"SuzyCue72;c-17633261" wrote:
"GlacierSnow;c-17603833" wrote:
As I recall, my main reason for not playing many computer games when I was a girl was that we only had one computer in the house and my brother and mom were always hogging it. :lol:
And back before flat screen LCD monitors, I couldn't use a computer very long without getting a bad headache. The old ray-trace monitors really bothered my eyes for some reason. So I tended to use our computer only in short bursts, and once my brother or mom got on the machine it was hard to get another chance.
@GlacierSnow As far as I know ray tracing is a new thing, I think you must mean the old Cathode Ray Tube, CRT, monitors, right? And you're not the only one who's had trouble with them. If their refresh rate were set too low, like 60Hz, they flickered and were horrible to look at.
Before I had bought my first computer almost twenty years ago, I used the computers at my school library a few times, but it made my eyes and head feel absolutely terrible. I had no idea why, and the librarian knew even less about computers than I did, so I had no one to ask about it.
And a few years later I got myself a computer of my own with Windows XP, and it had of course one of those old fashioned CRT monitors too, and it was exactly as bad to look at as those at the library had been.
After a while I somehow found out about the probable cause, and where to find the screen refresh settings. I saw that it was set at 60Hz, so I changed it to 85Hz instead, and immediately it turned into a totally different screen, and I felt so happy and relieved. The constant flickering and eye/head problems were completely gone, and from then on I could easily sit in front of the screen for many hours, writing stories and playing Sims 1 without any discomfort whatsoever.
So, what I wanted to say with telling you this little story, is that I really wish that you and your family had tried this with your monitor too, and probably had gotten a whole new experience, with a screen that's nice and pleasant to look at, and not something that makes you ill.
See quote below from this site:
"The other day I was troubleshooting an issue with an older computer with a CRT monitor and when I looked at it I almost got sick from the flickering screen. Fixing that issue is easy, here is how."
@SuzyCue72 Yeah, I remembered the wrong term. Sorry. CRT is what I was talking about. And I actually knew about changing the refresh settings. Lots of people back then helpfully pointed it out to me. But it didn't help. Even at faster settings, it still gave me a headache.
The LCD monitors that are not LED backlit are fine for me. I have used them for hours upon hours for many years with no trouble at all. Weirdly, the LED backlit ones aren't. I found that out recently when I got one to replace my old LCD monitor that died, and I ending up having to trade with my husband for his older monitor (non-LED) because no matter what we did with the settings on the new LED backlit monitor it was making me feel sick to my stomach. We were both puzzled because we weren't expecting it to make any difference.
