Eye Strain while gaming/using the PC.

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Hello.

I was wondering if anyone here had a similar issue and could give some tips on how to deal with it or fix it, even. Basically, I can watch TV just fine (using a cheaper 50" 4K TV as my TV/monitor), but when gaming or using the computer on the monitor, I get blurred vision and eye strain quickly.

It's not just this monitor, either. I had various sizes, 32", 55", etc., 1080p, 4K and so on. I've sat closer to the screen and farther, and now I'm about 6 feet away from this TV. Tried turning the backlight down much lower as the higher setting seemed to burn my eyeballs but that didn't help. Now I'm at 50% backlight and it seemed to help, but at night I get a lot of blurred vision and it seems to happen quickly. I think it has something to do with focusing on the movement on-screen? Because as I said, Netflix or TV watching my vision is alright, just when gaming or using the PC does the blurriness/double vision happen. 60khz refresh rate, only, and so were my other TV/monitors, if that matters.

Anyone have any idea what this is? My eyeglasses prescription hasn't changed in years, my eyes were always fine. Just seems straining to focus on any kind of monitor when using my PC or gaming, period. Any way to help this issue? Maybe it's some setting issue or something? GTX 970 GPU if that matters. Windows 10, etc.. Thanks in advance.

[Sapph]

I got eye strain as well before, but when I got 144hz monitor, I no longer have it.

The strain on eyes is just simply because the 60hz happens to be too small refresh rate for your eyes. Well, at least for me it was.

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Originally posted by Sapph:

I got eye strain as well before, but when I got 144hz monitor, I no longer have it.

The strain on eyes is just simply because the 60hz happens to be too small refresh rate for your eyes. Well, at least for me it was.

Thanks for the response, @Sapph. I was afraid that was the reason. Just got this TV on sale, too. Doubt I could ever afford a 144hz 4K that is big enough to serve as my main TV, too.

I'm going to try the "Game Mode" that is on some of these monitors and see if that helps. It's supposedly designed for faster motion, simulating 120hz or something.

Any other input on this?

[Sapph]

Originally posted by TNO:

Originally posted by Sapph:

I got eye strain as well before, but when I got 144hz monitor, I no longer have it.

The strain on eyes is just simply because the 60hz happens to be too small refresh rate for your eyes. Well, at least for me it was.

Thanks for the response, @Sapph. I was afraid that was the reason. Just got this TV on sale, too. Doubt I could ever afford a 144hz 4K that is big enough to serve as my main TV, too.

I'm going to try the "Game Mode" that is on some of these monitors and see if that helps. It's supposedly designed for faster motion, simulating 120hz or something.

Any other input on this?

Considering there is no 144hz 4K tvs, yeah.

Game Mode definitely could help.
Also it could simply just be low response time of tv that does it.
Most tvs have response time of as high as 20ms. When most pc monitors have just 1 to 5ms.

This can also cause strain on eyes if it's too high.

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Originally posted by Sapph:

Originally posted by TNO:

Thanks for the response, @Sapph. I was afraid that was the reason. Just got this TV on sale, too. Doubt I could ever afford a 144hz 4K that is big enough to serve as my main TV, too.

I'm going to try the "Game Mode" that is on some of these monitors and see if that helps. It's supposedly designed for faster motion, simulating 120hz or something.

Any other input on this?

Considering there is no 144hz 4K tvs, yeah.

Game Mode definitely could help.
Also it could simply just be low response time of tv that does it.
Most tvs have response time of as high as 20ms. When most pc monitors have just 1 to 5ms.

This can also cause strain on eyes if it's too high.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the info. I'll have to take that into careful consideration in the future. I usually just mix TV/monitor as one unit since I don't have a lot of space and like having both. Money is obviously a factor, too.

Anyway, thanks. That's probably the issue since my last 4K TV was not a super cheap model but I'm sure it didn't have the monitor specs or even close. Dang. I'm enlightened now, haha.

[Ogami]

Have that problem too, especially as i am getting older. Blurred vision, headaches and kind of a fuzzy feeling in the head when i stare at the monitor for a long time.
Especially if i have to read something. Its actually very common and called "Computer Vision Syndrome" , a lot of people who have to sit in front of a PC for long times get it over time.

What helps me is taking a break every hour or so and just closing your eyes for a few minutes, that helps the eye muscles to relax. Also, many people dont blink enough when sitting in front of a monitor. Normally you should blink around 15-20 times in a minute but in front of the PC many blink only around 5-7 times in that time span.

Another thing that can be a BIG help, check if your monitor has a so called " low blue light" setting in its options. Many modern monitors have. The blue light spectrum is the one that is most damaging to our eyes over time and causes a lot of strain. With "low blue light" settings that light is filtered out. Makes the picture a bit more dark and less vibrant but after a while you dont notice it anymore. That helped me A LOT.