Glossy Screen headaches...

Glossy screens have great color, contrast, and brightness. Nothing against them. Actually would like one on my next purchase. But there are people who blame there eyestrain and headaches on glossy screens. I am prone to eye strain and headaches. But staring at screens in stores for a few minutes, and even staring at my friend's big 17" glossy for a while it's hard to tell if the glossy finish would cause me headaches. How could I tell if I would be negatively affected by a glossy?Any opinions on this atleast?

I do sometimes experience a throbbing head after one two many hours infront of my Matte screen. Previous to my Dell as many already know - I had a Toshiba. That had a matte screen as well. I notice I get fewer headaches with my Dell than I did with my Toshiba. I'm not sure why. Does resolution and widescreen vs. standard actually affect this as well?

I'm about these dumb repeated questions and if I'm not making sense.

Thanks a bunch!
<3 Niki

 

lol You finally come out of OT.

I have a Matte screen and I think it is much easier on the eyes. If you wanted to test what the screen would do to your eyes go to Best Buy and play around on a glossy laptop for a least 30min. Sure they will think your weird but you can just tell them you are fasinated by the colors.
Tim

 

LOL Double post.
Tim

 

Hmm, I have i6000 and its matte screen is terrible compared to IBM T series'. Having such screen in i6000 makes me a bit dissapointed as my previous notebook presario m series and toshiba a50 series had better matte screen. Toshiba glossy screen seems washed out. I checked over Fujitsu and Sony XBrite. Both are better than toshiba Trubrite screen.

 

I would say screen resolution and clarity of text greatly effects your vision and could probably give you headaches.

Find out which resolution would suit you best by testing out some notebooks if possible.

At first my Z70Va's huge resolution of 1680x1050 gave me some eye strain, but after a while I got used to it.

Also the clarity of text displayed by the screen and/or videocard is also important. I have a Nvidia 6800 on my desktop with a cruddy LG 17" CRT monitor which is so blurry I have to set image sharpness up a bit for sharp text. I don't think Ati supplies this option with its videocards, boooooo.

Anyways, yeah sometimes it just comes down to how you setup your display. Not many options there for notebooks since whatever screen you get is whatever screen you get, but you can shop around and check them out first.

Some people find glossy screens give them headaches while others find them pleasantly better than matte screens because of the richness in color and brightness.

All depends on how you can deal with them.

Hope that helps a bit.

Cheers,
Mike

 

For me, I find screen brightness affects me more than glossy vs. matte. I have a personal preference for matte. You said you have a friend with a glossy screened laptop, do you think you could ask him or her if you could use their laptop for a couple hours and give it a good test run? I know it's wierd using someone else's machine, but it's probably the best test. Use it like you would your own -- go on the internet, watch a movie, write a paper, whatever it is you do the most often.

 

Compaq v4000T Brightview

I've never gotten a headache from my glossy screen and I've used it in the classroom, near a window with some sunlight shining in, and in a room with a lot of light bulbs..

The only thing I'm disappointed with is that I thought it would perform better outside in direct sunlight... Even though the screen does get pretty bright.. It still isn't bright enough to use the laptop at high noon in the middle of a summer day (the screen looks black, even at max brightness)!

I've been watching the Final Fantasy: Advent Children DVD (several times actually)..
http://www.square-enix-usa.com/dvd/ff7ac/
And I'm LOVING the colors.. In my bedroom (dimmer than a regular classroom) the colors are as crisp and bright on my Laptop screen as they are on my 19" Samsung Syncmaster.. The bright blue colors in Cloud's eyes really stand out as being rich in hue. And I have the added advantage of watching it on a widescreen display while in bed and be able to get real close to the screen.

 

I have been staring at my dell true life screen for at least 4 hours per night for almost a week now.

No headaches, and the screen is really bright and crisp.

 

I sometimes get headaches/sore eyes while using it. My eye doctor recommends I only use my pc for an hour at a time and take a 10+ minute break every hour. That helps. they are superior for media purposes.

 

I totally agree with your eye doctor otaku.

Guys regardless of what kind of screen you are using and how good it is you should ALWAYS take breaks~! Even while watching television from 20 feet.

Focussing on a flat surface for hours on end can definitely mess with your vision and give you headaches.

2D or 3D the surface you are looking at is still 2D~!!! It's just that you are focussing in and out of the same surface.

Try doing the same thing on a textured surface like those pretty italian textured ceilings that many people have in their homes. Focus on certain little grains and then focus on the general area then back in on a group of grains for as long as your stare at your computer screen.

Uh huh, told yah.

 

I find the brightness on the glossy screens to be too high for normal indoor conditions. And that is probably the main cause of eye strain. When I first got my notebook I used to push the brightness to the max, because it was soo bright and nice . But after a while I noticed it was doing more harm than good, especially that sometimes I might spend 6 or more hours none stop on the PC. So now I use it at 4/8 when I am working with dim light around and at night, and at 5/8 when I have lights on (desk lamp when working with papers) or during a sunny day and shades open. Only times I use 8/8 is sometimes when watching DVDs and sitting away from the screen.

oh btw, I have a fujitsu N6010 17". One of the brightest screens out there