Screen glare

DeSelby83

I have started working at a laptop for long hours during the day and my eyes are getting very stingy and almost itchy due to this. What is the best way to help this. What are the anti glare screens like or is there any other options like anti glare glasses or anything. Thanks

alphasun

See an eye specialist if it's serious, but I doubt if it's glare as such that is causing your problem. Ordinary daylight is brighter than most screens. Glare screens are a waste of money. It's more likely that it's the concentrated work your eyes are doing and/or that your screen is too close or placed too high up. Ideally it should be just below eye level, reducing the work your outer eye muscles have to do, and placed far enough away to make it unnecessary for your eyes to focus actively (accommodate). This is why craftspeople such as jewellers often use thick-lensed glasses to reduce the effort of seeing details close up. As you're using a laptop, if it's on your knee it's a bit close for long sessions of work. There may be an issue of presbyopia if you're middle-aged.

DeSelby83

alphasun wrote: »

See an eye specialist if it's serious, but I doubt if it's glare as such that is causing your problem. Ordinary daylight is brighter than most screens. Glare screens are a waste of money. It's more likely that it's the concentrated work your eyes are doing and/or that your screen is too close or placed too high up. Ideally it should be just below eye level, reducing the work your outer eye muscles have to do, and placed far enough away to make it unnecessary for your eyes to focus actively (accommodate). This is why craftspeople such as jewellers often use thick-lensed glasses to reduce the effort of seeing details close up. As you're using a laptop, if it's on your knee it's a bit close for long sessions of work. There may be an issue of presbyopia if you're middle-aged.

Thanks for the reply, I have it on a desk and it's below eye level. From what you say I think it is the concentration level that I'm doing. I suppose it's not too serious, just more of an inconvenience than anything and was wondering is there any easy fix to the irritation without going as far as eye drops etc

Overheal

I can be on the PC for days and never complain about an "itch" in my eyes.

You either need to consider seeing an optician or investigating your work environment. Lighting, temperature, air circulation, air content (pollen, dust, co-worker's potpourri) etc. all play some factor. If you're sitting in an overly bright stuffy office with poor air circulation that might be your problem. And this is Ireland were discussing right - you don't exactly see many places with ceiling fans or central air conditioning.

f.lux is also a nice piece of freeware that adjusts screen temperature depending on the time of day. Its manually adjustable, but works most effectively at night or in the evenings and is a good thing to have altogether heading into winter.

Other factors to consider are your screen resolution, the DPI of the screen/font and what zoom level you are working with. I sit almost 36" away from my primary monitor, a 23", with a higher DPI setting and a zoom-up on most web pages. Working with a screen of inadequate resolution can be a pain too. If you're too close on a low resolution screen you'll spot pixellation (stand 18" away from your home television and see what I mean). Also if you're working with objects that aren't optimized for the native resolution of the screen things will look fuzzy and out of focus.

riclad

GET one of these ,
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3MScreens_NA/Protectors/Shop_Products/

they seem to have screens for most laptops,
put in make,model no .
eh hp 3500jk
TRY reducing the resolution to 1024x768,
or increase the font size,of word, whatever programs you use most.

YEARS ago most office pcs had antiglare screens fitted.
reduce your onscreen brightness settings.
Maybe take a 5minute break, every hour.
give your eyes a rest,look at no screens or phones.

I,d recommend a antiglare screen ,but try adjusting contrast ,and brightness first,
i always have brightness at minimum on my laptop,sony vaio.

Overheal

I do not recommend lower the resolution outside of the screen's native resolution. It's just going to make things fuzzy and increase eye problems.