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You know I've never considered this, but that's probably one of the only pain points with monitors now. If they can find some way to not make it feel like I'm been staring at light bulb during the night time I would really be interested in paying premium prices. Screens definitely mess with my circadian rhythm. Otherwise at this point all I'm interested in is a basic monitor

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It's not a cure-all, but third-party tools like f.lux can change the colors of the monitor at early morning/late night to drastically reduce the problem.

I used to have incredibly sore eyes from late-night sessions, and now that problem is completely gone. Been using it for years and will never go back.

It does take a little while to get used to at first, but it quickly becomes natural.

Windows also has a built-in tool to do the same thing, but it's not as robust/customizable iirc.

If you combine an accurate ambient light sensor with a regular old LCD you can do that pretty well, because you don't need to vary the brightness across the screen to simulate diffuse reflections from an uneven light source to get the effect you want. Also check out those programs that redshift your monitor. Finally, try turning down your monitor's brightness.

Just adding a reasonable control on the brightness is already enough to solve this. Make the monitor's bottom some not too bright white, and it's solved for outside usage too.

Liquid crystal displays can actually adapt to almost any circumstance. It's the manufacturer's fault that they force it into "store-bright" and won't let you change.

The long-overdue move away from inverse color schemes (dark text on a white background) has certainly helped.

Blue-light blocking glasses have helped me with this.

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