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    Something to help with eyestrain and late nights

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Bearclaw, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    It's a program that changes the brightness of your monitor as the day progresses.
    It's pretty cool, make sure you set the transition time to slow (60m) and you should get used to it after a while.
    http://stereopsis.com/flux/
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 30, 2011
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hmmmm. lets see.
     
    spradhan01, Jan 30, 2011
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  3. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    This Is Cool!
     
    shinakuma9, Jan 30, 2011
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    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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  5. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

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    likewise!

    Thanks for the link bearclaw!
     
    AznImports602, Jan 30, 2011
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  6. Bearclaw

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    Yeah with this I might actually get to bed instead of doping around on NBR :)
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 30, 2011
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    Baka (・ω・)

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    It's not that easy to prevent yourself from opening NBR :(

    I open it in instincts lately ._. Every few minutes
     
    Baka, Jan 30, 2011
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  8. Bearclaw

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    Yeah it's one click away.
     
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    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

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    Same here!
     
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    Przn4lif3 Notebook Consultant

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    I like this a lot! I've been staying up late doing lots of homework lately and I've been waking up with that crappy eye feeling.

    +1 rep
     
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  11. Bearclaw

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    Well I wonder how its transitions will be through the course of an entire day.

    Some people said it may lag when it's transitioning, not sure if that's true or not.
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 30, 2011
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    Yeah..same here after I got black ops pc for free, now I open every few minutes.
    Can't help myself. :S
     
    spradhan01, Jan 30, 2011
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  13. Bearclaw

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    lol I just turned it off for a second and whoa my screen is bright as heck.
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 31, 2011
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  14. daranik

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    My tv naturally has this built in, I have a SHARP 52 inch LCD. For the most part I dont use it, you shouldn't by default have your tv more then have the backlight brightness it can go up to. It washes out colours, and destroys black's.... blackness.... Generally a well tuned tv with backlight around 25-50% brightness is what you should have. Also try at night to only have ambient light on, nothing too strong, the eyestrain comes from multiple sources of light hitting your eye and your eye trying to only focus at one. I leave a low light lamp in the corner just so I can see keyboards or controllers.


    As for those gunnar optiks, im very skeptical, I figure its more sugar pill than actual fix. I dont see how filtering light through a yellow lens makes it less potent to your eye, plus my tv has a precise colour setup that with a pair of gunnar on would destroy that precision.
     
    daranik, Jan 31, 2011
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    F.lux is quite good if you're not doing anything that requires you see good color representation (word processing). But if your gaming, editing images, or watching a movie, etc, it's useless.
     
    usapatriot, Jan 31, 2011
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