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[RedDwarf]

I just got my "free flat screen" monitor from a website with a similar name to the words quoted there. It's a Samsung SyncMaster 710 and the current refresh rate is set for 85hz. Is this right, or should I set it for something lower? I ask because it's giving me a slight headache which may or may not be from simply adjusting to LCD.

 

[Diablos]

You got a free LCD monitor?

Refresh rate really doesn't matter on an LCD because there is no flicker; you're getting a headache because you aren't used to it. You should lower it, though. I have the same monitor as you (except, it has DVI), and on the outside of the box it says 1280x1024@75Hz. You have it set too high.

 

[Shogmaster]

I just got my "free flat screen" monitor from a website with a similar name to the words quoted there. It's a Samsung SyncMaster 710 and the current refresh rate is set for 85hz. Is this right, or should I set it for something lower? I ask because it's giving me a slight headache which may or may not be from simply adjusting to LCD.

It's not a CRT. Unlike CRTs, the pixels don't update until it has to. So if you are looking at it with a still image and it still gives you headaches, it might be a 18bit LCD using alternate refresh averging method.

My old LCD (Cintiq 18SX) was set to 60hz, BTW, and I didn't get headaches.

 

[Diablos]

I've switched from 60, to 70, to 72Hz and I can't tell the difference at all.
I seriously think refresh rates on LCD's do absolutely nothing for the human eye.

 

[Shogmaster]

I've switched from 60, to 70, to 72Hz and I can't tell the difference at all.
I seriously think refresh rates on LCD's do absolutely nothing for the human eye.

Uhhh... I just got done telling you that.

 

[maharg]

Uh, as others have said refresh on an LCD is virtually meaningless. Shouldn't even give you a choice in the matter.

But you would NEVER EVER *LOWER* a refresh rate. What on earth ever made you think that would be a good idea? It's always the higher the better, even if eye pain isn't an issue.

 

[Diablos]

Uhhh... I just got done telling you that.

Yeah and? I told him to lower his because it exceeds the maximum specification for our monitor.

 

[maharg]

Unless it's really shitty, and I doubt that given the model, it's telling his computer what it can handle. You have to work to set a monitor's refresh rate too high now. Probably his is just a different, more recent, version of that model than yours.

 

[RedDwarf]

Yeah, it's probably just my eyes adjusting. Thanks all.