best light + monitor setup for the eyes

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I usually keep the main lights of the room off and a light behind the monitor, but often I feel my eyes tired, sometimes they hurt

I use a 19" samsung lcd monitor which is very bright, even if I set it as best as possible

what's the your setup?

@Samsung users, do you think samsung monitors are too bright? did you try other LCD brands? Did you notice any differences about brightness?
 


I think that as long as you're getting away from the traditional crt and go with your energy compliant monitors with low glare and is a premium monitor the lighting in the room just won't matter all that much imo
 
Take breaks every hour or two and focus at a different distance instead of doing marathon 6-12 hour work sessions. Go for a walk or something.
 
I'm glad I never suffered any sort of eye strain from staring at the computer for the last 15 yrs. Though I wonder if my long distance vision has deteriorated because of it?
 
I've been getting eye twitches that I imagine are related to strain lately. I think I'll try out this flux.
 
A similar software for Linux users is Redshift: Redshift jonls devblog

It's a bit nicer than xflux since it has packages available in Ubuntu. Don't know how many Linux users are on WickedFire anyway but there's got to be some of you ;)
 
Supergeek said:
Take breaks every hour or two and focus at a different distance instead of doing marathon 6-12 hour work sessions. Go for a walk or something.
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I love that you plug for eq-relatedness and still take that stance.

Not knocking you, I just remember camping out 26 hours straight for some legendary tomb or something back in the day. Take walks, kids, it's important.
 
Take some Lutein/Bilberry and try for some computer glasses or f.lux. Super geek that shit. Make sure to try and stay eye level to the monitors and don't slouch like a tard (get a better chair then).

You can try the ambient lighting way, either by floor/desk lamp or using ikea dioders/12'' molex ccfl's behind the monitor. Just don't use bright colors, try dim blue, green, purple, since their calming colors. Also use artificial tears or some sort of lubricant eye drops(moderate non-gel). Don't get the ones for severe eyes since their bulky and cause temporary double vision.

If you take baths, then try the cucumber on the eyes technique, warm washcloth, green tea or regular tea bags (not from you're boyfriend). :moon:

You might try, depending on where you work, using different window-blinds. There also is the option to paint you're office, but you may have to relocate for a couple days due to paint drying.

Color Psychology ; Infoplease.com

You could also outsource more often. :conehead:
 
kingfish said:
I've been getting eye twitches that I imagine are related to strain lately. I think I'll try out this flux.
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Just FYI I used to have eye twitches a lot when it got a tad bit later into the night if I kept working, ever since I've moved and I open the blinds during the day for some natural light they've stopped...

Not sure if it's the same as you, but figured I'd say.
 
Install GE Reveal bulbs in / around your work area, they are full spectrum bulbs at about 6500k, very similar in color to the sun.

Calibrate your monitor, this requires a hardware puck and software, like the i1 (formally called eye1). All monitors come out the box set to stun on the brightness scale and the contrast is also out of whack, using a hardware calibration is the best way to achieve accurate color and nail down the brightness / contrast. I'm a photographer so it's essential to do this, but for anyone who lives on a computer it should be used too.

Set your monitor so that your eyes are just above center. Most people have their monitors too high or too low and this too causes strain.
 
I installed flux and I'm impressed, yesterday night my eyes were not stressed

@dreamache: my long distance vision got worse after some years of intensive use of computers
 
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