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Old March 28th 19, 07:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Making CRT easier to read?

KenK wrote:

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Only thing I can think of is a larger screen. I'm hoping for a magical
pair of glasses.


If you go with eyewear, don't bother with reading glasses which are just
magnifiers. If something looks fuzzy to your eyes, it will still be
fuzzy with magnifier eyeglasses but just bigger. You need to get
prescription reading glasses. Check how far you sit from your computer
monitor and give that information to the optomitrist as they will use
that in determining the focal length for the eyeglasses.

When sitting upright at my desk, I'm 19" away from the monitor. When I
told the optometrist why I needed the eyeglasses, he wanted to know at
what distance to best calibrate. I'm just getting where my near sight
is a bit fuzzy. Most times I don't need the prescription reading
eyeglasses because the objects are large or moving, like when playing
video games or watching videos. However, I'll notice when reading text
that the eyeglasses really help. I don't end up squinting which gives
me headaches.

I always get the suggestion to get bifocals. No way! Those result in
me tilting back my head to use the bottom of the eyeglasses for near
work, and that gives me a neck ache (which leads to a headache). I'd
rather have the prescription reading eyeglasses sitting at my computer
monitor to use when I need them. While writing this reply, I don't need
them because my NNTP client is configured to show text a bit bigger plus
I've upped the DPI setting in Windows; however, when I put them on, the
text for this reply is clearer, so if I were to be in reading mode a lot
then the eyeglasses help ease the reading.
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