Gaming glasses

[db_Iodine]

I like the ergonomics of that chair.

[Earth Worm Jim]

as long as it is backed up by a mainstream corp like Logitech, Razer or Roccat and as long as they back up the product with bogus stats and a whole bunch of marketing bull****...

I sometimes feel ashamed to call myself a gamer these days.

But the entrepreneur in me wants to massively abuse this idiocracy and sell folks gamer-chairs and **** like that

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I could do with that chair after the curry I had last night.

[PAINKILLER]

Here's the kind of glasses a CRT gamer needs:
Scroll down to the last few pictures.
Your eyes will like you for that. Your future kids' eyes will like you for that, too.

[microsoft windows]

20 inches thick? I don't need those bottle caps!

[Architect]

I have a three monitor setup (2x24" Apple Cinema and 1x27" Apple Cinema) and all the monitors are calibrated to a standard luminescence of 120. This is much dimmer than what Apple defaults to, probably because consumers react to big, bright displays. I also am a lifelong eyeglasses user.

Separately I've got a pair of 10% grey tint glasses in my prescription from Zenni optical. Normally my glasses are quite expensive but these are so cheap I got the tint as a fashion experiment. I was very surprised to find out that they worked wonderfully as computer glasses.

I'm on the computer about 16 hours a day. I write software by day and by night, at work under fluorescents and in my wonderful home office. I'm not interested in games except to write them. I can't explain the mechanism as to why the tinted glasses work so well, other than I find them calmer, and I indeed can focus better on my work.

I'm curious to try the other tints, amber or green perhaps (our eyes resonse peaks in the blue green due to having evolved in the foliage.)

[EverythingIBM]

I have a three monitor setup (2x24" Apple Cinema and 1x27" Apple Cinema) and all the monitors are calibrated to a standard luminescence of 120. This is much dimmer than what Apple defaults to, probably because consumers react to big, bright displays. I also am a lifelong eyeglasses user.

Separately I've got a pair of 10% grey tint glasses in my prescription from Zenni optical. Normally my glasses are quite expensive but these are so cheap I got the tint as a fashion experiment. I was very surprised to find out that they worked wonderfully as computer glasses.

I'm on the computer about 16 hours a day. I write software by day and by night, at work under fluorescents and in my wonderful home office. I'm not interested in games except to write them. I can't explain the mechanism as to why the tinted glasses work so well, other than I find them calmer, and I indeed can focus better on my work.

I'm curious to try the other tints, amber or green perhaps (our eyes resonse peaks in the blue green due to having evolved in the foliage.)

I disagree with responding to blue/green specifically (everyone's different). I would probably say red or yellow is responded to the best due to it being brighter: and as you just said, apple has their monitors bright for more reaction...

Generally I find colour tint to be annoying (green would probably be the best colour as our eyes can see more of it than any other: supposedly why night goggles are green), it's best to just tint glasses with something like black since it's a shade.

Also, if you're not interested in games but except to write them, well, that's silly! That's the same as saying you enjoy painting pictures, but despise looking at paintings by others. It's always good to get other ideas and try different game concepts.

[Architect]

I disagree with responding to blue/green specifically (everyone's different). I would probably say red or yellow is responded to the best due to it being brighter: and as you just said, apple has their monitors bright for more reaction...

Generally I find colour tint to be annoying (green would probably be the best colour as our eyes can see more of it than any other: supposedly why night goggles are green), it's best to just tint glasses with something like black since it's a shade.

Also, if you're not interested in games but except to write them, well, that's silly! That's the same as saying you enjoy painting pictures, but despise looking at paintings by others. It's always good to get other ideas and try different game concepts.

Color sensitivity varies somewhat with the individual but as a race human color sensitivity peaks in the blue-green, as you state.

On games, you take my analogy ad extremum and make an invalid argument. I did not say I despise playing game, but that I prefer writing them. I also enjoy writing scientific measurement software for my work, but there too I do not spend my free time making measurements.

[nowsharing]

Now you know what color Japanese bluegrass is. My linguistics professor referred to it as grue.

[nowsharing]

I thought that Miyazaki had died for a second. WOTH's from a different director though. Vely good film maker.

