Developer monitor calibration?

Question

Monitors

How to properly adjust brightness, contrast, colors for a developer to minimize eye fatigue? Advice is given in general and on the example of Samsung P2770H in particular.

Answer 1

The general illumination of the workplace is also important, which usually depends on the time of day.
There is a f.lux program - it changes the brightness of the monitor depending on the time of day.

Answer 2

Regarding the brightness, I can advise you to adjust it in such a way that the monitor is not brighter or dimmer than the objects surrounding it, I have 40% of the maximum. Unusual at first, but then really less fatigue. The contrast should be set so that all the gradients are visible and a couple of points lower (I have 73). As for colors, it’s not so critical, you can set it up using a photo printed with a known correct profile (some photo printing salons provide such a service, a photo printed with the correct settings and a file with a digital copy of this photo are sold).

Answer 3

In terms of brightness, there is advice for any device: set the minimum at which it is comfortable to work.
Offtopic:
It is also very important to type blindly, since the most harmful thing is to constantly shift your gaze from a luminous object (screen) to a non-luminous one (keyboard, piece of paper).
Accordingly, if you draw something on a piece of paper, then draw, and then transfer it to a computer, do not cast unnecessary glances.

Answer 4

There might be something here or there .

Answer 5

I have a FLUX program, www.stereopsis.com/flux/ that changes the brightness of the monitor depending on the time of day

Answer 6

I have an NEC of the middle (for Neka) price category. Brightness - 9%, contrast - 8%. For Samsung, these parameters should be even smaller (if you don’t want to go blind like everyone around). But there will be a problem for him - you will immediately understand by the colors how a monitor for 5,000 rubles differs from a monitor for 15,000.

Answer 7

brightness to the surrounding background
contrast - not very critical - the color scheme of the text editor means more

Answer 8

AmbyLight is designed to smooth out the contrast between the illumination of the matrix and the walls at the back - achieve a similar effect

Answer 9

I always have it at a minimum, when my eyes get tired they require more light and I want to increase the brightness. After 8 hours, this occurs on average. In this case, you need to stop working and go to rest, or increase the brightness. Therefore, I always initially maximally dark, but without masochism. You never get used to a bright monitor, although it is pleasant, but plant your eyesight, then with a dark one it will seem that everything is blurry due to habit. My opinion is that you should always try to make it darker so that your vision is accurate even in the dark, and when there is more light, it will be similarly accurate.
The background is always highlighted, in no case do not work without a lamp, eye fatigue increases significantly.
As for colors, I always liked the inverted color in the code editor (black background, white or beige text), but I didn’t dare, I thought since the brightness is already at zero, then let the eyes get at least some light through the white background - it’s easier focus on black rather than white, but it's a matter of habit.