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CHELSEAPAUL

Modified computor monitors

Afternoon all,

Just wondering if anyone had any experience of the modified lcd monitors featured on this website http://www.safelevel.com/ ?

I am thinking of taking the plunge, so any advice or experience would be gratefully received, I have heard some good things but would like to know if anyone from here had tried one.

Thanks

Paul

ahappyhabitat

Re: Modified computor monitors

There's no such thing as a "zero radiation"
LCD monitor. Put an AM radio within 3 ft. of
their monitors and I'll guarantee you'll hear
a roar.
Eli

--- In [hidden email], "chelseapaul1010" <chelseapaul1010@...> wrote:

>
> Afternoon all,
>
> Just wondering if anyone had any experience of the modified lcd monitors featured on this website http://www.safelevel.com/ ?
>
> I am thinking of taking the plunge, so any advice or experience would be gratefully received, I have heard some good things but would like to know if anyone from here had tried one.
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>

ahappyhabitat

Re: Modified computor monitors

In reply to this post by CHELSEAPAUL

There's no such thing as a "zero radiation"
LCD monitor. The thousands of conductors in the
panel itself emit non-ionizing radiation. It's
not that hard to get a mediocre gauss meter to
read low measurements near one. Try putting an
AM radio within 3 ft. of their monitor and see
what you hear.

If they have a reasonable return policy
then you don't have much to lose by evaluating one.

Eli
--- In [hidden email], "chelseapaul1010" <chelseapaul1010@...> wrote:

CHELSEAPAUL

Re: Modified computor monitors

Yeah that's what I thought, I spoke to someone who had one, they said it was maybe 50% better than a non-protected screen. So just need to decide whether I think it's worth the money. If I do go for it, I will probably send a cheap one of my own over to him to modify, which works out about half the price. Interesting though...

--- In [hidden email], "ahappyhabitat" <ahappyhabitat@...> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> There's no such thing as a "zero radiation"
> LCD monitor. The thousands of conductors in the
> panel itself emit non-ionizing radiation. It's
> not that hard to get a mediocre gauss meter to
> read low measurements near one. Try putting an
> AM radio within 3 ft. of their monitor and see
> what you hear.
>
> If they have a reasonable return policy
> then you don't have much to lose by evaluating one.
>
> Eli
> --- In [hidden email], "chelseapaul1010" <chelseapaul1010@> wrote:
> >
> > Afternoon all,
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone had any experience of the modified lcd monitors featured on this website http://www.safelevel.com/ ?
> >
> > I am thinking of taking the plunge, so any advice or experience would be gratefully received, I have heard some good things but would like to know if anyone from here had tried one.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul
> >
>

Kristina Hicks Carlet

Re: Modified computor monitors

In reply to this post by CHELSEAPAUL

They would need to do something about the power supply as well, that creates its own problems. I know a couple guys who are working on a project for low emitting computers and they position the power supply a great distance from the user.

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Marc Martin

Re: Modified computor monitors

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In reply to this post by CHELSEAPAUL

On 1/12/2012 5:57 AM, chelseapaul1010 wrote:
> Yeah that's what I thought, I spoke to someone who had one, they said it
> was maybe 50% better than a non-protected screen.

The way I see it, there is already a huge variability in the
"tolerability" of various monitors on the market. So one
model may be 50% better than another straight out of the
box. So you might as well just see if you can find "a good one"
from your local store, either by trial & error (with a good
return policy!), or trying to figure it out in the store
by observing your immediate reactions to each monitor.

In my experience, adding shielding can actually make things
worse in some cases (at least in terms of my reaction)

Marc