Re: [RCSE] FS: Migraines in a box....

2004-03-27 Thread Marty Timm
Les, I agrea with Ryan, I found that any more than 10 minutes of Doom or any of those 3d games and I get nauseous. I don't have the same trouble with sims where I'm INSIDE the plane, like Falcon or MS FS. It's purely the fast POV shifts that do it. Agreed. Years ago I used to play a lot of

Re: [RCSE] FS: Migraines in a box....

2004-03-27 Thread GRW
I had the same problem playing 3d games on an X-Box so we took it back. A year later we bought our son a Sony PSII and I have been playing that with no problems. I can't watch 3d movies either or play Doom type games because I have to sit to close to the screen. I think the X-Box must have better

Re: [RCSE] FS: Migraines in a box....

2004-03-26 Thread Jim Bacus
This can be particularly bad if the monitor is a CRT and overhead lighting is fluorescent. Incandescent lamps are much better lighting around computer screens, and if you are serious about eye strain, an LCD monitor with a DVI connection is the way to go. At 02:41 PM 3/26/2004, Michael

Re: [RCSE] FS: Migraines in a box....

2004-03-26 Thread Ryan Flowers
Jim I couldn't agree more. I work 8-11 hours a day on a computer, as I am in the web hosting business and answer email all day long and work on servers. I am not just using the computer, I am literally staring at it for hours at a time. LCD is the *only* way to go. Les, I don't think the

RE: [RCSE] FS: Migraines in a box....

2004-03-26 Thread Matt Lydon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] FS: Migraines in a box Jim I couldn't agree more. I work 8-11 hours a day on a computer, as I am in the web hosting business and answer email all day long and work on servers. I am