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| Generic Eric:
I am not an eye doctor, and I don't play one on tv. A few years back I went to the eye doctor for a check up. She asked me what I did and if I work on computers, because I was going to need a stronger perscription. I told her I work on a computer for most of the day. After that she ended up mentioning that I should have a lamp on my desk if its not in a well lit room. She said it should be behind my monitor and the light source should be about 13% of the light in the room. I am not sure how to measure this, but if I recall correctly, she said just guess. Well anyway, I thought I would mention this because from time to time people wonder about the strain playing on a cabinet causes your eyes to undergo. Incorperating this idea and the tinted plexi may make for a less strenous (on your eyes, at least) experience. Just thought I would share. |
| kalkin:
Funny, I remember reading a manual for an old (we're talking late 50's I think) b/w TV in which they recommend putting TV in a corner, preferably placing a dim lightsource behind it making the picture easier to view. To lessen eyestrain cabinet-wise I was also thinking about using tinted plexi combined with RGB TV input instead of composite/s-vid to make the picture as clear as possible. |
| Chris:
The marquee lamp sounds like it's doing that job already! |
| Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: Chris on March 28, 2003, 01:21:15 pm ---The marquee lamp sounds like it's doing that job already! --- End quote --- Not the way I understood her. She said behind. The marquee is above. But, I am not an eye doctor, so I don't know. |
| CitznFish:
I don't know about that, but my best friends dad is an optomitrist and he says you need to look at objects in the distance every 20 - 30 minutes to reduce eye strain. My eyes started going bad after 4 years of heavy PC usage. It hasn't gotten any worse since I started doing that.. |
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