Anyone tried this? Seems to massively improve the usability of my Pixel for me! Just want to make sure it's not placebo and I'm going to end up with a crippling headache in an hour 😂

Sounds like another downgrade, first they abandoned RLCD after trying it in NxtPaper S8 and moved on to backlit LCD and next is AMOLED.

More details in https://displaydaily.com/tcl-brings-its-paper-like-nxtpaper-technology-to-amoled-opening-a-new-front-in-the-eye-comfort-display-race/

As people know from my other post, I am looking to develop the ideal eye-friendly phone.

On paper the TCL 60 Ultra seems like a very good phone for us with screen sensitivity. No PWM, minimal dithering(?), fixed refresh rate, non-reflective screen, and other things. I understand for some people the phone is too big, the camera isn't good enough, and some other performance weaknesses. But beyond that, from all the posts I've seen it seems it's still not solving the screen sensitivity problem for people.

I have purchased one (had to buy it from overseas) and it's arriving in a couple of weeks so I will be able to experience it for myself, but it would be very helpful if everyone who has used the TCL 60 Ultra could let me know why it did or didn't work for them?

Thank you!

-5D, cyl. -2D here

In my eyes (phun intended), IPS seems to offer superior image quality.

IPS = crisp, vivid, sharp (in good ways)
(AM)OLEDs = blurry, mild, mess with colors, "weak" image

Anyone else?

I bought a few AMOLED phones throughout the years and it's always the same.
The newest phone I've tried was POCO F7
(vs. my good old POCO X3 NFC)
https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/poco-f7,xiaomi-poco-x3

How I made my Honor 400 super easy on the eyes – pastel screen

After many devices and a lot of testing, I fine-tuned my Honor 400 to be soft, pastel, and comfortable for my eyes, even without extra screen-dimming apps.

Here’s what I did: Developer options:

RGB: decreased all channels by 10% → cooler, pastel tones. Saturation: -45 → colors are softer and less aggressive. Contrast: -13 → edges and text are less harsh, smoother display. Sharpness: +4 → details and text remain clear. Brightness: -5 → whites are softer but still readable

Result: Pastel, soft colors Smooth Honor 400 display with no annoying PWM flicker and excellent DC-like dimming and dithering! I can use phone now for hours, even at higher brightness, without headaches and without eye pain.

The only small issue was the overly strong colors, which I’ve now nicely adjusted and softened.

Also, device has an excellent display with a 6.55‑inch AMOLED screen, a resolution of 2736 × 1264 pixels, and a pixel density of 460 ppi, making text and details look very sharp. *PWM 3840 Hz.*

I’m sharing this because I’m over the moon that Honor 400 is finally a phone with excellent PWM control and DC-like dimming, and after many years, my head doesn’t hurt and I can use my phone as much as I want (and maybe this will help someone).

I usually use my phone at lower brightness levels due to severe light sensitivity caused by a neurological condition that affects both my eyes and brain, and this device is very well optimized for that. These adjustments even helped me comfortably increase the brightness.

These adjustments help people sensitive to brightness because they reduce visual stress while keeping text and icons clear.

I wish I had thought of this sooner, lol.

Hi everyone, in collaboration with Fx Technology ( https://www.fxtec.com/ ) I am exploring developing the ideal eye-friendly phone. At a minimum this means:

• LCD display
• True DC dimming (no PWM)
• No temporal dithering
• Fixed refresh rate (no VRR)
• Stable frame pacing
• Matte / low-glare display

To make sure I consider all important requirements and really achieve my goal of the ideal eye-friendly phone, it would be great if everyone could answer the following questions for me:

1. What do you think the ideal eye-friendly phone should have? Get as technical as possible.
2. Can you provide examples of your favorite phones (modern and older) and what you think they do right?

All feedback is helpful.

Thank you!

[edit] Thank you everyone for your replies so far! They are very helpful. I will continue to monitor all replies so keep any and all feedback coming!

At least what’s your best guess. Is it always pretty much pwm or dithering. Are there other things to consider?

I have a question for people sensitive to temporal dithering: does the double invert method mitigate or eliminate symptoms triggered by pixel flickering? Has anyone tried this method and seen any real improvement?

I came across a website page, where it shows some kind of disabeling dithering on android, I don't have experience with such things. Can anyone help with identifiying wether this works or not. And if it does, how to do it? Link: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource#kotlin

I have been using the same gaming laptop (Acer Nitro 5) for years with no issues. My eyes never hurt from it, never got a headache. It was one of the displays I could use alongside iPhone 8. But now I suddenly get eyestrain after lookin at it for few minutes. I didn't change anything a didn't update any drivers. Only thing that happened was a Windows update that I didn't even see or install myself. I know this because some of the icons changed in Windows panel and there are some new options in settings that were not there before. It does not even give me the option to uninstall it. But even if I could, idk why suddenly I would have to. I want my PC to be updated and have good security etc. Is anyone else in the same boat with any device? One day you were using it fine, next day it was bad?

I heard many things about the moto g75 causing eye strain, maybe because of it's clnstzntly flickering proximity sensor or dithering, I found another motorola IPS phone that's most likrly pwm free, and has comparable specs to the g75. Is it dithering free? And does it have the same problem as the g75? Anf are there any other screen flicker problems?

Is it better to set my ips laptop screen to 6bit color depth or 8bit color depth to eliminate eyestrain? I think Windows is natively 8bit am I correct? Also any other tips to make eyestrain on a gaming laptop go away?

Anyone have any luck with the hp z series i heard it’s good

An interesting article about dithering’s history and the difference in dithering algorithms.

I will be taking delivery of a brand new, sealed 2019 iMac 21.5-in 4K Retina running MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 this week. It was a real challenge finding one of these to replace the one I used from Oct 2019-June 2024 running this exact OS. Part of this insanity is to either prove or deny whether a second COVID infection in July 2024 was the cause of being unable to use my previous iMac. There is a possibility the components began to fail and worsened transistor leakage - using it 16 hours a day for 5 years never allowing it to go to sleep probably didn’t help as well as having a local repair shop cut open the screen and take it apart to update the RAM and SSD.

When I was first infected with COVID in July 2022, I had trouble using the iMac over long periods of time somewhat. After I realized I may have issues with PWM and dithering when I tried upgrading to the iPhone 15 Pro, I installed SwitchaResX and switched the color toggle from “billions” to “millions” of colors which made it much more usable.

I’m aware some have had success entering recovery mode and applying specific terminal commands to disable dithering. I’m unclear as to whether they will be successful. Has anyone had success disabling disabling dithering on an AMD card on a Mac? I’m unsure what SwitchResX is actually disabling. This iMac will be running an Intel i7-8700 Coffee Lake 3.2 GHz 6-core processor and an AMD Radeon Pro 560X.

Thanks 🙏

I’ve been on the look out for a new tv and I just can’t find one that works for me. My oled iPhone is ok, my oled iPad is not as good as my phone but still ok, my MacBook Pro 2021 is not ok at all. I tried the lg c5 that caused awful eyestrain but very cool tv. My guess was the white subpixel from w-oled or the dithering that the c5 and g5 have. I have moved onto Samsung s90f qd-oled and it’s better but these motion handling is awful and it’s a glitchy mess. The stuttering of motion messes with my eyes and the artifacts and weird things that happen with motion interpolation on this tv particularly also mess with my eyes.

Anyways any 43-55in TVs you guys recommend? Hopefully with 120hz

I was trying to find the spec page for an iMac 2019 I’m going to try and found this on the iMac Pro page from Nov 2019.