diop Will true 10 bit panels lead to 10 bit plus FRC displays becoming the norm? I mean if GPUs already compute colour as a floating point and round to the nearest colour that can be displayed (e.g. 6+2 bit, 8 + 2 bit lists of colours displayable), it seems trivial to switch the list of display colours to 10 bit + FRC.
Update to Windows 10 Version 1909 - Focal Aware Seizures?
The point I was trying to make is 10-bit color support for actually using it with the OS and applications can be quite complex. There are issues if the GPU "supports" it (some GPUs don't support it on purpose so you get a more expensive model), the OS in use and it's configuration, the monitor and if it does 8+2 bit "dithering" itself, etc.
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I tried the latest consumer Windows 10 yesterday and felt sick after a while. Burning eyes, no joy. I think Windows 10 is a dead end, and has been since 2016's "anniversary" edition.
I think when I started a full-screen game, the eye-strain-inducing video output disappeared or at least got minimized. But the desktop itself including all browsers is not usable at all. And the eye strain persists for hours.
a month later
diop I guess I have always had a slight sensitivity from flickering lights - for example with noticeable flickering of a flourescent light I would often develop a migraine. And I have had migraines occasionally since I was a little kid, but they were extremely rare before whereas for the last 8 years before finding a working setup they would be near-continuous, to the point of ruining my life - I'm sure many people here have a similar story.
I'm starting to get concerned about not being able to update beyond Windows 10 ver 1511 as already most new Adobe software doesn't work with this version, and I'm sure other software I teach for a living will soon stop working with it too.
So I'm on the hunt for a solution again! I can't believe I'm over 8 years in now and still there is no solution to this problem, particularly on Macbooks (which would be much better to use for my work). Just glad I at least have one portable machine I can use...
3 years later
si_edgey I’ve had exactly that experience you’re describing after looking at an epilepsy pattern that was posted on this site somewhere. Intense deja vu followed by surreal feelings and then symptoms mimicking a panic attack. I was “brain dead” and groggy the next day. This is really illuminating. I wonder if there’s a medication we can take for this?
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ensete On my home NUC I was on Windows 8.1 and was a good setup. But now that 8.1 as stopped to receive new updates, including security updates, I had to upgrade to Win10. Win 10 22h2 is bad to the eyes. Fast strain.
My work computer is Windows 10 Enterprise 21h2 and is fine to my eyes. Using with a HP monitor on work, and using brightness on 10% and cutting blue and green is fine for my eyes. Altough letters are somehow blurry, but no pain. I will try and use the work laptop on my home monitor Dell U2410.
Maybe I can install Windows 10 Enterprise 21h2 on my home PC, and see if it works.
You don't need to stop using 8.1 if you liked it.. "security updates" don't matter that much if you are behind a router and aren't in the habit of running random .exe files strangers give you.