Definitely interested in staying in the loop. I've had largely the same issues with new displays, and swore for a while that it was some sort of dithering to do with 8-bit color. Just ordered a 15" MBP 2018 after upgrading to Win10 on my old work computer started to make me feel funny much the way my purchase earlier this year of a PC w/an 8700k/1070 did. Thought it might be a Win10 thing. Maybe not...
There's an extensive Intel thread on the issue here: https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P0000490Nm4SAE/eye-strain?language=en_US
They allegedly did tons of testing and couldn't find anything, which is really discouraging. It seemed like they even took in the hardware of some users having issues and had it third-party tested. Really impressed with the diligence, if disappointed by the result.
Things that do seem to make things worse for me:
- 8 bit color depth
- Win10 (maybe that just =newer Intel drivers?)
Things that don't bother me at all:
- My iPhone X
- My old iPad Air (OG)
- My HP Zbook G3 before Win10 upgrade / with 6 bit default color depth. PWM for brightness reduction didn't even bug me here
I continue to feel like white screens look like they're moving on these newer machines. It's like looking at colorful static. I briefly see the same thing when looking away from them at a "normal" screen before my eyes settle. It's like something is preventing my eyes from properly focusing and forces squinting, drives headaches. A familiar tale, I know - just wanted to join this discussion here, as I type this on my day-old MBP that I want to love :c