Vision and Eye Disorders Forum - Eye pain watching Plasma, LCD or DLP TV/monitor

I've already been to the opthalmologist, had a CT scan and all kinds of testing which revealed nothing more than Dry-Eye.

It makes no difference how far I am from any such monitor, it tires my eyes out so badly that I eventually get a headache and it takes days of non-viewing to recover. The doctor said it's all just dry eye, but he is wrong. Even with copious amounts of eye drops (Restasis and several others), there is no effect at all on the discomfort.

I can watch a regular tube (CRT) TV with no problem, whatsoever, and for any length of time. I'm sure this is a syndrome that doesn't have much study behind it, but it is real and I have had to give away all of my flat-screen TVs because I cant watch them. Even if I surf the net with my Iphone, after 10 minutes or so, the discomfort starts up.

Here are my basics:

Male,
45-years old;
I have presbyopia but only need 125's;
Otherwise my vision is incredibly good. I can read freekishly small print from great distances;
In otherwise great health. 5'10/165 lbs; cholesterol is 119 (3 months ago).

PLEASE!!!! Someone help me with this!

Thank you!

Replies(2)

grantwmiller

replied on July 4th, 2009

New User

re: Plasma TV and vision issues

So that I'm not prejudiced, I only read the body of your article. I bought an early plasma TV began seeing huge showers of square blue pixels after I rubbed my eyes after I got the Plasma TV, which ended up in a landfill because there was no hazmat site for it here in portland, oregon. My doctor said I had dry eyes but declined to prescribe restasis. I am a high myope who hasn't worn contacts in 20 yeaers or so, and have aspheric plastic 1.67 lenses in my glasses, progressive, I'm 53, and have astigmatism. I sometimes see blue edges around mercury-vapor lights at night, but not since adapting to the progressive lenses. The problem was a LOT better a year after trashing the TV, but I limit my time around my plasma iMac display, and use a VGA wireless mouse and keyboard in the other room most of the time. I'm not sure if the much-improved blue pixel issue is resolved yet but it's much better; I still work at the iMac periodically and still do get blue pixellation a bit if my eyes are strained (remember the lens hardens with age). The problem DOES NOT seem to happen with LCD TBs or flourescent displays.

PJHunter

replied on November 17th, 2009

New User

Maybe if you make sure the tv LCD isn't too big for the room... many people get 50 and 60 inch tvs thinking it will go good in a 15 foot room which is just silly and dumb. Also if you do have a responsible size LCD like 32inch or 27 inch then you could also try adjusting the gama, brightness and contrast to lower levels. It will save energy and help your eyes.

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