lcd screens and eye discomfort

[einride]

so for like months now my eyes have been feeling like absolute shit, especially my right one has been blurry at times and they keep feeling dry and gravelly and shit in general

i've never had any problems with eyesight at all before so i had no idea what to do about these sudden problems, i went to a doctor and he could see or say nothing useful at all

i thought it was work destroying my eyes because i work with some machines that emit UV and laser radiation (although hopefully i should be shielded from most of that shit,) and the eye degradation was roughly coincidental with when i started this job, but now that i work much less and the eyes are getting worse, i have come up with another possible reason

see when i started this job one of the first things i bought with the money was a 22" lcd monitor because i had been using this old, extremely shitty 17" tube that i found in a dumpster and it was really time for an upgrade -- and also at work, i sit all day long staring at another lcd screen.

so i'm thinking: WHAT IF somehow lcd's are worse for my eyes than crt monitors and the reason why my eyes feel like shit is i sit by lcd monitors all day? i have actually went so far now to disconnect my new fancy lcd at home and dig out the 15 year old garbage 17" crt and i don't know if this is my imagination or what but i feel a little better already. i will see how this turns out.

if lcd screens are seriously ruining my eyes then that is a huge "WHAT THE FUCK", i always thought they would be better in every way. has anyone else ever felt eye fatigue from flat screens, more so than from the old regular kind?

 

[lurch70]

stop masturbating

 

[Vittra]

LCDs should be less strain on your eyes and better for your when reading text/spreadsheets/word all day, yes. CRTs would be better for gaming (Both in regards to eye strain, and visuals etc)

I have however heard of some people who do get worse eye-strain, or even headaches and such from LCDs (I believe this happens to my mother quite a bit). The lighting in your office/place of work has a huge impact on this as well.

I've never had a problem with either.

 

[Plastic Nathrakh]

I have almost the exact same issue. My right eye has been twitching non-stop for little over a month now. I, same as you, stare at lcd-screens all day. I think it must have some type of relevance.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I had issues with old CRTs after long hours, when our college replaced them with LCDs they went away. I know other people who ahve the same problem after a few hours anywhere with fluorescent lighting. Which doesn't bother me much either....

 

[Psychonaut]

It could have something to do with the LCD refresh rate. I know some people had problems with DLP tvs because they were picking up the spinning wheel behind the screen and it was giving them headaches.

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

Yep, we use lcds at work and I'm constantly blinking and trying to refocus, and rubbing my eyeballs because of pain. But the fact that I'm blind anyway and that my contacts dry out doesn't help any.

That's just a small part of my aggravation though. Yes I'm going to vent now. Add on hundreds of phone calls and constant, furious typing and I've got a left ear that throbs all the time because of people blabbering bullshit into it all day, hoarseness from blabbering bullshit right back at them, and numb fingers yay! I need to quit again...I quit before because it got too overwhelming, and now it's at least a few times worse than it was then. At least I could actually stay up to date on my work before, and I was doing full-time work on a part-time schedule!...nowadays, if you're not at least two days behind in your work well then you just don't have enough work. The only thing keeping me sane is that I know all my coworkers are right in the same boat. Seriously, the amount of work assigned to each of us is laughable. Late this afternoon I managed to get started on three cases that were assigned to me yesterday morning, didn't get to anything assigned to me today. And the company is too cheap to allow any overtime. Well, week before last we got to work overtime but got regular pay for it. Sounds illegal but I'm sure there's a loophole.

The source is a major hospital group and we're doing background checks for all kinds of positions, mainly nurses. Tell me, why the FUCK can't someone with a master's degree fill out a simple employment application properly?! I think that should be grounds for denial of employment. I wish we could stop our handling of the case right then and there, put an "Idiot: Do Not Hire" stamp on it and send it back to the client. Ah life would be grand.

/rant

thx

 

[Reign in Acai]

Tell me, why the FUCK can't someone with a master's degree fill out a simple employment application properly?!

To be an R.N all you need is an Associate's Degree in Nursing. I'm in contact with nurses all night at work, and I'm simply baffled that these women (primarily immigrants from third world countries) can read somebody's blood pressure, let alone fill out an employment application. The one's with any wits about em', usually end up working the E.R.

 

[Plastic Nathrakh]

That's just a small part of my aggravation though. Yes I'm going to vent now. Add on hundreds of phone calls and constant, furious typing and I've got a left ear that throbs all the time because of people blabbering bullshit into it all day, hoarseness from blabbering bullshit right back at them, and numb fingers yay! I need to quit again...I quit before because it got too overwhelming, and now it's at least a few times worse than it was then.

My EXACT work-life.

 

[dorian gray]

To be an R.N all you need is an Associate's Degree in Nursing. I'm in contact with nurses all night at work, and I'm simply baffled that these women (primarily immigrants from third world countries) can read somebody's blood pressure, let alone fill out an employment application. The one's with any wits about em', usually end up working the E.R.

One can only hope the ADN will be phased out at some point. But I don't see it happening anytime soon because the nursing shortage is so widespread.
Nurse practitioners, on the other hand, are moving toward a PhD by 2015. So, basically as soon as I get my masters I'l be right back in school again. Joke's on me.

 

[einride]

welp, i switched to a 19" crt at work, so now i'm lcd free for the moment being. i really hope this will help, because otherwise i have no clue what's causing this shit

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

To be an R.N all you need is an Associate's Degree in Nursing. I'm in contact with nurses all night at work, and I'm simply baffled that these women (primarily immigrants from third world countries) can read somebody's blood pressure, let alone fill out an employment application. The one's with any wits about em', usually end up working the E.R.

Some of the doctors aren't too bright either. Makes me even more wary about going to the doctor than I was before. But seriously, if people would just fill their shit out right then everything would go a lot smoother. As it is we already have to call employers, schools, and some certification boards to verify crap AND draft & fax/mail hundreds of verification requests. Now we're having to call the applicants more and more to clarify vague/incorrect information on their applications. Like I said, in that instance I really wish we could just give the case back to the client, and then if they want to have their applicant fill everything out right then we can try again. Tis bullshit, don't have time fer it. F 'em.

 

[lurch70]

it really could be from readjustment of your eye to LCD's from CRT's ...
I stare at an LCD screen sometimes 14 hours a day and never had probems. Been on LCD for about 6 years now if not more. The early ones were kind of bad and buzzy/fuzzy.

But yeah, do check the refresh rates, like someone mentioned before and make sure you are not on some weird resolution that causes blur.

 

[einride]

But yeah, do check the refresh rates, like someone mentioned before and make sure you are not on some weird resolution that causes blur.

thanx but i'm a computer hacker, i know about shit like this

 

[einride]

i'm pretty sure i'm on to something here

it really could be from readjustment of your eye to LCD's from CRT's ...

but it's been like six months, and it's not like mild eye strain either, it's like "gotta wear sunglasses indoors because otherwise my eyes really hurt"

 

[Plastic Nathrakh]

thanx but i'm a computer hacker, i know about shit like this

You are gay.

 

[einride]

You are gay.

cool but you have a shittier job than me

 

[EricT]

Fuck that last post I made. STALE OLD COMEDY.

Anyway, CRT's are the way to go. That's how I roll. Granted I have a LCD, I don't really use it for anything important. 85hz > SHIT LCD Refresh rates

 

[einride]

if i figure this is the problem i'm going to get a big ass 21" crt for like 20 bucks and sell my stupid lcd

there is a real issue with crt's for me though which is that they interfere with guitar pickups and i record a lot of music in my "home studio" so with a crt i have to turn it off every time i record a guitar part and it kind of gets old

 

[lurch70]

you guys are on crack