hpst (e.g: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087871)
They seem unaware that the original issue only affect Macbooks made between circa. 2008-2010...
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JTL Yeah every thread I have seen there talking about eye strain in some manner is already off the rails before I notice and could comment and bring up our ideas. Since stuff has a very short lifespan of discussion there unless you are in at the start and get votes there is zero chance of guiding the discussion at all.
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JTL I just don't know where else to MAYBE find more people like you to work with you or who could even run with your findings independently. You have too much going on to work on this full time, but you are the only one I have seen with any plausible plan. It's obvious industry isn't going to help...Intel shut it down and acted weird. It's going to have to be an ad hoc solution. I can't wait years so am willing to help crowdfund whoever can help.
hpst When I paused work on this in January to attempt to get some work done I was half hoping someone else with the right skills would "pick up the torch" and ask me to writeup my research and code for them to them to work on it.
I may restart work on this when I'm able and PROPERLY take some notes this time. While I remember almost all of it I think having a set of notes written up would be helpful too.
Lot's of interest here, but the skills you need to do this, they aren't the sort of thing you learn in a day from a premade guide. It's from years of somewhat related low-level programming experience.
Link I'd have to go back and check. I sold my switch because it was hurting my eyes, but my kid is buying another one so I'll let you know. It also seemed pretty variable - meaning that an early edition (release day) switch I played with didn't give me issues, and I've seen them hooked up in store displays looking ok... but again those are probably first-gen, first-run units.
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So. I just picked up an XBox One S.
And... eye strain. Not as instant as the X, but definitely there.
What's BEYOND ODD is that I've successfully used the XBox one (S, usually, but occasionally X) in multiple places - conventions, mostly - without problem. Why is it an issue in my living room? Not sure. I'm back to trying to downgrade the original X to last August and see if that helps. If I can pinpoint "yes it was the October 2018 patch that broke it", then I can petition MS to find out what they changed in the display driver/code/etc.
Gurm So far only newer computers have caused my eye strain. About 2 years ago I upgraded my original Xbox One to and S and haven't had an issue except for Borderlands 2 from the Handsome Jack collection. I played the original Borderlands 2 on Xbox 360 years ago with no issue but when playing the Xbox one version I couldn't play more than a few minutes without eye strain and a headache.
Someone mentioned a switch earlier in the thread so I'll also add, I'm able to play Switch in handheld and TV mode without issue. I'm playing on a 2017 65" Samsung series 8 LED TV.
Seagull true. Although at the MS convention, I was exhausted and killing time at the end of the day. But in that instance I was playing an XBox One X on a MONITOR. I think before I rule anything out I'm going to plug this S into a known-good monitor and see how it looks at a stupid fast refresh rate...
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Gurm to follow up on my last post. After not playing much xbox one s since October when Black Ops 4 came out, I turned it on and updated. I tried playing the master chief collection and eye strain kicked in right away on the home screen and loading screens. My eyes were bloodshot after playing a few rounds of slayer and I had to give up.
SeniorTaquito it might be the latest updates killing it. I'm going to try rolling mine back to last summer. I don't know how long I can prevent updates before some games become unplayable, but if I have to block the updates indefinitely I will.
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Gurm haven't logged in for a while since reading through a lot of the posts increases my anxiety and I lose hope. Did rolling back the update work? I haven't turned my xbox on since my last post. I was always upset that nintendo didn't keep up with the other consoles but now I'm happy about it. Switch is the only current gen console I can play without issue.
Hey I haven't responded to this in a while. I have good and bad days. On good days, I can play the current release of XBox (original hardware, not S or X) and on bad days I can't. I never got around to rolling back the update, and as a result haven't gamed much on the XBox One in the past... year, as it turns out.