Hey guys/girls/other,

 

Having spent all of my computing life since 1998 using Windows based computers and laptops with various screens, I finally had my first experience of a Mac last Friday after spending a few hours coding on a friends 27" iMac.

 

Although I am not in any way, shape or form an Apple fanboi (far from it) I was very impressed by the monitor and how to me (as a 4-eyed migraine and headache sufferer) there seemed to be very little, if any, glare from the screen under any circumstance yet still offering very good contrast and brightness to allow me to code and design for those few hours.

 

Now I know nothing about monitors other than resolution, and with this in mind could someone please let me know firstly whether it was pure coincidence that I felt the Apple monitor offered near zero glare, and secondly what to look out for in a monitor when I look to buy myself a new one in those January sales?

 

I have heard of frequency and refresh rates and aspect ratios and all that but it means nothing to me

 

Any advice greatly appreciated as always

 

Cris

Hi Cris

 

Look for as large a monitor as you can afford preferably with a non reflective screen. Flat panel monitors do not have refresh rates as such due to their construction. Cathode ray monitors used to give me really bad headaches after a while but after the move to a 27 inch flat panel with non reflective screen all is well.

 

Hope this helps

 

Colin

Try ambient light behind your screen (a diffuse lamp or the like) to roughly the same level of brightness.

As renaissance states up there ^^^ use some sort of non glaring room lighting when working on a monitor. Never use it in the dark and spend a little extra money to get a decent monitor as this will make the difference to the quality of the image and make your eyes work less.

Hey guys, thanks for all the replies

 

Never thought about the ambient light/not having the room dark thing.....that might explain a few things

 

Cris

It makes a helluva difference if the light is consistent across your whole field of vision, because your eyes don't have conflicting levels of luminance to deal with. That's why the Kindle's screen is so easy on the eye.