New desktop hurting my eyes

tvjunki

Hope you can help me.

I moved from a vista desktop with monitor an all in one pc with windows.

My eyes are in bits from the screen. The old pc the characters were fatter and not so bright. 18inch screen not 28inch.
The new one the characters are sharper smaller and the background is brighter. I think it is refreshing faster than the old pc.
Any suggestions to make it easier on my eyes. I have made the characters larger but it is still too sharp and bright. dont need glasses for reading.

Thanks in advance.

gerrybbadd

tvjunki wrote: »

Hope you can help me.

I moved from a vista desktop with monitor an all in one pc with windows.

My eyes are in bits from the screen. The old pc the characters were fatter and not so bright. 18inch screen not 28inch.
The new one the characters are sharper smaller and the background is brighter. I think it is refreshing faster than the old pc.
Any suggestions to make it easier on my eyes. I have made the characters larger but it is still too sharp and bright. dont need glasses for reading.

Thanks in advance.

Turn down the brightness.

Also look into turning on reading mode to strip out the blue light emitting from the screen. It'll make it easier on the eyes

tvjunki

I know this sound daft but how do I do reading mode? Not very techie.

Cordell

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028566/windows-10-change-the-size-of-text
Reduce the brightness and maybe use a warmer color temperature preset if available.
Also this may help:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027563/windows-10-set-your-display-for-night-time

tvjunki

Cordell wrote: »

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028566/windows-10-change-the-size-of-text
Reduce the brightness and maybe use a warmer color temperature preset if available.
Also this may help:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027563/windows-10-set-your-display-for-night-time

Do I put the pc on 'night hours' all the time to make it easier for the eyes?

gerrybbadd

tvjunki wrote: »

Do I put the pc on 'night hours' all the time to make it easier for the eyes?

Thats what i do myself. Just leave it on rather than setting a scheduled time for it

Cordell

Why not, if you like it better on night mode who cares it's midday? It's nigh time somewhere for sure

advertsfox

And you can enable the night light from the notification bar (see below):

tvjunki

Thank you all so much. I really appreciate your help. Will have a go and see if it helps. Keep you posted.

Del2005

When was your last eye test? You might need glasses for screen use, you can get coatings on glasses to reduce screen glare.

dmc17

I use f.lux

It adjusts the screen brightness and colours based on your time zone and it happens gradually, so you don't notice it (until you turn of f.lux and you really see how blinding the screen is)

tvjunki

Del2005 wrote: »

When was your last eye test? You might need glasses for screen use, you can get coatings on glasses to reduce screen glare.

I suffer with migraines so bright lights do not help. I wear glasses for driving only for eye strain and they have anti glare on them. Never had a problem with the old pc but the new one is not helping at all. Eyes tested last year.

tvjunki

dmc17 wrote: »

I use f.lux

It adjusts the screen brightness and colours based on your time zone and it happens gradually, so you don't notice it (until you turn of f.lux and you really see how blinding the screen is)

Will try that also. Thank you.

ShauntaMetzel

Turn on the nightmode and decrease the brightness. In addition, sit far away from your PC, blink 20 times per minute and take regular breaks. Better to use eyeglasses.