This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Proper Monitor distance range for fixed length Eyeglass Lens?

Friday, May 16, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Proper Monitor distance range for fixed length Eyeglass Lens?

Hi John,

I have (2) 23" Apple cinema displays on my stand up table. They are 28" from my eyes and when I stand the top edges are about 3 inches below eye height. When I sit using a bar stool, the top edges are about 1" below eye height.

My new 24" DreamColors should arrive on Monday - they will replace the ACDs as my computer monitors. I imagine the distances will be about the same.

My client monitor is off to the left of the left speaker and is about 4 feet away. Currently a 23" Samsung consumer monitor. Plan to replace it with a 27" DreamColor soon.

- Rich

On May 16, 2014, at 5:50 AM, John Moore bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I looked up an OSHA guideline for Video Display Terminal in the workspace and it suggests a distance of 18 to 24 inches from the computer screen to the viewer. I seem to find most facilities I work in the monitors are a little further than arms length away which in my case puts them approximately 30 inches away. OSHA also suggests that the top line of the computer display should be at the eye height of the operator. I usually find monitors a little higher than this. I recently got a new prescription for my progressive lens and they work better than my 7 year old pair but I'm afraid I will still battle with monitors too high in many edit bays. I'm considering a fixed lens for computer work which many people use. I'll be going back to the optometrist for a consultation on the computer glasses. Like I previously said my typical monitor distance for the dual computer screens is approx 30 inches and then the program monitor is usually slightly further away, approximately 10 inches further.

I would appreciate if some of the other L2 members could give me the dimensions in their bays for the distance from their eyes to the computer screens, scope if different than the computer screens and distance to the program monitor. I want to make sure my distances aren't too anecdotal so I can tell the optometrist the specs range I might be dealing with as I leap from bay to bay. TIA

John Moore
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net