Based on my readings and experience I've saw that ambient light and monitor brightness could help reduce eye strain over time. Having too high brightness on dark room doesn't feel right. Plus, there are other technologies that help.
So basically, I am looking to see if I can find a good PC monitor to take as much care of my eyes as possible. Now I have a 29" ultrawide monitor with 2560x1080. This seems to have the perfect pixel pitch for my eyes.
I am looking to:
- no PWM
- low blue light
- light sensor for brightness auto-adjustments
Now let's talk a bit about diagonal and resolution. I am mostly using the monitor with text and I don't want to scale in Windows because it may not look good. So,
27" with 1920x1080 seems to have higher pixel pitch than I currently have and should be good on the readability. However I have a bit of a concern related to pixels being "visible" and to loosing some workspace.
Here I've found BenQ GW2780 and Philips 272B1G. Both have all the features, are TUV Certified for eye care and the Philips has the advantage of 75Hz
27" with 2560x1440 - I think it has pixel pitch too small which translates into small text, harder to read resulting in eye strain
32" with 2560x1440 - seems to have similar pixel pitch with what I currently have. I would get some extra work space on height but I am concerned about the size of the monitor. I've read that big displays could create eye strain because of edge distortions.
Here I've found Philips 326P1H which also has a webcam and USB hub and Philips 325B1L which doesn't have the camera, usb and TUV eye certification but it seem to have the same technologies used.
I'd like to hear your thoughts based on what you've used. Is 27" @1080p too chunky, is 27@1440 hard on the eyes, is 32 @1440p too big? Does this auto brightness work or maybe I'll disable it because it has too high brightness?
Thank you for your time