Of monitors and reading glasses.
May 20, 2008 — pooksI wear magnifying reading glasses. That’s all. No correction other than to enlarge, but I really need a lot of magnification — 3.75. I order them over the internet because I rarely find any strong enough in the grocery stores, alas.
I’m due an eye exam and one of the things the doc always asks is how far away my computer screen is, to help him determine what magnification I need.
I’m getting a new monitor. A widescreen big-ass monitor to sit on my desk, hooked up to my laptop.
(Actually, it came already, was delivered damaged, got sent back, and I’m waiting for the replacement. Impatiently.)
And it occurs to me that maybe I’ll need a different magnification for my new monitor since it will be sitting farther away from my face.
Or maybe I’ll just increase the font size or decrease it until it works with my glasses.
How does that work, anyway?
I’ll be holding off on that eye exam until I adjust to the new monitor, I think.
Any advice from other bespectacled people who have already made this adjustment?
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May 20, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I wear magnification glasses to read and look at the computer screen and the distance varies between me and a screen because I am using a PowerBook and it does not make a difference.
May 23, 2008 at 11:20 am
Well, my monitor is here but my videocard and my monitor don’t play nicely with each other so I’m still having issues. Thanks for that feedback. Maybe it will all work out.
May 31, 2008 at 7:47 am
This worked for us. Got a wireless keyboard for about 100 dollars. Then ran wires from desk top pc to 32 inch tv. We use it from the recliner or table.
plus on foxfire you can enlarge the print.
June 1, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Interesting solution. I’ll give that some thought. But I can’t imagine working–writing–on a screen that far away. Feels odd.