[nowsharing]

Ghibli's quality has always been top notch. Disney corp should be taking note. The Princess' Frog was great, but it's been a long time since they did anything comparable to what Studio Ghibli does regularly. IMHO at least.

[Nadger]

My 26" IPS monitor is at 12% brightness, at 100% this thing will burn my renas and give me a tan.  I dont have the hardware to calibrate it, but some others who have my exact same monitor on Hardforum did, and i tried their settings and noticed a huge improvement.

Glasses like these just go to show you that you can sell anything to suckers.  Im sure they work somewhat, but they are completely unnecessary since you can get the same effects by changing your monitor settings if they are off.

Some of the best ways to get rich is to make something people dont need and convince them its required to be part of their daily lives.

I noticed that Shout has come out with a sheet you throw in your washer thats supposed to collect any color that runs from washing your clothes and it soaks it up instead of your other clothes.  Now that is genius...completely not necessary but you just created a product that is consumed by doing daily things and convinced people they need it when they don't.

Another recent one is dishwasher drying fluid...like Jetdry.  Completely unnecessary but made billions.

I had an idea for one after watching motocross with a friend.  Monitor screen tearoffs.  Dirt bike riders use tearoffs on their goggles as a quick easy way to clean their googles when they get covered in dust and they cant see as well.

Gamers and nerds are lazy, look at their desks...this prevents them from having to clean, and lets them sneeze all over their screen while playing counter-strike, and not have it interrupt their play!  Make monitor screen tearoffs and bam, you've created a useless product that people will buy, consume, and buy more.

[clickclack]

I have eye strain when looking at and working on varoius calibrated monitors for extended periods of time (and sometimes not so extended). Although it's not as bad as it was on CRTs.

A much larger factor in my opinion is that people don't take breaks and look at something further away every so often. I think not blinking enough is also a problem when concentrating that much.  Not to mention limiting ones movement so that the upper back and neck gets stiff causing headaches. It's just too much concentrated focusing (yeah you heard me).

I use higher contrast safety glasses at work and home from time to time as they ease some eye strain and very much help contrast with some slightly more critical work.

I don't game however, but it's always fun to see the specific marketing and/or technology that goes into it.

Looking at the descriptions for those glasses originally mentioned I couldn't help but feel sad when I saw this listed description/feature-

[Scarzy]

You don't need crazy gamma or brightness to see dark areas well. All you need is a CRT.

Really not sure about that, they lose their colour after a while and are generally darker for games in my opinion.

Recently picked up CSS again and trying I always get rolled by the guy low b tunnels on d2 because I can't see sh*t.

[microsoft windows]

Good  CRT monitors can retain decent color for  years. One  of my favorites is a 16-year-old Trinitron from  Gateway2000.  The thing's old and ugly, but gets amazing color,  much better than  and  brand new LCD I've used.

[Nadger]

I dont have a problem with brightness/contrast/gamma/color accuracy on my LCD, but its an IPS display, and for what I paid for it, i would expect there to be no issues.  Cheap TN+Film displays a few years ago had lots of accuracy/gamma issues, but they are getting better now.  My girlfriends 24" Acer TN display is way to strong on reds and I tweaked on it for hours trying to get it to look right and never could.

I had a 24" inch CRT before this monitor, that thing weighed 100lbs, it was nice but not as nice as this 26" IPS LCD.

[Arc'xer]

I had a 24" inch CRT before this monitor, that thing weighed 100lbs, it was nice but not as nice as this 26" IPS LCD.

Was it a GDM-FW900 because if it was, then there is something wrong with this statement. While an IPS comes close many who've used the FW900 still give it the advantage on many areas.

[Nadger]

I believe it was an OEM version of this

Id have to look at the label on the back of it, but its still at my parents house sitting at the bottom of my old closet =p

My biggest issue with it were the lines horizontally down it on 2 parts of the monitor...the aperture-grille.  It was very noticable on solid colors of brighter hues.

Secondly it had worse pixel definition around the edges if i remember correctly.

And of course its size...it was very very deep.   You had to have  a lot of desk room for it and a strong sturdy desk to support it.  Moving that thing around wasnt fun either.  I remember carrying it upstairs to my room after it was shipped to me via DHL in a wooden crate.  The weight of it cut into my fingers on the sharp edges of its stand/base.

