Need for a brighter monitor

[chazzy2501]

Just bought some Xenta monitors IPS and rated brightness of 250CDM With energy savings disable and brightness 100% in a well lit room they are... just enough.

 

Anyone know of monitors that work well in a brighter room (think conservatory) I have some offices that get good light and people resent having to close the curtains or blinds to use them comfortably.

 

anything you know is brighter or is rated higher. (and doesn't cost the earth.)

[slugshead]

I'm sorry but who puts a computer/TV in the conservatory and expects the screen to be visible when the suns out without closing the blinds, then turns it into a technical issue?

[Steve21]

rated brightness of 250CDM )

 

If you're after proper sunlight coverage you'll need a lot lot more than that Think last time I looked for monitors to support sunlight direct (outside screens etc) it was 500~ for "daylight" and 1000~ for "sunlight" as a real minimum really

 

Is this more just for daylight reflections though, or are you talking direct sun etc?

 

Steve

[chazzy2501]

Sorry! I mean "think conservatory" as in a lot of windows not back to the sun midsummer beach.

 

The sun enters the offices and the screens are in front or to the side of a window, so they don't battle sunlight directly. The outside light is behind the monitor or to at nearly a right angle.

Edited April 14, 2022 by chazzy2501

[Rob_D]

Sorry! I mean "think conservatory" as in a lot of windows not back to the sun midsummer beach.

The sun enters the offices and the screens are in front or to the side of a window, so they don't battle sunlight directly. The outside light is behind the monitor or to at nearly a right angle.

Having worked with a southerly facing window behind my screens before, I'd say the answer is blinds (or some sort of partition/screen behind the monitors).

[andy_b]

No idea if they work, but they are a thing:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/iLooker-24-inch-Sunshade-Viewsonic-550-565mm/dp/B01G16LC4E

[MbroTech]

I'd say that controlling the light is the correct resolution rather than installing brighter monitors.

Many years ago at a new build site they wanted to install an external projector to advertise the business. We were asked to spec up but we said it wouldn't work. They got in a third party who sold us and installed the projector. Nobody could see the image so we were called to fix it.

You can't win against the sun, but no one wanted to hear this. In the end I had to ask what people could see outside of the window the last time they went to the cinema. It took a while to get the point across but it finally got through and the installation was retired.

It still came up as a new project every year though during the cap ex budget requests.

[dhicks]

I'd say the answer is blinds (or some sort of partition/screen behind the monitors).

 

Possibly neutral density film over the windows? You can get rolls of it cheap (search "neutral density film for windows" on Amazon / eBay / Google) designed to be used temporarily by photagraphers / filmographers, it might be a cheap enough solution you can try it to see if it works before putting something more permanant in.

[Jobos]

Sounds like the DSE assessment is needed and action taken, be it blinds on the window, window film or moving the desk.

 

I went on the DSE assessment course some years ago when it was a big thing but these days DSE is largely forgotten about.

[slugshead]

Sounds like the DSE assessment is needed and action taken, be it blinds on the window, window film or moving the desk.

 

I went on the DSE assessment course some years ago when it was a big thing but these days DSE is largely forgotten about.

 

I used to do the DSE assessments for my last place, from what I can remember about lighting these were the criteria in which a suitable change could be made

 

Glare on screen

Uneven lighting

Dark areas in field of view

Colour temperature bulbs in the room

Not enough lighting

Flickering lights

 

Glare on screen = blinds/film/move desk

Uneven lighting = Job for buildings management

Dark areas = Job for buildings management to ensure adequate lighting

Colour temperature = BM to sort that out

Temperature bulbs = 4300K only. Job to buildings management to remove those new "cool white" bulbs they put in because they look modern.

Not enough lighting = Lamps on desks, job to BM and stern words with the office manager about turning the lights off whilst people are working in there.

Flickering lights = you guessed it, a job to BM.

 

Before anyone suggests them, polarization filters are for privacy, not to reduce glare.