Will Flat Screens Save Your Eyes?

An unnamed corrrespondent asks: "Are LCD flatscreen monitors better for your eyes than CRT's? Have studies shown that LCD's reduce eyestrain, red-eye, or other eye fatigue compared to CRT monitors due to less radiation, no flicker, or other differences in the technology?" Studies aside, I certainly find it more comfortable when working for hours at a time to be staring at a nice TFT LCD than even a high-quality CRT, which is one reason that I'm growing resigned to laptop keyboards.

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Are LCDs better for you?

[snellac]

There is a great page of Health & Safety Monitor FAQs at http://www.csf.org.uk/csf/monitors/monitorsfaqs.ht m.

Quoted directly:
21. Are LCDs better for you?

There is some research work that has been carried out that suggests that LCDs should be easier on the eye than CRT monitors, because the eye finds it easier to focus on the sharply-defined pixel edge. One or two small research projects have found evidence to support faster reading speeds on LCDs. Anecdotal evidence also points to users being happier to spend longer periods looking at LCDs. There are also reports from users that they can find it difficult to constantly switch between the two technologies.

In the future, LCDs are likely to run at higher resolutions than CRTs, with consequent improvements in reading speed and accuracy.

-snellac