SpaceCadetLet me drop some knowledge in this thread to erase myths. My own parents told me when I was younger about playing video games with the lights off and how it is bad. My parents and yours are wrong again.
I manage one of the top rated Ophthalmology (eyes) institutes in the county. Seeing this thread, I asked 2 of our top doctors about playing video games with lights on or off. They both assured me, it is no negative effect at all on your eye sight in any way if with lights are on or off.
Have fun in the dark gamers.
For me it's just a question of comfort. I never kept my light on because 'parents told me so'. In fact, I'd typically play in the dark anyway so it wouldn't be so obvious that I were staying up til ungodly hours playing games :D
[quote=SpaceCadet]Let me drop some knowledge in this thread to erase myths. My own parents told me when I was younger about playing video games with the lights off and how it is bad. My parents and yours are wrong again.
I manage one of the top rated Ophthalmology (eyes) institutes in the county. Seeing this thread, I asked 2 of our top doctors about playing video games with lights on or off. They both assured me, it is no negative effect at all on your eye sight in any way if with lights are on or off.
Have fun in the dark gamers.[/quote]
For me it's just a question of comfort. I never kept my light on because 'parents told me so'. In fact, I'd typically play in the dark anyway so it wouldn't be so obvious that I were staying up til ungodly hours playing games :D
lighthousePhunkUv doesn't go through glass
So you can just stare at the sun through a window and be fine? Some of it is blocked, not all of it
UVB is almost completely blocked by glass. UVA is partially blocked. UVB is what tans you, UVA doesn't really. So Phunk is right: you can't tan through a window. Both can cause skin cancer and skin aging though.
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Uv doesn't go through glass[/quote]
So you can just stare at the sun through a window and be fine? Some of it is blocked, not all of it
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UVB is almost completely blocked by glass. UVA is partially blocked. UVB is what tans you, UVA doesn't really. So Phunk is right: you can't tan through a window. Both can cause skin cancer and skin aging though.
I honestly haven't studied light enough to know what kinds of UV radiation tans you and which don't but saying UV is blocked by glass isn't entirely right
I honestly haven't studied light enough to know what kinds of UV radiation tans you and which don't but saying UV is blocked by glass isn't entirely right
lights off in the day, on in the evening, off in the night
lights off in the day, on in the evening, off in the night
SpaceCadetLet me drop some knowledge in this thread to erase myths. My own parents told me when I was younger about playing video games with the lights off and how it is bad. My parents and yours are wrong again.
I manage one of the top rated Ophthalmology (eyes) institutes in the county. Seeing this thread, I asked 2 of our top doctors about playing video games with lights on or off. They both assured me, it is no negative effect at all on your eye sight in any way if with lights are on or off.
Have fun in the dark gamers.
I'd love to believe that but, let's just say I'm a tiny bit skeptical
What are you skeptical about? My post? or the doctors opinions?
[quote=SpaceCadet]Let me drop some knowledge in this thread to erase myths. My own parents told me when I was younger about playing video games with the lights off and how it is bad. My parents and yours are wrong again.
I manage one of the top rated Ophthalmology (eyes) institutes in the county. Seeing this thread, I asked 2 of our top doctors about playing video games with lights on or off. They both assured me, it is no negative effect at all on your eye sight in any way if with lights are on or off.
Have fun in the dark gamers.[/quote]
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I'd love to believe that but, let's just say I'm a tiny bit skeptical[/quote]
What are you skeptical about? My post? or the doctors opinions?
lighthouseI honestly haven't studied light enough to know what kinds of UV radiation tans you and which don't but saying UV is blocked by glass isn't entirely right
The only type of UV that isn't blocked by glass naturally is usually blocked by a coating used on almost all modern windows. It can degrade over time, but they can usually afford 99% protection new. That is also the UV that causes aging and cancer, not the one that tans.
I apologize for my generalization but I think arguing over a few percent and blaming it on your lack of knowledge is pointless.
[quote=lighthouse]I honestly haven't studied light enough to know what kinds of UV radiation tans you and which don't but saying UV is blocked by glass isn't entirely right[/quote]
The only type of UV that isn't blocked by glass naturally is usually blocked by a coating used on almost all modern windows. It can degrade over time, but they can usually afford 99% protection new. That is also the UV that causes aging and cancer, not the one that tans.
I apologize for my generalization but I think arguing over a few percent and blaming it on your lack of knowledge is pointless.
keeping the lights off helps hide the piss bottles
keeping the lights off helps hide the piss bottles
I have a lamp so I guess that counts as on?
I have a lamp so I guess that counts as on?
SpaceCadetSpaceCadetLet me drop some knowledge in this thread to erase myths. My own parents told me when I was younger about playing video games with the lights off and how it is bad. My parents and yours are wrong again.
I manage one of the top rated Ophthalmology (eyes) institutes in the county. Seeing this thread, I asked 2 of our top doctors about playing video games with lights on or off. They both assured me, it is no negative effect at all on your eye sight in any way if with lights are on or off.
Have fun in the dark gamers.
I'd love to believe that but, let's just say I'm a tiny bit skeptical
I don't imagine that it would cause any long term damage to your eyes but from my personal experience, especially with bright monitors
What are you skeptical about? My post? or the doctors opinions?
I can see how playing with the lights off wouldn't result in any long term damage to your eyes, but from my personal experience it's often uncomfortable and I can sometimes get a headache from it. I think the bigger 'risk' (if you want to call it that) would be that looking at the screen in the dark exposes you to a lot of blue light at night which can limit the amount of melatonin your body naturally produces which can make it harder to fall asleep. Using a program like flux to limit the amount of blue light that your monitor is emitting can help, but I've found that even with flux turned off, having another source of light that isn't a computer screen helps negate the effect
[quote=SpaceCadet][quote=SpaceCadet]Let me drop some knowledge in this thread to erase myths. My own parents told me when I was younger about playing video games with the lights off and how it is bad. My parents and yours are wrong again.
I manage one of the top rated Ophthalmology (eyes) institutes in the county. Seeing this thread, I asked 2 of our top doctors about playing video games with lights on or off. They both assured me, it is no negative effect at all on your eye sight in any way if with lights are on or off.
Have fun in the dark gamers.[/quote]
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I'd love to believe that but, let's just say I'm a tiny bit skeptical[/quote]
I don't imagine that it would cause any long term damage to your eyes but from my personal experience, especially with bright monitors
What are you skeptical about? My post? or the doctors opinions?[/quote]
I can see how playing with the lights off wouldn't result in any long term damage to your eyes, but from my personal experience it's often uncomfortable and I can sometimes get a headache from it. I think the bigger 'risk' (if you want to call it that) would be that looking at the screen in the dark exposes you to a lot of blue light at night which can limit the amount of melatonin your body naturally produces which can make it harder to fall asleep. Using a program like flux to limit the amount of blue light that your monitor is emitting can help, but I've found that even with flux turned off, having another source of light that isn't a computer screen helps negate the effect