r/ScreenSensitive

My brother got a phone from his provider...it's called Telekom T Phone 3. I don't know if it's available outside Germany, he got it for 3€, you can find it new in stores under 150€, but there are plenty of sealed phones on the market for like 50€ because so many people got it from T-Mobile for 3€ just to sell it right away.

It's not a flagship of course, but i'm really impressed, the system is pure android, no bloatware, very snappy for a Snapdragon 6 gen 3. You get updates till Android 18/ 5 years security. Screen is very well calibrated for eye comfort, with smooth whites/contrast, non glaring, sharp letters. Best I've seen on an LCD. Color accuracy is ok, speakers are meh. Downside is it's not very angle stable...if you look from the side the display gets a little darker...but who uses his phones from an angle really?

White background while weeping the phone looks a little weird/cheap because of that, first I was put off...but after like 15 Minutes use it was no problem anymore. If someone uses his phone mostly while jogging it could be annoying for sure lol. In dark mode it's extremely nice to use, easy to read, letters are sharp like on an OLED, but much less glaring and irritating.

On other LCDs I always had the issues that letters in dark mode were glaring, not sharp with light bleeding ...just tiring to focus on. This phone's screen is the opposite, but as i said it comes with light angle issues. I couldnt identify PWM with my camera...but its hard to tell if they don't use some very high frequency PWM, as I found no informations online and have no tools to measure it. And it's also hard to say how many panel suppliers they use...if the screens on all phones are similar. But man it's a huge relief for my eyes. And for that price I think it's also a no brainer as a second driver...for reading/surfing online, evening use etc.

I was very upset because not being able to use My PC without headache and eye pain, I read about being Windows 11 all the problem and tried to down grade to Windows 10 without any benefit, later on I hapend to realice that wasn't My OS or My setup (screen being 6 bit +FRC) but a lamp at my desk that has an awful cheap LED bulb, I soon as I turn it off I got relief, by the way my room is pretty dark I needed another source off light not only the light that comes through my window, anyway I will replace that bulb

First - I kind of doubt this will help anyone else, but I wanted to share because there's so little information out there.

I have been diagnosed with "central sensitization + vagus nerve/autonomic dysregulation". My nerves (specifically the vagus nerve and the brainstem autonomic centers that control it) are no longer coordinating properly.

Basically my vegus nerve is causing my autonomic centers to freak out and because of that my brain amplifes normal signals (smells, flicker, gut sensations like normal movement) into discomfort/pain. It was described as my brains "volumn knob for sensory" being turned all the way up.

For clarity: I also have other issues caused by this. Esophageal/stomach/gut as well as a severe chemical sensitivity to things like perfumes.

Does anyone else find reading text heave PDF or word documents difficult, what strategies do you use to get around this or help.

Dark mode seems to help, copying just the paragraph I want to read to notepad, changing the font size seems to help.

Looking for suggestions that others have found that help?

Thanks.

I have now spent a few weeks to try and make Windows 11 usable but I still get eye strain and headaches. Does anyone have any tips or experience how they use their Win11 pc?

I went from a 1080p VA Panel (LG UltraGear 24GQ50F-B)to a 1440p IPS Panel (Samsung Odyssey G5 G53F) . Sure, the Resolution difference is nice (Even though it’s not much imo since the FHD was 24” while the QHD is 27”) but the blacks on the IPS are HORRIBLE. Especially the backlight bleed. The colors are amazing and all but I can’t tolerate it. At the same time i hate the ghosting and smearing on VA panels and don’t have the budget for Mini-LED/OLED Monitors. I feel like i’m stuck on what to do

Charbax footage from Display Week 2026

Just saw Nick's review on the Motorola Fold. I'm trying to keep my expectations in check, but it sounds glorious.

Has anyone who has serious TD issues tried it out?

I cannot use iPhone XR, 11, etc because of TD. Even the iPhone 8+ is not something I can use for long.

Looks to be basically identical to the 2023, with a pOLED screen instead.

Anyone who had the 2023 tolerate the 2024 well?

This sub is a great resource but it can be difficult to search through with so many people being sensitive to different things and having different thresholds of tolerance. A pinned megathread could offer a convenient way to keep a log of people's experiences.

I made a screen flicker test about the Ayn Thor handheld for those interested

Hey all! Apple debuted the (hopefully first generation of) it's PWM accessibility toggle six months ago with the iPhone 17 line. It didn't do exactly what many were hoping for, but it did change some things, and I'm wondering how many people in this community are still able to use any iPhone 17 model today.

I've got the 17 Pro Max and only find it comfortable at 100% brightness with reduce white point enabled. Since I can't comfortably reduce the brightness without discomfort, the PWM disable toggle doesn't help me at all. Has anyone else has the same experience, or something entirely different?

I bought a cheap (£5) "Anti-Blue Light Hydrogel Screen Protector" via eBay, not expecting anything. Surprisingly, the screen does possibly feel a little more comfortable than it did without it (although my tolerance may have shifted). It makes it massively more reflective, of course...

But the bigger surprise: it made the sub-pixel structure crystal clear! Compared to without, shown in my review... This indicates the "nano etched" matte surface finish is the only thing obstructing the view. I had the impression there should be more going on under the surface, but the information about a "Middle Layer: Diffuse Reflection" in the version 3 screen whitepaper is omitted in version 4's. And this is my first TCL product, so I've no feel for any changes in appearance.

Microscope video at 480fps (16x slowdown) of the middle of the test image on the \"Colour mode & temperature\" settings screen (indicated in image below).

