Re: (OT) good monitor or screen for coding please suggest

I've spend anything from 9 to 14 hours staring at 2 and sometimes 3 monitors with 4 to 5 vim isntances at once. I know I am asking this to the right people here ! :) Are there any suggestions?

Yup.

Don't do that!

Seriously. Take a break for a few minutes every hour. You'll feel better for it :-)

I have little to no experience with flat lcds, is this something one should consider? are there advantages? I see a lot of talk online about graphics and monitors, but little about coding. Please suggest, money is not an issue with this.. it's our eyes!

I personally prefer LCDs to CRTs. I presume that this must have something to do with the lack of refresh flicker. I've been told by some gamers I know that CRTs are better for them - but I've never found it an issue for coding.

One low tech tip that I find works for whatever display you like. At the start of each day set the brightness/contrast to their lowest settings. Then adjust them so their comfortable.

If I only tweak the settings when I notice a problem I slowly jog them towards the high-brightness / high-contrast end of the scale but never end up turning them down. So I end up with more light coming off the screen which hurts my eyes (it burns!). Daily resets force me to find a more optimal setting.

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Re^2: (OT) good monitor or screen for coding please suggest by leocharre (Priest) on Apr 20, 2006 at 20:49 UTC
This tip about setting the brightness contrast really helped- i usually use high contrast, and low bright.. and that makes the screen really flare up. Another thing I try to do is: us a lamp! I place it lighting up something on my peripherals, that helps. Also, I had a black monitor for a while.. and it hurt my eyes.. switched it for a light grey one and it was a lot better. it seems when your vision is too preocuppied by the monitor, it freaks the eyes out? ( i take smoke/coffee breaks every half hour : ) )	[reply]

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Re^2: (OT) good monitor or screen for coding please suggest
by leocharre (Priest) on Apr 20, 2006 at 20:49 UTC

This tip about setting the brightness contrast really helped- i usually use high contrast, and low bright.. and that makes the screen really flare up.

Another thing I try to do is: us a lamp! I place it lighting up something on my peripherals, that helps.

Also, I had a black monitor for a while.. and it hurt my eyes.. switched it for a light grey one and it was a lot better. it seems when your vision is too preocuppied by the monitor, it freaks the eyes out?

( i take smoke/coffee breaks every half hour : ) )

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