What monitor refresh rate gives you a headache?
I found while I was fiddling around with an old Mac with an old Apple monitor that I could adjust almost everything pertaining to how the CRT displayed info.
I found that any refresh rate below 80 Hz allowed me to see a faint flickering in the screen, and gave me a headache after a while.
Now I use an iMac at 95 Hz, and it works fine. I've read that you shouldn't set it below 75 Hz or you risk brain damage or something.
What Hz gives you the hurts?
I found that any refresh rate below 80 Hz allowed me to see a faint flickering in the screen, and gave me a headache after a while.
Now I use an iMac at 95 Hz, and it works fine. I've read that you shouldn't set it below 75 Hz or you risk brain damage or something.
What Hz gives you the hurts?
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/me hugs his 17" Apple Studio LCD Display
I get a headache after looking at my CRT for more than about 45 minutes straight or so, but I just can't stand 1024 by 768 on a 17 inch monitor...a waste of screen space, running it at such a low resolution. I cringe when I go to friends' houses and see them running an iMac at 640 by 480. AHHHH!!!!
How could anyone actually do that??
A fair number of the people I work with run their 17" monitors at 800x600, and they think I'm crazy for running mine at 1024x768! I'd run it higher if the video card in the Dell didn't suck.
I can't stand any CRT refresh rate below 75Hz, and I prefer to have it near or over 100Hz. That's why I got an LCD for my home computer.
[ 11-22-2001: Message edited by: Amorph ]</p>
When I got my first iMac in 1998, I wanted to run it at 1024x768, but couldn't handle the 75Hz refresh rate. It would give me migraines.
I honestly wouldn't buy a new computer without an LCD now.
<strong>How could anyone actually do that??</strong><hr></blockquote>Actually, I just got back from visiting family and my grandfather's iMac was at 640x480.
I can't handle lower than 75 Hz for more than just a few minutes. My head hertz just thinking about it.
[ 11-22-2001: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
85 is better, and the more you use computers, the more sensitive you may become. People that stare at screens for 8-10 hours everyday, will notice flicker where the rest of us don't.
Solutions. LCD's!!! Turning pixels off is much better than flashing them all the time. Or if you're using a CRT, look around, take your eyes off the screen, and shift your focus around the screen. Have you ever noticed that TV, even at 60hz, doesn't really have the same effect, unless you're playing videogames? Why? Because the action is usually moving your focus around the screen, and the sensitive neurons on the outer retina don't get fatigued.
That being said, anything above 72 Hz is fine with me.
The iMac at 640x480 has a great refresh rate (117 Hz).
One of the best way to get free monitor space is increasing the resolution. I kind of want to get a new monitor so I can pump the res higher...1280 by 1024 is too big.
<strong>Damn... you guys are right, just going from 1280 x 1024 at 75hertz to 1056 x 792 at 96 Hertz makes my eyes feel so much better. I guess im running at 1056 x 792 from now on. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Are all you folks using a Radeon in your machines? I am stuck with my factory-issue Rage 128 Pro. If so, this sounds like a good reason to buy a Radeon...
LCD i screen are fine but the anle of vision of my powerbook G3 300 first version is far too limited, no headakes with it but pain in my neck by trying to have the best angle of vision
Working with the lights off in front of a big bright monitor would induce migraine headaches for me, but I haven't had one in a long time. A telltale sign that I'm going to get a migraine attack is if I start seeing stars (streaking stars...think of a meteor shower...) I get migraines from overexercise and dehydration as well.
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A RADEON could probably do much better.