<-----Original Message-----> From: John Rigby Sent: 5/29/2004 7:04:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Computer-eye
Hi Minnie and folks, THIS one is worth repeating in a clickable form: http://www.vestibular.org/computer.html Now we can all feel sorry for those rich people with 21" monitors! :-) ========== Also get a load of this, which shows that LCDs can be as bad or worse. http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19960719lcd.html Regardless of the cloanto conjectures, and despite what the theoretical establishment claims, the practical experience of photosensitives, including myself, is: It hasn't to do with CRT vs. LCD (either can be bad or good, depending... Nor with electromagnetic fields (my old 14" 1990 non-interlaced CRT emits EMFs, yet it did not cause me the terrible symptoms that my 15" Samsung LCD caused. The latter has a quite high brightness & contrast rating, and even dimming & color correction failed to help. I also acquired a 17" top quality NEC CRT (year 2002 complete with anti-static screen etc. etc.). It didn't run higher than 75 hz perhaps because of my limited video card. Anyway, no matter how much I dimmed it or color corrected it, it was terrible. Worse than the 15" LCD. I suspect that was mainly due to its large size, as well as its brightness. But the old 14 incher, which does NOT boast low emissions, was the most tolerable of all for me. I also had a KDS 15" CRT which was quite bright, but had a 13.8" viewing area. And that was more tolerable than the 15" LCD. So from this I infer that the most problematic monitors for people with sensitive nerves, are large ones (even if they're dim). I got similar feedback from other photosensitive people. They seem to find laptops best. Most people who are affected, have eye trouble or headaches, dizziness, etc. However, it caused me way worse symptoms, such as terrible UTIs including stabbing back pains, bone pain, hip pain, terribly drained/achy muscles, speeded metabolism, tooth tingling, and a host of more stuff. I used to think I had repetitive strain injury from typing, but now I realize it was really the monitor draining me. Even the best monitors drain me upon extended viewing, and I believe the fault may be fluorescence (IMO, researcher John Ott is on target). Color correction fails to help me, and UV shields also fail to completely help me. <P><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at <a href="http://www.mail2world.com"; target="new">http://www.mail2world.com</a></font><br><br> </font> </font>
