24" monitor

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Looks like it's almost time to order a new 24" monitor.

What would you recommend? I wouldn't like to spend a lot, but it's important that it doesn't hurt my eyes.

I don't like too bright monitors as I spend many hours during both day and night in front of it.

Use: no gaming, no movies, just web + coding + regular office use.

I'm not posting this because I'm too lazy to search, rather because I'd like to hear your opinion about eye strain.
 


Any LCD with a pretty quick refresh rate that has an anti-glare display will be good. Most eyestrain occurs due to light reflecting from other surfaces onto your computer screen, then back at you. It gets even worse if your monitor flickers a lot.

Also, the resolution plays a lot as well. The larger the text on the screen, the less your eyes have to work to process all the data. So, try decreasing the resolution a bit. 1440 x 900 for instance on a 24" monitor is about the same aspect ratio as a widescreen laptop, but is larger than the default that comes with the monitor.

I bought a 24" HP monitor a couple years ago and found that when I was using it, I got bad headaches. I moved the thing into an area with less reflecting light that went directly at the monitor and back at me, to an area where the light came above and to the side in a way that canceled out a lot of reflecting light by having a soft-glow bulb in my ceiling light that is behind me and to my left, and my monitor to my right.

It's kinda hard to explain, but if you play with it, it works. Now I don't have dry eyes and headaches nearly as much unless I'm working 22+ hour days consistently or going 2+ days with no sleep.
 
Instrumentalist said:
I've done customer pickups there before. Love it because the price is always right. But sometimes their merchandise is a little questionable (some things almost look too cheaply made). Though that monitor looks nice.
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we have 3 in the office down here, they're beautiful. Amazing for the price, and they have hdmi so you can hook up cable/xbox/porn machine if you want
 
It took me 10 minutes ( and a whois query ) to figure that I-INC monitors are marketed as Hannspree in EU.

@Rexibit: I know that monitor position and light make a big difference in fact I always keep a light between the monitor and the wall behind it.
Moreover flux is of big help. Flux actually reduced 90% of my eyestrain and headaches.
 
dchuk said:
...and they have hdmi so you can hook up ...porn machine if you want
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Tell me more about this machine hooking into the hdmi.

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Whatever you buy, make sure its LED backlit and at least 1080p or better for a 24".
 
Recently I have bought 22" LG LED. I like it, less contrast natural colors also power saver.. try it
 
dchuk said:
28" I-Inc IH282HPB Dual HDMI Blu-ray 1080p Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Speakers & HDCP Support (Black) I-Inc IH282HPB

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I JUST bought two of those today to go with my other 28". I'm retiring the 25" and 24" to my work office and keeping the 3 28"s for home.

I actually upgraded my whole home computer and got:

AMD 6 Core CPU - 3.2GHz
8GB DDR3 12800
Dual 460 GPU - 1 GB DDR5 each
New Case
and then the two 28"s

As you can see I am just getting shit installed and updated, having a bit of an issue getting the 3rd monitor to show up...not sure wtf the issue is :|

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pretty epic ly2...I feel like I would be sitting too close to the monitors though? I have trouble with the single 28" I use every day, much less another 56" of screen
 
dchuk said:
28" I-Inc IH282HPB Dual HDMI Blu-ray 1080p Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Speakers & HDCP Support (Black) I-Inc IH282HPB

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Seriously?

No name, refurbished, cheaply made, flimsy, no DVI support, no ergonomics (doesn't raise, lower, swivel or rotate), no LED backlighting, lackluster contrast ratio, lackluster gamut, built in speakers (why?), no dead pixel guarantee (up to 8 dead pixels allowed), etc.

For slightly more money (still less than $300) you could get a rock solid 24" Samsung with more features and superior tech specs and the company to back it up. Personally I would recommend something like this or spending a bit more to get into the Dell Ultrasharps and similar.

Like your chair, your monitors shouldn't be something you scrimp on. Most of us sit and stare at them for many hours every day.
 
Fatbat said:
Seriously?

No name, refurbished, cheaply made, flimsy, no DVI support, no ergonomics (doesn't raise, lower, swivel or rotate), no LED backlighting, lackluster contrast ratio, lackluster gamut, built in speakers (why?), no dead pixel guarantee (up to 8 dead pixels allowed), etc.

For slightly more money (still less than $300) you could get a rock solid 24" Samsung with more features and superior tech specs and the company to back it up. Personally I would recommend something like this or spending a bit more to get into the Dell Ultrasharps and similar.

Like your chair, your monitors shouldn't be something you scrimp on. Most of us sit and stare at them for many hours every day.
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well, our office full of web designers all love them, I routinely have photoshop fired up and am happy with it. They have monitor mounts on them, so you can swivel til your heart's content with a $30 attachment.

They have a manufacturer warranty, and are actually over $300 new, these are just refurbed. They are very good quality monitors, unless you're doing digital painting or some high speed gaming stuff, they'll work just fine and are a ridiculous bang your buck.

They also aren't no name, they have tons of positive reviews online

I-Inc iH-282HPB - 28" - widescreen TFT active matrix LCD display w/ Stereo speakers
 
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