Manufactures make today’s monitors to be energy efficient but this is not always healthy
Use this 3 simple tests to find out if your monitor is good and healthy for your eyes
1. The Blue light Test
Blue light emitted from computer monitors causes digital eye strain, macular degeneration and sleep problems (read more)
To fix this set Iris to Sleep or Biohacker type
See the full Blue light Test
2. The PWM flicker Test
To save energy on low brightness modern monitors constantly turn ON and OFF hundred times per second (read more)
Our brain is slow and we don’t perceive this but our eyes get tired of adjusting to the different light
To fix this set your monitor Hardware brightness to the MAX and control the brightness with Iris
See the full PWM flicker Test
3. The Subpixel flicker Test
Behind our monitor, there are small elements called liquid crystals. These movements cause the so-called subpixel flicker (read more)
To fix this set Iris to Reading, Sleep or Biohacker type
See the full Subpixel flicker test
Thanks for these tests.
In addition to using IRIS, do you have any recommendations on monitors?
Use Matte over Glossy monitors and prefer monitors which use DC dimming instead of PWM 🙂
Daniel
CEO Iris