{"id":11538,"date":"2018-11-13T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T09:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iristech.co\/?p=11538"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:45:46","slug":"3-ways-to-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iristech.co\/3-ways-to-test\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Simple Ways to Test if your Monitor is Good for your Eyes and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checklist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11542 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checklist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Manufactures make today&#8217;s monitors to be energy efficient but this is not always healthy<br \/>\nUse this 3 simple tests to find out if your monitor is good and healthy for your eyes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/squares-test.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/squares-test.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"#blue-light-test\" name=\"blue-light-test\">1. The Blue light Test<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Blue light emitted from computer monitors causes digital eye strain, macular degeneration and sleep problems (<a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/blue-light\/\">read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To fix this set Iris to <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/type-dropdown-help\/#sleep-type\">Sleep<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/type-dropdown-help\/#biohacker-type\">Biohacker<\/a> type<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">See the full <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/blue-light-filter-test\/\">Blue light Test<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/blue-light-filter-test\/\"><button>Test for Blue light<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/flicker-test.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11544 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/flicker-test.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"#pwm-flicker-test\" name=\"pwm-flicker-test\">2. The PWM flicker Test<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To save energy on low brightness modern monitors constantly turn ON and OFF hundred times per second (<a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/pwm-flicker\/\">read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our brain is slow and we don&#8217;t perceive this but our eyes get tired of adjusting to the different light<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To fix this set your monitor <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/pwm-flicker\/#recommendation\">Hardware brightness to the MAX<\/a> and control the brightness with Iris<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">See the full <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/pwm-flicker-test\/\">PWM flicker Test<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/pwm-flicker-test\/\"><button>Test for PWM flicker<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/subpixel-flicker-test.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/subpixel-flicker-test.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"#subpixel-flicker\" name=\"subpixel-flicker\">3. The Subpixel flicker Test<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Behind our monitor, there are small elements called liquid crystals. These movements cause the so-called subpixel flicker (read more)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To fix this set Iris to <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/type-dropdown-help\/#reading-type\">Reading<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/type-dropdown-help\/#sleep-type\">Sleep<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/type-dropdown-help\/#biohacker-type\">Biohacker<\/a> type<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">See the full <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/subpixel-flicker-test\/\">Subpixel flicker test<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/subpixel-flicker-test\/\"><button>Test for Subpixel flicker<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Manufactures make today&#8217;s monitors to be energy efficient but this is not always healthy Use this 3 simple tests to find out if your monitor is good and healthy for your eyes 1. 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