My m1530 screen seriously damages my eyes

Hi.

Ever since I got my m1530 (december 08) I always had a hard time looking at the screen. The screen is ccfl btw. I find it that every 3 minutes on average I have to look away otherwise my eyes start aching. I constantly feel this pressure in them and I haven't got a clue what to do. I am wearing eye contacts, and since december my vision has gotten worse by -0.5 (eye contact wearers, you'll know what I'm talking about).

I don't know what the solution is. If I work on some other ccfl laptop screens the situation is just fine, but on others (i.e. inspiron 1520, if I remember correctly) it's the same.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

p.s. I'm not sure what brand of screen it is. It's possible to look it up in device manager, isn't it?

 

Is the refresh rate too low?

 

do you have any idea why the eye strain might be? are you running a non-native resolution perhaps?

 

To check the monitor type do Device Manager > Monitors > Generic PnP Monitor > Properties > Details > Hardware IDs (in the drop down box).

LPLF300 is definately an LG LCD panel. I'm sure the other types are listed on here somewhere.

 

It says it's MONITOR\AUO2077, so that's an AU Optronics, isn't it? Is that a good monitor?

I'm running 1440x900 which is the native resolution for this monitor.

millermagic, don't all lcds run at 60 Hz? I think lcd's don't operate on the refresh rate principle but by a constant current applied through the liquid crystals. I'm not sure, correct me if I'm wrong.

I think that the glare might be the problem. I'm not sure about that either. Changing the brightness doesn't help. I don't know whether to buy an anti glare filter, since it's expensive, just for the sake of trying out if it'll work.

 

Miller's right - check your monitor's refresh rate and make sure it matches your input voltage frequency. The same problem occurs with fluorescent lights when they're on a bad voltage. Most people don't realize it, the FL's actually blink at a high rate - if the voltage is off it causes eye strain and even nausea. Your monitor actually scans at a fast rate - you don't see it because it's that fast. If it's off from what you're used to viewing it'll cause eye strain.

You can check your refresh from your GPU's control panel. Open it up and it's usually where the Resolution changes are. For most western displays it should be set to 60hz.

 

Yeah, it is set at 60 Hz. But doesn't the charger convert AC to DC and therefore eliminate any frequency trouble? Oh well.

UK has its power from National Grid set at 50 Hz. Do you think I need to get some kind of an electronic frequency magnifier to sort this out?

 

I also wear contacts, but find it impossible to use a computer with them as my eyes dry out really quickly - do your eyes still strain when you don't have contacts in?

 

I agree with everyone else's suggestions. However, just for your information, not all LCD screens run on 60 Hz. I have an XPS M1530 as well but my refresh rate is 63Hz. I wear glasses too, about a grade of 100 for one eye, the other none; but my eyes don't strain when viewing the screen for lenghy periods of time.

 

Could be your contacts are drying out and need to be moistened. Does it look better after putting eye drops? Could be your age too.. decrease accomodation.

 

I don't think it's due to eye contacts because the same effect occurs again if I'm not wearing them. I'm only 18, so I should be fine agewise.

Joeytav, I've had that problem with another laptop, hp nx 6110, but with xps it's just the eye strain that's the problem. I find it really difficult to look at the screen for a lengthy period of time, and the more I look at the screen the more I look away.

I've contacted Dell and they still haven't contacted me back, but I don't know whether to expect much assistance from them.

btw, how do I deal with power frequency?

 

anyone? i know this classifies as bumping the thread, but it's quite a problem which i'm sure others have experienced as well. sry again

 

i have a little problem reading the LED screen on my m1330... something about the resolution or LED backlight...

it's not as bad if i set the LED brightness to lower than needed.... so i'm guessing is the led backlight...\

got a small 15" external screen to dock... not that bad