That’s really tough. For me I use a display that has an ambient light sensor so it matches my surroundings, that might help a bit.
Ideally your environment is balancing the light level of your monitor (maybe 50% black level) so you can have something that works if it’s a white display window or dark.
Doing it with hanging lamps is a clever solution. Doing it indirectly is the goal. There's one company out of the UK making super high end LED diffusers that can be precisely controlled - both the amount of light and the direction. Can't remember the company but it was similar to this: https://www.acalbfi.com/technologies/photonics/optical-compo...
Philips Ultra-Definition 60w equivalent bulbs are amazing and really reasonably priced. They also work really well with standard dimmers with extremely low flicker.
I've heard good reviews, but half of my Philips UD bulbs have died since I installed them roughly six months ago. All the bulbs in enclosed fixtures have died (despite the bulbs stating they were suitable for enclosed fixtures), and maybe 1/6th of the bulbs in open fixtures have died.
Best thing you can do for LED strips is to connect it to a flicker free dimmer control, such as this one made by waveform lighting. Requires a little DIY but it will mean 0 flicker.
To be pedantic, they advertise 0 flicker when capturing with a camera at up to 240 fps. It’s probably still using PWM with maybe a few kHz, so physically, it’s still flickering.
This article is just what worked for me. Some people are more light color sensitive, if you like your cool lighting and a lot of light and it works - go for it.
I wasn't judging anyone, sorry if it felt judgemental.
I was genuinely asking, because cold, bright light is all I experienced in a workplace and when I replicated it at home, I didn't feel any particular issue with my vision.
But I also tend to act a bit like a mule or workhorse in these cases, carrying on anyway until I realize it's actually harmful.
Amen. Honestly the IKEA lamps are the best - super cheap and you can swap out the bulbs with high quality dimmable philips. What torchiers are you swapping to?
Ideally your environment is balancing the light level of your monitor (maybe 50% black level) so you can have something that works if it’s a white display window or dark.