After prolonged exposure my monitor hurts my eyes.

[tom10167]

It's a 19" Mag, seen here. http://www.maginnovision.com/product/products-crt-fs-986.htm

Is there anything I can do, any other monitors that won't hurt my eyes or anything? I try and keep the contrast and brighness very low, below 50%. But when I'm gaming that's really not an option, a lot of dark corners etc. etc.

[Hughhefner]

Try setting your REFRESH rate higher, normal default is 60 HZ, but I can crank mine to 85 hz. and it REALLY helps.

settings/Control panel/display/display properties/advanced tab/monitor tab/change the refresh to a HIGHER number.

[tom10167]

Yeah it was at 72hz, I set it to 85, so I guess we'll see. I was always under the impression that <72 made no difference.

[germanjulian]

it will but maybe your monitor doesnt have a anti reflective coating?? light hits the monitor and gets reflected in it = eye hurts.

also if the picture is not sharp it hurts your eyes are a while.

if u spend a lot of time in windows (not gaming) get a TFT. I can sit in front of it for hours.... on my new crt too but at work the crt after work my eyes hurt

[tom10167]

That's the problem, I game quite a bit. I don't have excellent eyesight, so I might not notice the difference, as I can't just drop $1,100 on a monitor. I guess I could go to some places and see what it's like.

[Hughhefner]

If you need a bigger monitor check and see if there are any local computer shows in your area. I have one every month about 20 min from my house and there are always TONS of Large screen monitors from closed businesses. Last Oct. I picked up a Mitsubishi 22" FLAT screen for $175, it was only 16 months old.

Still weighs 70 ish pounds but they loaded it in my car for me.

[tom10167]

Maybe it's that, I'll bring the resolution down to 800x600, and see. I'm on a 19" but it's pretty far away from me, about three feet.