The upshot is that we can clearly spot any temporal dithering going on (YouTube version of above as a backup)... But I actually struggled to find any TD in the usual places: home screen icon text, gradients, including Lagom test page (in image below), or NXTpaper modes (surprisingly)... But it is definitely there in HDR YouTube videos (eg "COSTA RICA IN 4K 60fps HDR") and performing an absolute disco on the settings page test image (below):

TCL NXTpaper 60 Ultra. Left: settings page with dithering image and flash reflection demonstration. Right: Lagom test page and Carson Microflip scope (that was attached to my old OnePlus 8T).

A problem is that I have previously used ADB commands to try to disable HDR capabilities (and so TD). I think I re-enabled this (back to default) upon retesting, previously. But I couldn't be sure then (or now) if I've changed something that will reduce TD. And don't have the time to fiddle with it a 3rd time. u/NSutrich has done similar and reported similar observations. But I'd appreciate anyone else, with a 'clean' new phone, confirming what they see, too. Using a suitable screen protector - hydrogel may be more clearly visible than glass, conforming to the surface texture better.

Example of the lack of obvious dithering (below and on YouTube). There are possibly slight fluctuations of the half-dimmed green sub-pixels, on the long edge of the "r". Which I wouldn't know enough to distinguish between TD, text anti-aliasing or pixel inversion..? There are, however, little black splotch flashes, kind of like film grain. I wondered if they are camera sensor noise..? But I've not noticed them elsewhere. So maybe some phenomenon with the backlight? They don't appear to align well with sub-pixels, although they are more visible on red ones, at the ends (some inversion artifact?).

Example of a lack of clear TD on lettering. But clear black flashes all over.

Bonus screen protector filtering evaluation: I had a go at making a precise measurement of the colour spectrum of the screen, before and after, using my cheap spectroscope. By locking my camera to the exact same Pro mode settings and measuring the same part of the screen, etc, I measured a possible blue colour intensity reduction of about 5% (relative to the red and green intensity changes). But I guestimate the potential error in my measurement to be as big as this value. So not significant. And directly overlaying (and subtracting) the 'before' and 'with protector' spectrum photos showed total black, so no notable difference between them.

Top: screenshot of phone taking the spectrum photo. Bottom: Affinity photo comparison.

Hence I'd say the blue light blocking of the screen is wishful thinking, at best (perhaps block some UV, who knows). So any change in comfort is more likely from the crisper screen appearance. It feels nicer to my finger tips. Looks better used indoors, in dim lighting. But it hopeless outside; the worse of both worlds, being reflective and less bright than contemporary OLEDs.

tl;dr: cheap blue-light screen filter doesn't work as intended, but may help those who suffered from the blurriness of this screen finish. But reflections are far worse. Handy trick for testing other devices with a matte finish obscuring the pixel structure. TCL 60 Ultra shows minimal temporal dithering in most everyday contexts.

Edit 2026-05-10: fixed images broken by delayed Reddit bug. Minor text tweaks.

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I know iPhones aren’t typically the best but I am not a fan of Android at the moment. Any recommendations for the best iPhone in the last 5 years that’s easy on the head and eyes for Screen + PWM Sensitive Folk ? Thanks so much!

Hey y'all - just wanted to share this in case anyone out there needs it, too!

I get really, really overwhelmed by the constant visual motion + clutter of the internet these days, but also have to spend a lot of time there, on various sites (like Pinterest for client mood boards, etc).
My main enemy is GIFS (grrrrr, *gnashes teeth* I hate them I hate them) and looping ads, and I felt like the ad blockers I installed were honestly ineffective & I was losing my GD mind every day. Like, why da fuck am I having to regulate every 20 mins, ya know? Anyway.

I figured out a lil' work around and wanted to share it here if y'all need it! I have an Apple ecosystem & use Safari as my main browser (don't @ me, I'm a creature of habit), so this might need some translation for Windows / Linux peeps. I've attached some reference screenshots for the steps below, too! But:

1. Open TextEdit and create a new file.

2. Paste this small code block in that file (this blocks all gifs, ads, and specifically looping "sponsored" shit on Pinterest, but I also included the catch word "Promoted" as well because I was anger, grrr.):

/* 1. Hide the actual video/GIF players on Pinterest */

div[data-test-id="visual-content-container"] video { display: none !important; }

/* 2. Hide pins labeled Sponsored or Promoted */

div[data-grid-item]:has([aria-label*="Sponsored"]),

div[data-grid-item]:has([aria-label*="Promoted"]) { display: none !important; }

/* 3. Hide any leftover Sponsored/Promoted text labels */

[data-test-id="sponsored-label"],

[data-test-id="promoted-label"] { display: none !important; }

3. Make sure this file is "Plain Text Format" (shift+command+A --> shift+command+T OR Format --> make plain text). It should look like this:

https://preview.redd.it/r2sh8ie6txzg1.png?width=673&format=png&auto=webp&s=78517d38971dceb323c8afeabf76956af75e162f

4. Save this file: when the "save" box opens, deselect the box that says "add .txt extension" or whatever. Delete the file name (probably "Untitled.txt") and replace it with "block_gifs.css". Or, call it whatever you what ("shut_up_world.css" etc) but make sure the file name ends in .css (this edits the style of sites.)

5. Open Safari --> settings --> Advanced ---> Make sure the box at the bottom "show features for web developers" is selected ---> click the dropdown box in "Style Sheet" and select "other" --> upload your "block_gifs.css" file here. It should look like this:

https://preview.redd.it/k2cyrldbtxzg1.png?width=823&format=png&auto=webp&s=5619f7cb87f6e6fc204700c9b9c47bf7007d4902

You might have to refresh your browser (quit Safari & reopen), but... Ta-da! Looping gifs & ads should now be blocked, specifically on sites like Pinterest.

Hope this quiets the visual noise for any of my WFH AuDHD gals out there 😄 Holler if I can help with anything more specific in the comments, too!