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Old 02-16-2009, 07:34 AM   #22
tali3sin
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Originally Posted by tvg View Post
Hi,

I've noticed strain, and also pain in my eyes before and have been researching this a little.

close to a 100% of the people I know have their screen turned up "nice and bright", also every commercial tells you that a bright screen is the best.

guess what: for looking at a movie in a well lit room thsi is true, because for a movie the contrast is very important. for a book (black text on white background) the contrast is more then enough so brightness can be lower

to diminish strain on your eyes:
turn down the backlight a LOT (i usually have it below 50%)
take care that the area around the screen has more or less the same brightness as the screen itself.
when possible increase fontsize to a little bigger then a paper book.

grt
Tom
Drop the backlight, increase the font-size, duly noted!
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