS LCD screen as a replacement. > > The service guy claimed this screen to be dedicated to photo editing > > because it has 16 million colors (24 bit color). > > > > Suppose I have the money to pay the difference in price between CRT > > and LCD - is it indeed that good - this LCD screen? Any of you have > > any experience with it? Is it worth it? > > > > Currently I've no computer at home 'cause I've no screen. The screen > > is in the service shop. On Sunday I'm going to bring my PC and they'll > > give me a try run on LCD to see with my eyes is it enough for my > > photography. But they claim that CRT is in perfect order, and it > > really hurts my wife's and my eyes... > > > > Any word of help would be greately appreciated. > > > > -- > > Boris > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
