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Posted By Belinda Hooley
Good morning
I was wondering if anyone has come across LCD screens causing eye strain. I have an employee who is stating that they cannot use an LCD screen and want a CRD screen because of eye strain. I understand about quality, distance etc and think there is more to this such as having to now hot desk as I have never heard of this, in fact most people want an LCD screen.
Look forward to your responses
Belinda
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter
Belinda
Has the person concerned been shown how to set up the flat screen (font size, brightness and contrast, etc.) to their requirements?
Paul
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Posted By Chris Packham
Having discussed computer screens with my opthalmologist (I was suffering eye strain from spending long periods on my computer), I switched to an LCD screen as in his opinion they cause far less eye strain that a CRT screen. The CRT screen is actually a series of lines flowing down the screen (like a TV) but so fast that the eye merely sees a picture. However, in his experience this flicker can cause eye problems. He had never seen eye strain from a properly adjusted LDC screen as this is a static picture.
Could there be other motives behind this complaint?
Chris
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Posted By Ian Blenkharn
I experienced this myself, and as my eyes deteriorate it seems to get a little worse.
The old CRT monitors had generally a quite small viewing area and because of their bulk were pushed to the back of the desk irrespective of other considerations.
LCD screens were a great advantage and made life much better for almost everyone, but of late they have become cheaper and much much larger. Seems like that is OK and of course I invested but regretted purchasing the larger LCDs. They are so large that at my best working distance I see the edges of the screen using peripheral vision only. No matter how much I try to move my head to accomodate this, I don't. Either way, the result is uncomfortable.
A smaller 15" or 17" screen sits comfortably within my field of view and is comfortable to use, but the 24" is now on the shelf.
Biggest isn't always best
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Posted By Fred Pratley
As we swapped from CRT to LCD screens, I did get 1 or 2 issues with individuals as they were simply putting the LCD into exactly the same posistions as the CRT had been set up.
I have found that just a small move forward or back can help, but simply tilting the screen sligtly backwards made significant difference to the clarity of the image in many cases.
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Posted By Tanka-Ray
Has your employee had an eye test recently?
Personally I find the LCD screens a tad brighter than the CRT ones but this can be changed. In addition to the points above:
1. Check the lighting levels around the screen – it may feel like a bright rectangle in an otherwise dingy view.
2. Try adjusting the resolution on the screen (under Control panel -> Display -> Settings). I’m not a techie so I don’t know quite how this works, I just tend to fiddle until it’s comfortable (ahem).
3. Change the default colour to a pale blue or yellow, anything to get rid of that horrible white light.
Loads more top tips on the abilitynet website.
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Posted By Sensible Sarah
Hi Belinda
In my opinion the issue is probably the hot desking rather than the LCD screen, if this has been introduced at the same time.
An eye test, if necessary.
Work station assesment.
Review in a month or so.
Difficult when hot desking have been in similar situation (I dislike hot desking).
Hopefully the situation will resolve itself.
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