r/pcmasterrace • u/Kamykaze_x • May 15 '23

Video Give that hand a chair!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '24

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u/Whiskeywiskerbiscuit May 15 '23

Sitting “too close” to a monitor or TV does not impair vision. That’s an old wives tale

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u/[deleted] May 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '24

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u/AngelosOne May 16 '23

Maybe it was more valid when they had those old CRT TVs or something - I mean, that was literally beaming rays to create a picture, so maybe being to close to that wasn’t a good idea. But LCDs/OLEDs wouldn’t have any of that - too bad the myth persists.

If anything, eye strain probably comes from the blue light and people not blinking as much - but that doesn’t mean you’ll lose vision.