"illumination" to reduce eyestrain

"BIAS" lighting is a well researched and method to reduce eye strain and increase perceived contrast.

When your eye can see in a relaxed contrast range it can respond to increases and decreases in brightness levels easier.

try putting a small (40 watt or less) lamp behind your monitor pointing away from you and see if you like it.

the only downside to using LEDs is depending on the CRI rating and white point the color and quality of light coming from them might be too "blue" or cool in color or be "harsh" and that will change how you see the white point of your monitor.

The "warmer" (ie more red) the light the more "cool" or "blueish" your monitor will seem and vise versa.

personally i like a 5500k bias light since that isn't to "warm" but still not as blue as a typical LED and they are easier to find than a true 6500k bulb with a good CRI rating.

for $13 those might be ok but they might be a bit too blue in color
 
undermined said:
try putting a small (40 watt or less) lamp behind your monitor pointing away from you and see if you like it.
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As someone who has struggled for a couple years with monitor induced eyestrain and headaches, I will say that doing this helps me INCREDIBLY well.
The best part is, it's SO easy to try it, tinker with it (wattages, placement,etc.) until you find something that "feels" right for your eyes.
 
I use a bias light and would recommend it to anyone else. Especially if you like to work in dim areas.
 
I have a 37" that I use as a monitor-sometimes eyestrain is an issue for sure. It says up to 24"-Do you think that if I order 2 of these they will work well on the 37" screen?
 
I use my Sony 32" TV as a monitor, it has 3 display presets (vivid, standard & cinema) plus a custom display option which I set manually & saved. I set it with a lower backlight, picture, brightness etc. for when I use my PC at night. Using this setting removes the eyestrain of looking at too bright a picture for the ambient room lighting. So yes the bias light should help reduce your eyestrain, but you could also just turn on a small lamp in the area of your monitor for almost the same ambient lighting effect. It's like driving for awhile on a bright day & then putting on your sunglasses Ahhhhh only vice versa.
 
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