Re: O/T - LCD monitors & mercury

[Guest guest]

Hi Anne

I've lowered the contrast and brightness scale down to 0 for both and

find it bearable. Occasionally I'll raise both readings to 20 or 30

percent for some videos but generally the lowest setting works fine.

Having a shaded incandescent bulb on will help offset the flicker of the

LCD.

Anne wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Does anyone here have problems with LCD monitors? I got a new computer

> recently and the LCD monitor seems to be making me feel really spacey

> much more so than my old style monitor. Ive been getting headaches too

> and I dont normally suffer with headaches. I know LCDs contain mercury

> and other heavy metals and it does list how much in ppm in the handbook

> I have but does anyone know if this can cause problems? Just wondering

> what other peoples experiences are?

>

> Thanks a lot.

>

> Anne

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Willem,

Thanks for replying, I'm not quite sure what it is about the monitor

thats giving me problems, I thought it might the brightness but I've

adjusted the settings and it doesnt seem to make much of a

difference. Maybe it will just take a bit more time to get used to.

Thats a good idea about the bulb I will try that and I may get a

screen to cover it too to see if that helps.

Cheers,

Anne

> > Hi all,

> >

> > Does anyone here have problems with LCD monitors? I got a new

computer

> > recently and the LCD monitor seems to be making me feel really

spacey

> > much more so than my old style monitor. Ive been getting

headaches too

> > and I dont normally suffer with headaches. I know LCDs contain

mercury

> > and other heavy metals and it does list how much in ppm in the

handbook

> > I have but does anyone know if this can cause problems? Just

wondering

> > what other peoples experiences are?

> >

> > Thanks a lot.

> >

> > Anne

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

you need to lower the refresh rate!

in the usa, you'd probably want to set it to 60hz, but i think you are

in the uk, so i'm not sure what is ideal for you.

dave