A really bad case of eye strain/computer vision syndrome

[Alby_da_Wolf]

Zuhyc said:

sergiodaly said:

deskpro2k3 said:

play games in a well lit room.

Actually I think that is worse... The more light the more your brain has to process. By reducing the light, less information goes into your brain from your peripheral eye sight, reducing also the effort the brain does in processing our mental image. I guess this is the reason the Op felt less issues during the night.

Those are my thoughts as well. I also think glare has somethin to do with it, even though I have an anti glare coat.

Beware that total darkness and so excessive contrast with the environment is bad too, the ideal to minimize eye strain from active screens (active meaning emitting light, not reflecting it, cinemas haven't this problem) is that the environment around be very dimly lit with diffused light (doctors eventually found that watching TV in the darkness doesn't damage sight as previously believed, but they confirmed it causes fatigue, strain).

There even are specialized lights for this purpose, like this http://www.beghelli.it/it/ita/prodotti.asp?idProd=7827 (couldn't find a page with a description in English)  and IIRC I also saw TVs with that kind of environment lighting built-in.