✌️ Cause of my Temporal Dithering LED eye strain and an effective treatment
Donux So, beyond tackling health side of things, I think it is really important to make sure at least devices are used/modified in order to cause least amendment of a natural healthy state. (Apart from obiously factors beyond technology, such as focus, posture, coffee overdose, overwork, etc.)
This approach should be done by hardware and software manufacturers. It is impossible.
Software engineers always want get more from the same hardware that's how temporal dithering works - get more colors from the same cheap 8 bit panel by doing flickering by pixels.
Zodios We live not in ideal world, and windows laptops especially old models allow to do a lot of tickering. In fact there could be a checklist to do X, Y, Z. Also, there is a contract between consumer and manufacturer, so in this case, you need to look for clearly stated promises such as flicker free etc. Also, it comes down to a price I believe with some exceptions (clearly M3 Macbook Pro was a fail), but XPS or top of a range MSI, Asus etc, where some of them have flicker free certification, would be a good start at least. But to come back to a main point, I do not believe, if you would not solve external irritants it will solve your problems, even if you become budhism monk on a mountain with best eye drops in the world, and best posture, and best food/liquid intakes.
I do not believe, if you would not solve external irritants it will solve your problems, even if you become budhism monk on a mountain with best eye drops in the world, and best posture, and best food/liquid intakes.
It would be true for definitely harmful things like smoking...
The general population has zero issues with the devices and technologies discussed in this forum.
Zodios get more colors from the same cheap 8 bit panel by doing flickering by pixels
I still didn't found real 8-bit panel, having only pixel inversion flickering ( without additional smooth mechanisms like FRC or dithering ). The monitors I tested last summer, was declared as 8-bit, but I found FRC in it similar as nvidia 2x2 spatial dynamic model looks )
Thank you.
Also can you elaborate on your treatment plan? I already got Latanoprost drops. I guess if they help it's gonna be life long treatment like with real glaucoma. Or your want to try use it in courses?
Zodios Some part of population has zero issues, but significant part of population - have different coping mechanisms (than many people in this forum). But eye strain is real. If you take a holiday of 2-4 weeks without screen time, you will be able quicly grasp how bad specific device is for you. Some are better, some are worse. You can strive to use the better, or tweak it to be better for you. The goal is to have a strategy so you for example use 30 minutes of screentime - 5 minutes or rest rule and be able to use the device. One part which I agree (if I correctly assume your position), mindless tinkering, without any strategy, data collection and statistics, does not mean anything. You can reach the point of being so exhausted, that you do not even register correctly what works better for you. For example, I strongly dissagree that just because some dude posted that everybody should install ditherig.exe everyone should do it. For some machines it makes it worse, and I feel like temporal dithering is not used that much anymore on premium or mid range office machines. So without going into essay here, I am suggesting this forum is really missing - 1) good proper surveys, 2) checklist instructions from A to Z in order to assess if tweak is needed or not. This will cover subjective side and technical side. But for someone who is in real pain right now, no tweaks will help anymore, you have to gradually de-slave yourself from your tech and stop projecting that the fix is "out there outside of you". Human - machine interface includes both parties equally - human and a machine, so surely do not "write off" yourself.
Is there a chance that workout exercises targeting the neck muscles help with eye sensitivity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimeRpdqWQw
This is an interesting post. While I was looking for issues my optometrist has found early stages of glaucoma through some laser technology I can't exactly explain. I'm not well versed into the topic. But my IOP was increased.
Now that was a couple of years ago and I kinda gave up looking for cause.
As far as I'm aware starting such drops means you have to effectively use them for the rest of your time.
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Thank you @Zodios for the post and all the information. You have given me a new idea and hope. As soon as I read what you wrote, I sent it to my ophthalmologist, who mentioned that he was familiar with the subject and that when he was once at the Heisenberg Clinic, that's where his friends were doing research on the relationship between reducing IOP and reducing flicker response, but supposedly the results were not very satisfactory, so they discontinued. Regardless, he concluded that it might be a good idea, and most importantly, that it was worth a try, and prescribed me Xalantan drops, which contain Latanoprost. I started using them four days ago. My ophthalmologist recommended that I use them once a day for now, one drop in each eye at night. I've noticed that I sleep worse after them, but so far, unfortunately, it hasn't eliminated my screen problems. Sometimes it's a little better, but maybe everyone reacts differently and maybe I need to use them a little longer, or maybe increase the dose and drop twice a day like the author of the post. I'm giving myself time and will update if anything changes. As for the contraindications to use, my ophthalmologist says that it's not a problem and if the drops helped, you can use them for a long time without hesitation, while then he recommends periodic visits to check the IOP. Nevertheless, I wouldn't recommend anyone to try using the drops on their own. I’m curious to see how others will react, whether it will help anyone and whether it will improve or completely eliminate the problem in my case after time