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After a long day at work, I get home with my eyes "burned". I sit on the couch and the ceiling lamp hurts my eyes. I turn it off and can only stand the dim light. I think this monitor is perfect for people like me. (Recently started using f.lux, it's helping though)

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You should go see an optometrist. This was me as well until about a month ago; turns out I am slightly farsighted and my eyes were straining to focus on my computer monitor all day. Now I wear an appropriate pair of computer/reading glasses and my eyes don't hurt anymore.

Probably won't help. We can be scientific about this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22762257

    RESULTS:

Results suggested that reading on the two display types is very similar in terms of both subjective and objective measures.

   CONCLUSIONS:

It is not the technology itself, but rather the image quality that seems crucial for reading. Compared to the visual display units used in the previous few decades, these more recent electronic displays allow for good and comfortable reading, even for extended periods of time.

Please do not use 4 spaces to indicate quoted text. Or, if you do, please make sure you add line-breaks.

EDIT: using four spaces to indicate quoted text means mobile users have to horizontally scroll the line of text in order to read it.

http://imgur.com/v9gbR6m

Here's link to abstract and full pdf for free: http://www.jemr.org/online/5/3/5

Interesting study but by no means conclusive and has a few flas as they only measured 6 female participants reading 300 words at a time on each device.(10 inch ipad, two sony e-ink devices of 6 inch variety)

Number and sex of participants might not be that crucial here but 300 words at a time seems very low amount.

Anecdotally, I can read just fine and quickly on a most glossiest of LCDs for a few minutes.

If I have to read for an hour or longer give me e-ink screen any time.

This doesn't mention anything about the light promoting wakefulness, but rather simply assesses levels of comprehension: "These dependent measures included subjective (visual) fatigue, a letter search task, reading speed, oculomotor behaviour and the pupillary light reflex."

Staring at a light producing screen all day then not staring at one could still be a good move.

Blue light affects circadian rhythm, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831986/

Is there any research which compares eye strain on reading from paper vs e-ink/LCD?

1- Go see an expert.

2-Buy a good quality screen.

3- Adjust the brightness of it so it is always the same of the surroundings, so your eyes do not suffer from constantly adjusting.

4- For every 50 minutes of work, relax 10 minutes. That means closing your eyes if necessary.

5- Exercise regularly. People ignore how important is blood circulation for your eyes.

I use this at work: http://www.amazon.com/Gunnar-Optiks-PPK-03001-Advanced-Compa...

Works great for me!

One bit of advice I can give is to not use IPS displays. They are terrible on the eyes compared to VA panels.

Do you know why? IPS is usually presented as having the highest image quality.

I don't know why. Yes IPS does have the best image quality but it is awful for eye strain.

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