Re: Re: OT: Healthy Computer Screen?

[Guest guest]

>>>I agree, the flat panel (LCD) is better. All CRT's produce x-rays

(including your TV). Since you sit closer to your computer screen,

the exposure is more of a problem.

***, are flat screens by definition LCD? Do they produce x-rays as

well? I've got two (!) flat screens in front of me - a 21 " and a 19 " and I

haven't really done anything to deal with the radiation issue yet. I know

people who use radiation shields on their monitors, but I'm concerned that

an additional screen would make it hard on my eyes since I often work at the

pixel level in my design - which means I need to have as clear and crisp a

view as possible

Suze Fisher

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

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[Guest guest]

Suze-

>I've got two (!) flat screens in front of me - a 21 " and a 19 " and I

>haven't really done anything to deal with the radiation issue yet.

LCD flat panels are shallow, in the neighborhood of 4 " or even less,

whereas flat-screen CRTs are deep and heavy, just like regular CRT monitors.

>but I'm concerned that

>an additional screen would make it hard on my eyes since I often work at the

>pixel level in my design - which means I need to have as clear and crisp a

>view as possible

Radiation shields can definitely impair viewability. I have an unshielded

and average-quality 19 " CRT, and there's nothing I'd love more than to get

a (larger) flat panel display. But they're still VERY expensive.

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[Guest guest]

>>>>LCD flat panels are shallow, in the neighborhood of 4 " or even less,

whereas flat-screen CRTs are deep and heavy, just like regular CRT monitors.

****Thanks .

I definetly have the CRT flat screens, unfortunately. Come to think of it,

if laptop LCD screens are any gauge - I'd have a hard time doing the

detailed work that I do on such a screen. Unless the technology's improved

since the last time I looked at one. They just hurt my eyes too much. I

spend *a lot* of time in front of these two screens, so I guess I'm getting

a double-whammy of radiation. So is my Min Pin who spends a good part of the

day on my lap. Geez...guess I'll have to add that to my growing list of

environmental dangers I need to deal with

Suze Fisher

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

mailto:s.fisher22@...

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[Guest guest]

Suze-

>Come to think of it,

>if laptop LCD screens are any gauge - I'd have a hard time doing the

>detailed work that I do on such a screen. Unless the technology's improved

>since the last time I looked at one.

If you have tons of money you can buy flat panel displays that will be

easier on your eyes than just about anything else on the market. They

won't even look like they use the same technology as those ratty laptop

displays. But they do cost a pretty penny -- that's why I still have a

CRT, even though it's not even an especially good one.

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[Guest guest]

At 05:17 PM 4/3/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Flat panel displays are much crisper and easier on the eyes. I don't

>know if there is any truth the cathode ray tube health risks or not.

I've measured the magnetic and electrical radiation from both flat screen

and cathode ray tubes. Get the flat screen - drastically lower magnetic

and electrical radiation (as measured by a tri-field meter).

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