You must improve the LIGHTING of your work area to reduce the glare....
for example you must use soft lighting BEHIND you, and have no windows or
bright lights behind the monitor
(when I say behind the monitor, I mean in front of you while you are
seated).
LCDs usually use higher "native" resolution making the letters smaller ...
try increasing the DPI of the screen fonts (in the display settings) or the
font size to "larger" in the appearence tab of the display settings.
Also make sure you have CLEARTYPE on. You can adjust the cleartype with a
free powertoy from microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
(see the download link on the RIGHT sidebar)
ClearType Tuner PowerToy
ALSO: here are some solutions taken from my web site that I am rebuilding
now (
www.computerboom.com)
Please tell me if all this information helps you.. thanks!
Advice: How to Avoid eye strain on LCD monitors
Topic: Computer Advice
You can try this FREE program [EyeRelief] that automates font and icon
resizing Download Link
EyeRelief is a small, simple and free Windows utility that provides improved
legibility to high density LCDs, allowing larger font, icon, tool and
taskbar sizes at native resolutions. Users with, e.g., SXGA+, UXGA and
higher resolutions LCDs may find EyeRelief's desktop scaling a superior
alternative to running at lower non-native resolutions.
You can try changing your resolution on the fly by an icon in the tray
http://www.greenparrots.com/aqr.html ( go to the bottom of the page on the
left is the link towards the free version)
http://www.greenparrots.com/1stqres.zip
1st QuickRes Light (freeware) is a simplified version of 1st QuickRes. The
light version has limited screen saver, wallpaper and color scheme support,
allows only 3 favorite modes, does not retain desktop windows positions,
does not support custom display settings for applications but you can use it
free of charge forever!
Max de Winter said:
I have purchased a new computer which has a 19 inch LCD monitor. The
trouble
is that my eyes become tired and feel strained after a period of time. I
have
been told that I do not need a anti glare screen has the monitor has an
in-built anti glare properties already. Some one has suggested that I go
into
settings - monitor tab and change the refresh rate.
The monitor type box is listed as default monitor. I can not adjust the
monitor refresh rate as the box says 'use hardware default settings'.
I have already reduced brightness and contrast settings on the computer.
Anybody any ideas, perhaps my eyes maybe sensitive to screen glare.
Max