[Arc'xer]

If it's the same exact as the FW900 with just a different body and buttons it really shouldn't have any issues to be fixed. In the Fw900 thread there's a long list of things to fix it using things.

Kinda a shame you bought what is considered by many as one of the best CRTs made. Sure it doesn't have the highest refresh rate compared to some of the other trinitron/diamontrons hitting in some cases 200hz but even those with the best IPS panels around still mention just how much better it is.

[RoboKrikit]

I have an FW900 and it is as good as everyone says it is.

The other day I was lamenting the fact that it was 16:10 and that the games I was playing were all 16:9.  On a hunch I delved into the menus, and upon selecting the Image Restore feature I noticed an unusual glint in the corner of the screen that I hadn't seen before.  My intuition told me to play a tune on my flute, and when I did, the earth shook, and right before my eyes my FW900 reformed itself into a 16:9 display.

Best monitor ever.

[Scarzy]

I have an FW900 and it is as good as everyone says it is.

The other day I was lamenting the fact that it was 16:10 and that the games I was playing were all 16:9.  On a hunch I delved into the menus, and upon selecting the Image Restore feature I noticed an unusual glint in the corner of the screen that I hadn't seen before.  My intuition told me to play a tune on my flute, and when I did, the earth shook, and right before my eyes my FW900 reformed itself into a 16:9 display.

Best monitor ever.

Haha, the picture made it.

What year was it made? How long have you had it, and where did you get it from?

[Arc'xer]

The other day I was lamenting the fact that it was 16:10 and that the games I was playing were all 16:9.

It's not fixed to 16:10 only.

[RoboKrikit]

It's not fixed to 16:10 only.

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Haha, the picture made it.

What year was it made? How long have you had it, and where did you get it from?

Mine was made in Japan in April 2002.  My girlfriend at the time saw me drooling over it.  Come Christmas, a giant wooden crate arrived at our apartment, which looked like it probably housed a large feral cat.  But it was a GDM-FW900.  I married her.

You can see it tucked off in the corner of this terrible panorama I made of our old apartment in '03.



Here it is being used in its former black-bar 16:9 mode before it physically transformed itself via Sony magic.

[microsoft windows]

I like those Trinitron monitors. I have two: a 21" 3:4 Trinitron from 2004, and a 17" one from 1996. Both get excellent picture quality. I run the 21" one at 1600x1200, 100Hz and the 17" at 1024x768, 75Hz.

I used flat panels on some of my computers for a while, but eventually got rid of them and replaced them with some nice, sharp CRT's from about 2001-2002.

[Jerri]

i had a trinitron TV, i loved it .
Anyways, try polarized lenses on LCDs, you might see nothing or some rainbowy colors.
Ok, besides the fun, i ged eyestrain, if my monitor's brightness, contrast, sharpness and colortemperature is to high. Maybe try a tad warmer color temperature and a bit lower brightness first to reduce the eyestrain?

[Arc'xer]

i had a trinitron TV, i loved it .
Anyways, try polarized lenses on LCDs, you might see nothing or some rainbowy colors.
Ok, besides the fun, i ged eyestrain, if my monitor's brightness, contrast, sharpness and colortemperature is to high. Maybe try a tad warmer color temperature and a bit lower brightness first to reduce the eyestrain?

Many recommend a color temperature of around 6500K and a brightness of around 110-125cd/m2. Avoiding issues like you mentioned but really it depends on the person some people use really high brightnesses and contrast and just get used to it. In reality after a while people get used to it, I guess.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm Check if there is a monitor profile for your LCD. Yeah it's not as good as calibrating with a puck or calibration tool, but it would help.

[Jerri]

Yeah, i know, i calibrated my Screen with a DTP-94 to 2.2Gamma, 6500k and 120cd. I am heavily used to that (all my TVs, PC Monitors etc.), so i personally can't stand higher color temperatures and those brightness .

[microsoft windows]

I  don't  like the higher color temperatures because they make the image  on the  monitor look too  blue.  6500k makes it nice and clear.