That story explains why I dislike led lights

  • AlecSadler
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    6 months ago

    About 75% of LED monitors give me a headache because I can see or “feel” then flickering. It sucks.

    I had a coworker back in the in-office days who had these garbage-ass monitors and whenever I had to pair with him I’d end up with a debilitating headache.

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        6 months ago

        LCD monitors don’t flicker at their refresh rate. It simply updates the graphics on the panel per frame at an imperceptible speed. The backlight has nothing to do with the refresh, either.

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          6 months ago

          This isn’t true for all of them. Some have a backlight strobing feature that flashes the display at their current refresh rate to reduce motion blur. It makes the strobing much worse at lower refresh rates, though.

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      6 months ago

      I have sensitivity to certain lighting and find amber glasses help me a lot. I don’t know if it’s the same as your issue, but it’s be worth trying. I first tried it with a pair of $10 clip ons I bought at the hardware store. They were meant for highlighting contrast for outdoor activities. One since gotten prescription glasses with amber lenses for work.

      • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Theraspecs have various tints as well! I wear rose-tinted (FL41) lenses that were specifically designed to help with light sensitivity and photo phobia. Since changing to a rose lens, I can make it through a day at work with flourescent lights and through a 2 hour music rehearsal at a school with flourescent lights, whereas that would be exhausting before and cause headaches.

    • Kage520@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Is there a good eink monitor yet? I think I saw boox made one but I was not sure it was large enough or useful yet.