who here uses a high refresh display for office work?

[ZZLEE]

I shine a light at the wall behind my monitor it seems to help with eye strain.

 

[Lysrin]

I shine a light at the wall behind my monitor it seems to help with eye strain.

That is a good point! I forgot to mention that.

I have a 43" monitor for my daily use at home and I miss it when in the office. I very much like the size and the flexibility it gives me for resolution, scaling when I want it, window placement etc.

I will admit that the VA panel in mine is a bugger to tweak because of the BGR pixel layout. I have it set up well now, and it doesn't cause eye strain for me, but it is one of those things I still tweak from time to time, wondering if I can make it just that little bit better...

 

[Marzipan]

That is a good point! I forgot to mention that.

I have a 43" monitor for my daily use at home and I miss it when in the office. I very much like the size and the flexibility it gives me for resolution, scaling when I want it, window placement etc.

I will admit that the VA panel in mine is a bugger to tweak because of the BGR pixel layout. I have it set up well now, and it doesn't cause eye strain for me, but it is one of those things I still tweak from time to time, wondering if I can make it just that little bit better...

which model and how far do you sit from it?

 

[Lysrin]

Model is Gigabyte Aorus FV43U (in my signature).
From where I sit, the distance from my eye to the monitor panel is 33 inches. That's good for work and gaming, but I find if I watch video full screen I tend to slide my chair back some, at least another foot.

I don't scale everything via Windows, I don't want to lose the screen real estate for multitasking. But I do zoom some content, web pages, docs, spreadsheets etc. when necessary. For example HWC Forum I run at 125% in Chrome.

 

[Lysrin]

Model is Gigabyte Aorus FV43U (in my signature).
From where I sit, the distance from my eye to the monitor panel is 33 inches. That's good for work and gaming, but I find if I watch video full screen I tend to slide my chair back some, at least another foot.

I don't scale everything via Windows, I don't want to lose the screen real estate for multitasking. But I do zoom some content, web pages, docs, spreadsheets etc. when necessary. For example HWC Forum I run at 125% in Chrome.

Full disclosure, although I am very happy with mine, the BGR panel is it's Achille's heel for sure.

It takes time and experimentation to tweak it to get text as clear as I wanted it to be, and it could still be a bit better. However, IPS or OLED RGB panels of the same size and specs were, still are, a lot more expensive so I am happy with the slight tradeoff.

 

[JD]

the BGR panel is it's Achille's heel for sure.

Current OLED panels in monitors suffer a similar fate today, partially why I've held off, as some say the text is really bad to read, others say they don't even notice.

I'd stick to IPS if there's concern of eye strain and text readability.

 

[Lysrin]

Current OLED panels in monitors suffer a similar fate today, partially why I've held off, as some say the text is really bad to read, others say they don't even notice.

I'd stick to IPS if there's concern of eye strain and text readability.

I didn't realise that about OLED. I thought they were the pinnacle of the visual experience (except for burn-in potentially).

I'd agree with the IPS statement if those are the primary concerns, even as a happy VA BGR owner