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What are some common things people buy that you would never buy? (reddthat.com)

submitted 6 days ago by PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

New monitors: Maybe my eyes suck, but my set of two 21-inch LCD monitors from 2005 is still going strong

Your eyes don't suck. You just want to abuse them for some reason. Modern display tech is way easier on your eyes.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

How so? I'd expect two monitors showing the same thing at the same brightness would be physiologically identical.

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

The monitor my work provided me is much more recent and it touts:

Reduced blue light emissions (thought I don't know how that should be achieved without affecting color accuracy)
90 Hz refresh rate
Potentiometric brightness control to avoid PWM flicker

Some individuals are much more sensitive to the latter two, but I don't feel much of a downgrade when I come home to my crappy old monitors, hence I joke that my eyes suck.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I got a OLED monitor and it gives me more eye strain then my old monitor. I've tried software and hardware setting and it still persists. Flux, dark mode, high contrast settings, brightness settings. Tried it all, unless there is something I missed.

I use it sparingly now while playing FPS games (picture is amazing by the way, wish my eyes weren't like this)

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My eyes would bleed at the sight of my laptop's 1366x768 TN panel if I got used to anything better! Those are the "good" monitors haha.