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I bought a monitor with a "Low Blue Light" feature built-in. At first I didn't use it, but after reading up on it I decided to give it shot. I have three monito

by oblib 7y ago

I bought a monitor with a "Low Blue Light" feature built-in. At first I didn't use it, but after reading up on it I decided to give it shot. I have three monitors on my desk so I reduced the blue on the other two manually. It was a bit hard to get used to at first, it seemed to make things a bit more green to me, but after about a week I switched it off and it only took a few minutes to notice the difference. My eyes felt a lot more strained with it turned off. If I were doing graphic work I suppose I'd have to turn it off, but I'm not so I don't worry much about how it effects the little bit of UI work I do.

morpheuskafka 7y ago
Do these monitor features have any advantage over f.lux, Windows/Apple Night Light, or similar software implementations that work on any monitor?
- CGamesPlay 7y ago
  The obvious one is they work for input sources that don't support those software programs, e.g. game consoles, TV hardware, etc. (Now why you would WANT that feature on those input sources is none of my business.)
- smileybarry 7y ago
  Well, for one thing they (at least in ASUS's case) appear to do the opposite of Night Light / flux by subtracting the blue channel rather than increasing the red channel. This means at first the image looks a tad green/yellow-er, but you get used to it much more than Night Light's red tint. I've had it for a year now, mostly on the highest level (certified as "70% blue light reduction") and I still sometimes check that it's on. (But once you see the onscreen UI in a blue-ish white it's very obvious) My eyes also get a lot less fatigued with it on compared to OS features/flux, even after tuning my monitor & room brightness accordingly with a colorimeter. A lot of it might come down to certification and blue light reduction methods at the monitor level. In ASUS's case they claim to be certified by TUV Rheinland[1]. [1] https://www.asus.com/Microsite/display/eye_care_technology/ https://www.asus.com/Microsite/display/eye_care_technology/

by oblib 7y ago

morpheuskafka 7y ago

Do these monitor features have any advantage over f.lux, Windows/Apple Night Light, or similar software implementations that work on any monitor?

CGamesPlay 7y ago
The obvious one is they work for input sources that don't support those software programs, e.g. game consoles, TV hardware, etc. (Now why you would WANT that feature on those input sources is none of my business.)
smileybarry 7y ago
Well, for one thing they (at least in ASUS's case) appear to do the opposite of Night Light / flux by subtracting the blue channel rather than increasing the red channel. This means at first the image looks a tad green/yellow-er, but you get used to it much more than Night Light's red tint. I've had it for a year now, mostly on the highest level (certified as "70% blue light reduction") and I still sometimes check that it's on. (But once you see the onscreen UI in a blue-ish white it's very obvious) My eyes also get a lot less fatigued with it on compared to OS features/flux, even after tuning my monitor & room brightness accordingly with a colorimeter. A lot of it might come down to certification and blue light reduction methods at the monitor level. In ASUS's case they claim to be certified by TUV Rheinland[1]. [1] https://www.asus.com/Microsite/display/eye_care_technology/ https://www.asus.com/Microsite/display/eye_care_technology/