Noticed recently the image on my monitor at work was shaking. It meant looking at it from a range of 6" to really see it, but I reckon it could have affected my general well being after a day at work.

One quick email to I.T and he said to check the refresh rate - Was down at 60hz, which he said was too low, so upped it to 85hz, and the wobbling has GONE!

As this could be a matter of health and safety in the workplace, thought I'd mention it up here. I accessed the settings through display properties, and advanced settings (using windows 2000 or something like that - should be similar for other systems )

Be careful if you have an old monitor because too high a refresh rate can put too much of a strain on it.

mine is currently set to 60 Hz for the following reasons

1) i run at 1280x1024 resolution and nothing less - it cant handle more than 60

2) i am trying to break my monitor so i get a TFT in its place

That old trick. Amazing that we have 2000-odd journos and associated publication staff at GHQ and they all seem to run on 60Hz without grumbling too much about headaches. I reckon they must all be on nurofen

Be careful if you have an old monitor because too high a refresh rate can put too much of a strain on it.

Indeed it can - a colleague at work made his monitor pop by running it at 85Hz! Might have been deliberate though so he got himself a TFT

Chris

Well, luckily the monitor is only a year old - But the shaking was awful and the more you think about it, the more obvious it was. If I can blow up my monitor then never mind. 19" flat panel would be nice.

I think there's a Euro working directive that all monitors need to be at least 800x600 and run at least at 72Hz which is considered the ergonomic refresh rate.

I can tell when a monitor's 60Hz in about 1/60th of a second. Drives my head in and would need to have stock options in Neurofen

I must confess to running ym old CRT monitor at work on 120Hz.

I had to change it for a TFT last week

I have always used 85Hz on my 19" Iiyama CRT. Dropping to 60Hz on that gives me a headache. My ViewSonic 19" flat screen TFT has options for 60 and 70Hz but I can't see any difference between the two settings and use 60Hz which is rock solid.

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could have just asked him for a TFT. They dont suffer from the above.

I can tell when a monitor's 60Hz in about 1/60th of a second. Drives my head in and would need to have stock options in Neurofen

:iagree: As soon as I sit down at a user's PC, even if their problem is nothing to do with the display, it's the first thing I change! Cannot fathom how it doesn't cause them serious damage or at least some diziness!

I run 1280x1024 @85 on a 19" CRT at work. 1280x1024 on a 18" TFT at home, so the refresh will be whatever it's decided itself...

Steve