I've been saving for a big LCD/plasma for a while now in the belief that it will be better for my eyes. Only thing that's stopped me so far has been the lack of a reasonably priced wide screen with a 90degree option.

I've been told that with these things the individual pixel transistors are programmed to change colour and brightness themselves, so there is no need for a cathode ray, which is the thing that causes flicker, hence eye strain.

I'm currently using an old vision master 21" and in order to remain comfortable I need to keep the refresh rate pretty high. The 60hz mentioned above would give me a blinder in 5 or 10 minutes. At the moment the card is pumping out a Vf of 99 and a Fh of 82 at 1024x768 and I would not dare go lower.

So I'm really glad I found this thread. It's giving me a lot of things to think about.

anthony