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14-05-2007, 07:24 PM
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Apple v PC displays
As some of you may know it's been my misfortune to have given up my work Mac since April (well, actually I bought it from them  ) and I have been using a PC with Samsung displays. I use an IBM box thing with a decent graphics card but at the end of every work day my eyes hurt and I have a headache. I get home and use my iMac or my Macbook Pro and all is well. I have tried Acer and LG displays as well but every time I get a headache.
Can anyone tell me what is so special about Apple displays - is there a different technology or is it just my immune system reacting to XP as it would to the ebola virus? |
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14-05-2007, 07:31 PM
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Might sound silly, but could it just be that when you are using your Samsung display you are at work, while when you are using your iMac/MBP you are at home, the difference being different lighting levels or different stress levels, or different lengths of usage?
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14-05-2007, 07:33 PM
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If you're anything like me, it's a combination of bad posture, and that you're actually working in front of your work computer... I go home with a headache almost every day - yet I can spend the entire weekend in front of my mac and I'm fine. I blame the work.
Also, Cinema Displays have an extra special Apple-only technology: Love 
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14-05-2007, 07:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tommelbourne
Might sound silly, but could it just be that when you are using your Samsung display you are at work, while when you are using your iMac/MBP you are at home, the difference being different lighting levels or different stress levels, or different lengths of usage?
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No, it's not silly. However when I was using my Mac at work for 3 years I had an old 17" Apple Studio display and never had a problem. I'm not alone at work either - headaches are all around. I had thought it was Microsoft's clear type technology but now I'm having second thoughts. |
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14-05-2007, 07:39 PM
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Location: Melbourne (back in the midst of Thecal matter)
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Sorry if this is a silly Q, but are the samsung displays CRT or LCDs? I can't look at CRTs long, I think it has something to do with the refresh "flicker" that LCD displays do not (seem to) have.
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14-05-2007, 07:41 PM
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this is interesting. i wear glasses when i'm at work, because i feel so much strain on my eyes from staring at the screen all day and without glasses, i'm prone to headaches.
when i'm at home on my iMac ... no probs.
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14-05-2007, 07:42 PM
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Its probably because os x has fat, Print like fonts and windows has small one pixel wide spindly fonts.
Or if you have "Clear type" on, maybe the slight rainbow around the letters is giving you a headache, try turning it off if it is on.
And no, no difference between apple lcds and anyone elses. Apple use Samsung and LG-Phillips panels in their displays. Mostly the latter. They might pay a little more to get the ones with fewer dead pixels.
But Samsung monitors are very high quality. They make their own panels, have zero dead pixel policies.
Also check to see your video card is driving the display at the displays native resolution. On an 1280*1024 LCD, running it at 1024*768 (or any other resolution) will make it blurry as hell.
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14-05-2007, 08:05 PM
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Location: Crashed in a Melbourne bike lane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bljpoad
Sorry if this is a silly Q, but are the samsung displays CRT or LCDs? I can't look at CRTs long, I think it has something to do with the refresh "flicker" that LCD displays do not (seem to) have.
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They are LCDs |
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14-05-2007, 08:16 PM
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Location: Melbourne (back in the midst of Thecal matter)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubhousing
They are LCDs
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Right, then I will go the psychosomatic route then  I get tired at work, but then I get home and have a beer and can somehow magically do work related stuff at home. Both machines are OS X, work is an intel iMac and I have a macbook (with a Dell display that I use as my main display) at home. Maybe your work environs are the cause, as just tommelbourne, dangelovich and mwot said above? I have not used a PC for an extended period of time in years, so the font issue that gelfie was talking about could be the reason. |
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14-05-2007, 08:18 PM
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Location: Crashed in a Melbourne bike lane
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Maybe it's the beer that makes the Mac easier to use?
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14-05-2007, 08:40 PM
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Location: Inside your head
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It could be "sick building syndrome" that's affecting you, or possibly a high concentration of wireless crap nearby (mobile phone or wireless broadband microtower next to the business, for example, or a plethora of WAPs and wifi-enabled boxes). It could, as mentioned above, be related to posture, or to bad lighting of your office-space.
I strongly doubt it is Windows that's giving you your headaches (painful though it is anyway), but something in your work environment.
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14-05-2007, 08:59 PM
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Brains, usually you're a pretty with it guy.
But "Sick Building Syndrome".
No, I've come up with a better theory. Its all the other workers sending negative vibes your way.
Wear some crystals.
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14-05-2007, 09:07 PM
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Location: Adelaide
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re: sick building syndrome
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/sbs.html
from the US government Environmental Protection Agency website.
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Last edited by tangent23; 14-05-2007 at 09:10 PM.
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14-05-2007, 09:21 PM
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Group: Administrators
Location: Fukuoka, Japan (originally Canberra)
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Are the LCD's at work VGA (analogue) or DVI (digital)? I've gathered that analogue LCD's are considerably more uncomfortable to look at for any length of time.
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14-05-2007, 09:23 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Things I would check/consider:
- Posture
- Fluoro Lighting
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