Hi pal,
Sorry for my english
I am not a lenovo fan, but seems like they are the only brand to have a curious TUV certification
Try google lenovo "TUV eye comfort"

I dont have one but this look prety good for me: Lenovo T24d,

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/accessories-and-monitors/monitors/office/T24d-10A16240WT0-24inch-MonitorHDMI/p/61B4MAR1US

Also you can check the new ones, most of they have that certification

Anyway, If you get a lenovo monitor, pls share with us you experience.

Good luck finding a monitor easy on the eyes

Appreciate the suggestion. Although my problem isn't with the monitor itself, but dealing with the light emitted from them. The BenQ GW2280 I tried out had a TUV certification, but that one was the brightest and most discomforting monitor out of the three.

Do any of your monitors support black frame insertion? It's used to improve motion clarity and bring your LED to a CRT like motion smoothness. It has an added benefit of halving the LED brightness as well. I'll put the link explaining it. https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/motion/image-flicker

Appreciate the link. I've also found other software that aids in dimming the screen more:

F.lux
https://justgetflux.com/

Dimmer
https://www.nelsonpires.com/software/dimmer

DimScreen
https://dimscreen.jaleco.com/

A third party display calibrator. Looks like it lets you adjust the cd/m2 white levels
https://displaycal.net/

Iris
https://iristech.co/

A friend of mine sent me this one. It sets every website you visit into dark mode.
https://darkreader.org/

I might use this one, so the image quality isn't skewered by third party filters. Although if I come across a bright scene in a movie or game, RIP my eyes

I'm in a similar situation, I've tried 6 monitors so far an every single one caused me different types of issues. I'm desperate as I work in front of a screen for 8 hours or more a day and I don't know what to do. I've tried some TN panels from Dell, a TN from LG, IPS for AOC and Dell. I also tried a VA panel from Redragon which was a total crap... I've went to the doctor, picked a pair of glasses and still having issues....

    rotarski What was wrong with the Redragon VA?
    I recommend you try a glossy Dell or low haze HP. In many people, the matte coatings on these screens cause strain.

      rotarski

      Are you trying new screens? I find I have far greater success with older second hand screens.

        CheesyBiscuit Hi, if I can advice you..stop looking for any new monitor. My experience is that there is no new suitable one...at least for me, because of its LED backlight (panel technology - I mean TN, IPS or whatever - does not matter). Just try to get an old one with CCFL backlight. It was the only thing which helped me... so I bought several as a reserve 🙂

          @K-Moss the screen quality was really bad, screen door effect, you could see the pixels really bad in the sides of the screen and the motion blur was way too high, even with all the settings, was causing me dizziness. I believe a glossy surface would annoy me even more.
          @Seagull I only tried new screens...I tried 2 models which were launched in 2018 if I'm not mistaken and that didn't helped....

          I am now without a monitor and I'm using my Dell Latitude 5401 and for an hour or so I thought this is better for me eyes but I can notice that this also gives me eyestrain...not as much as a bigger screen I guess, but it's there. Especially when watching videos when youtube. I'm desperate...

          6 days later

          An update: I've been using the Acer V227Q bip for a few weeks now. It still causes me strain. I've adjusted the the blue light levels to 70% (which is helping a little), kept the brightness 40% and contrast 50%. I'm using dark mode for everything but reading text and viewing bright scenes in videos is still bothersome.

          From some research I've been doing, 24 inches seems to be the 1080p standard. Considering I'm using a 21.5 inch monitor, I'm wondering if the text is being crushed from the slightly smaller size. I could lower the resolution to 1600x900, but I don't want to lost image quality.

          I'm wondering if I buy a 23.8 inch monitor, it'll clear the text up a little bit.

          BlasterFX Try to contact Toshiba and lets see if you get an answer.

          I'll have to try that. If they can't give me an answer, I could always buy a broken Toshiba Satellite and dissect the monitor. The panel manufacturer is usually printed on the inner hardware.

              8 days later

              I've tried 23,6, 23,8 and 24 inch monitors, all on FHD resolution and noticed that even though the pixel size is the same on each monitor with the same size (0.2745 for the 23,8 ones), not every monitor shows the text the same. You can get a 23,8 FHD that has pixelated text or you can get one that has crystal clear text. It's a f**** mess picking a monitor.

              I believe you can fix this by getting a higher resolution screen and increase the text size in Windows. I'm now using a Dell Latitude laptop that has a 14 inch display FHD resolution and text size set on 120% and the text is as crisp as you can get but for some reason this gives me some eye strain even though it's a WVA panel.

              CheesyBiscuit 40% brightness is much too high for one sensitive to LED screens. Most of use brightness levels under 10.

                  I gave up on white LED backlight monitors. They all force me to turn the brightness extremely down so I could only use them in a dark room, and then still my eyes don't feel truly relaxed. I'm currently using my 43" Sony 4K TV (XG8096) from last year as monitor replacement whenever I need a PC. Somehow its display is different from others, meaning I have no brightness issues anymore. Probably due to the Quantum Dots they use. It's not that bad having such a big display as the 4K pixel density is equal to having 4 21.5" displays at 1080p each. I wonder if all current Sony TVs of all sizes have this backlight, too. Could be a solution if nothing else helps.

                  K-Moss CheesyBiscuit 40% brightness is much too high for one sensitive to LED screens. Most of use brightness levels under 10.

                  Eh? I would suggest many of us set the brightness high on the monitor to avoid any PWM issues, and then use the GPU controls to reduce the output brightness levels to something that is more comfortable.

                      8 days later

                      Dell U2414H, 2407 get the most love on here, followed by Benq EWxxx. I like LG24GL600F via displayport & AMD

                        AgentX20 Are you saying monitors that explicitly advertise being "flicker free" still have some PWM? PWM at lower brightness levels isn't common anymore. I don't even know how to adjust the brightness level using my OS. I use integrated Intel graphics and Ubuntu Linux.

                        • KM replied to this.

                            K-Moss At least they have a ripple. That's not PWM but flicker nonetheless. How big it it is and what frequency they use differs between models. To me it looks like even small flicker can cause symptoms.

                            Changing the backlight brightness can change both amplitude and frequency of the ripple, so experimenting with brightness may be worth it. There may be a sweet spot that's usable. It doesn't have to be 100% in this case.

                                KM Do you know how I can use 100% brightness on the monitor and adjust via software to lower the brightness at the GPU level?

                                  I doubt flicker free monitors have PWM but you never know - they may just have a higher frequency.

                                  I use the Nvidia control panel to reduce the brightness so it's probably card/brand specific.

                                  8 days later

                                  reaganry

                                  Are there any others recommended? Like a globally foolproof option?

                                  I get sick from all I've tried and quickly.

                                  I've tried Dell U2414H, Dell 2407, MSI MAG27CQ, BenQ EW2440L. The EW2440L which I have at the moment gives me very long lasting stuff from very short exposure. It's the first time I've had to switch lighting at home back from flicker free good spectrum LEDs to incandescents. I use an NVIDIA 970 graphics card and Windows 7. At this stage e-ink is my only friend.

                                      noigmn an advanced explorer 🙂 you need to focus on your GPU I think. my last good NVidia was GTX750. My current good setup is LG24GL600F, W10, RX580, displayport, reduced blacks. Headaches for the first few days and then smooth sailing for the past 6 months

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