Eyestrain issues - please help.
Posted: 31 May 2023, 18:33
Hello Blur Busters.
I have had an old Asus VG248QE for a long time now and decided to finally after upgrading my PC upgrade my monitor as well.
I have decided that anything 1440p 144hz+ will suffice so I tried out LG GN800B described as a budget friendly but very good monitor.
Boy oh boy this one F**CKED my eyes hard - I have tried every possible setting, 0 brightness, 100 brightness, every setting inbetween, low saturation, low contrast etc. Nothing really helped.
After that I went even higher with BenQ Mobiuz 3210R - Honestly I loved the curve and VA panel seemed to be much easier on my eyes but still not perfect compared to my old ASUS but the Ghosting and Inverse ghosting depending on overdrive setting was unbearable so I decided to return it.
What I noticed especially comparing ASUS and LG is that Asus even at 0 brightness and Blue light filter to the max that made it even less bright has virtually no reflections, either from light source above me (slightly to the right of monitor) or basically anything else, even with <40 nits I can see very well on it, no reflections no eyestrain and LG is basically a mirror despite having the "Anti-Glare Matte coating" just like the old Asus. The Mobiuz was much better than LG but I could still see the color of my shirt when the screen was black and with the Asus the most it reflects are my fingertips when i literally touch it.
Is there a 144hz(or more) 1440p monitor that is known for superior matte coating?
Or maybe this is a wrong lead to follow and the eyestrain comes from different source?
I've read many posts, on this forum, reddit etc about people expriencing very similar issues if not even the same story with old TN panel being perfectly fine and everything new causing awful eyestrain, I've also seen posts of people that "got used to" the monitor that caused them the eyestrain and it stopped but it honestly felt like going blind with the LG, I saw white spots in my vision, pain was awful and I couldn't really focus my eyesight on anything for atleast 5 minutes after using it.
Just so you know I am currently pursuing medical help from eye doctor as well as neurologist but seeing how many people had the same problem I feel like that's not the only issue and everything I can do to help from the hardware side is a good way to go about it as well.
Also when it comes to eye doctor I went there multiple times already, have perscription glasses with blue light filter but it's like +0.25 so generally my eyesight is pretty alright and the eye doctors have not found anything else being wrong with either my eye accomodation or anything else.
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I have had an old Asus VG248QE for a long time now and decided to finally after upgrading my PC upgrade my monitor as well.
I have decided that anything 1440p 144hz+ will suffice so I tried out LG GN800B described as a budget friendly but very good monitor.
Boy oh boy this one F**CKED my eyes hard - I have tried every possible setting, 0 brightness, 100 brightness, every setting inbetween, low saturation, low contrast etc. Nothing really helped.
After that I went even higher with BenQ Mobiuz 3210R - Honestly I loved the curve and VA panel seemed to be much easier on my eyes but still not perfect compared to my old ASUS but the Ghosting and Inverse ghosting depending on overdrive setting was unbearable so I decided to return it.
What I noticed especially comparing ASUS and LG is that Asus even at 0 brightness and Blue light filter to the max that made it even less bright has virtually no reflections, either from light source above me (slightly to the right of monitor) or basically anything else, even with <40 nits I can see very well on it, no reflections no eyestrain and LG is basically a mirror despite having the "Anti-Glare Matte coating" just like the old Asus. The Mobiuz was much better than LG but I could still see the color of my shirt when the screen was black and with the Asus the most it reflects are my fingertips when i literally touch it.
Is there a 144hz(or more) 1440p monitor that is known for superior matte coating?
Or maybe this is a wrong lead to follow and the eyestrain comes from different source?
I've read many posts, on this forum, reddit etc about people expriencing very similar issues if not even the same story with old TN panel being perfectly fine and everything new causing awful eyestrain, I've also seen posts of people that "got used to" the monitor that caused them the eyestrain and it stopped but it honestly felt like going blind with the LG, I saw white spots in my vision, pain was awful and I couldn't really focus my eyesight on anything for atleast 5 minutes after using it.
Just so you know I am currently pursuing medical help from eye doctor as well as neurologist but seeing how many people had the same problem I feel like that's not the only issue and everything I can do to help from the hardware side is a good way to go about it as well.
Also when it comes to eye doctor I went there multiple times already, have perscription glasses with blue light filter but it's like +0.25 so generally my eyesight is pretty alright and the eye doctors have not found anything else being wrong with either my eye accomodation or anything else.
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