Does Samsung 213T hurt your eyes?

External Since: May 04, 2005 Posts: 4

I used to hear LCDs are easier on eyes. In my case, I
switched from an old 17inch CTX CRT, a solid good-quality
monitor, to the newest 21.3 inch LCD - Samsung 213T. I set
the brightness to 50%. After using it for about 5 or 6
hours daily for the last few days, My eyes feel stinging and
dry. It could be the effects of my usual spring allergy,
but my allergy usually causes itchiness only.

If you happen to own Samsung 213T, do you have similar
experience?

External Since: Nov 28, 2004 Posts: 119

"Bruno" <Bruno.RemoveThis@Bergencounty.com> wrote in message
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> I used to hear LCDs are easier on eyes. In my case, I
> switched from an old 17inch CTX CRT, a solid good-quality
> monitor, to the newest 21.3 inch LCD - Samsung 213T. I set
> the brightness to 50%. After using it for about 5 or 6
> hours daily for the last few days, My eyes feel stinging and
> dry. It could be the effects of my usual spring allergy,
> but my allergy usually causes itchiness only.
>
> If you happen to own Samsung 213T, do you have similar
> experience?

Just relaying my own experience, even though it seems different than
yours...

I don't know if this will help you since I have not used that model, but
when I first switched to LCD's not that long ago, there was a bit of a
transition period that my eyes went through for the first few days of moving
from a CRT to an LCD. At first, LCD's seemed way too bright for me and I
found myself turning the brightness and contrast way down in hopes of
matching the brightness of my CRT's. After trying that for a little bit, it
seemed to me that my eyes were somewhat strained from trying to match the
brightness and contrast. I then went in the other direction and made my
LCD's brighter than I've ever used on a CRT. It did take a little getting
used to at first, but after that, it's been very good. However, seeing that
you have your Samsung set to 50% brightness, I would assume it's already way
brighter than your old CRT. Maybe try lowering it. I guess everyone has
different eyes. Smile

This might be a bit of a long shot, but I have to wonder if the response
time of your LCD might be a bit of an issue. The LCD that I'm using on my
Internet computer here is a 15" model with a 25ms response time and analog
plug only. Even when scrolling text on the screen, I can see slight
ghosting. It's not really an issue for me, but it could be for you. My
other LCD on my main computer is a 16ms 17" model with a DVI connection and
it's definitely an improvement. That's not to say that my 25ms LCD is bad
by any means, but I know that large LCD's like what you have are almost
impossible to get with response times of 25ms (at least to my current
knowledge).

I wear glasses and have a fairly strong prescription. Without my glasses, I
suffer from pretty bad astigmatism, along with near-sightedness. Reading a
monitor or newspaper from more than 10 or 12 inches away from my face is
practically impossible for me without my glasses.