I think I know what to do now after reading this thread for a couple of days. Nevertheless I feel the urge to join the fray. Firstly I'd like to take my hat off to you guys for sticking with it. And its been a pleasure tracing your posts both here and there, xtknight.
Trying to make a very long story short: I'm looking for some display that will limit problems with headache and eyepain that I experience with some displays. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get around this is to try various monitors until I find something that I can use. Nevertheless, I want to discuss what to look for in a panel to deduce the nature of the problem and if it could be remedied by configuration. Currently I use a 19" Trinitron CRT. Mind that this is not optimal. I've used LCDs that are much better than this CRT. I've also used LCDs that are alot worse.
Purpose of this post is to find new angles and perhaps make you refute some of my own current ideas.
Possible issues, remedies for newer types of panels:
* Color dithering of 6-bit panels causes some type of flickering. Reason I believe this is that I did very well with an old 17" which probably didnt have dithering. Could this HiFRC be better? Does monitors have the option to turn off FRC? Would it be possible to come up with a color scheme for my desktop that minimize dithering artifacts?
* RTC issues when scrolling text, flipping pages alot. Possibility to turn off on some monitors?
* "Good contrast at low brightness." (xtknight quote?). Anyway it sounds reasonable. But how to test a monitor for this? Or know it from specifications? I have also been reading that people who lower contrast and brightness settings causes image problems and monitor audible noise action.
* Color shift. Should rule out MVA/PVA and IPS.. or is IPS better? I've used both types of monitors but never worked with them for extended time periods. True 8-bit might be better.
* MVA/PVA marketed as 'office' monitors. I know that MVA models used to have lower brightness but these days it seems like almost all monitors have same brightness specs. Contrast isnt that much better these days either.
* Dynamic Contrast. Pulsating/flickering backlight? I havent seen it in action yet but alot of reading in forums indicate that this could be an issue. Possiblity to turn off? Will turning it off remedy the contrast/brightness setting issues?
* Dotpitch. Higher better for eyes but text smaller making it harder to distinguish. Perhaps using large fonts on high dotpitch would be the best. That is an operating system question though. XP does it so-so. Vista might do it better.
Oh yeah. I dont play games at all. I watch scores of movies and TV-series but I'm fine with most displays for this. I think the sourcematerial is a much bigger problem than monitors, actually. All DVDs arent made equal. Its the massive amount of text-work that needs to be adressed first and foremost.
Trying to make a very long story short: I'm looking for some display that will limit problems with headache and eyepain that I experience with some displays. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get around this is to try various monitors until I find something that I can use. Nevertheless, I want to discuss what to look for in a panel to deduce the nature of the problem and if it could be remedied by configuration. Currently I use a 19" Trinitron CRT. Mind that this is not optimal. I've used LCDs that are much better than this CRT. I've also used LCDs that are alot worse.
Purpose of this post is to find new angles and perhaps make you refute some of my own current ideas.
Possible issues, remedies for newer types of panels:
* Color dithering of 6-bit panels causes some type of flickering. Reason I believe this is that I did very well with an old 17" which probably didnt have dithering. Could this HiFRC be better? Does monitors have the option to turn off FRC? Would it be possible to come up with a color scheme for my desktop that minimize dithering artifacts?
* RTC issues when scrolling text, flipping pages alot. Possibility to turn off on some monitors?
* "Good contrast at low brightness." (xtknight quote?). Anyway it sounds reasonable. But how to test a monitor for this? Or know it from specifications? I have also been reading that people who lower contrast and brightness settings causes image problems and monitor audible noise action.
* Color shift. Should rule out MVA/PVA and IPS.. or is IPS better? I've used both types of monitors but never worked with them for extended time periods. True 8-bit might be better.
* MVA/PVA marketed as 'office' monitors. I know that MVA models used to have lower brightness but these days it seems like almost all monitors have same brightness specs. Contrast isnt that much better these days either.
* Dynamic Contrast. Pulsating/flickering backlight? I havent seen it in action yet but alot of reading in forums indicate that this could be an issue. Possiblity to turn off? Will turning it off remedy the contrast/brightness setting issues?
* Dotpitch. Higher better for eyes but text smaller making it harder to distinguish. Perhaps using large fonts on high dotpitch would be the best. That is an operating system question though. XP does it so-so. Vista might do it better.
Oh yeah. I dont play games at all. I watch scores of movies and TV-series but I'm fine with most displays for this. I think the sourcematerial is a much bigger problem than monitors, actually. All DVDs arent made equal. Its the massive amount of text-work that needs to be adressed first and foremost.