To reduce eye strain, reducing glare is important so using non-reflective screen by sacrificing quality is better (or ideally eInk). XDR displays (and previous displays from Apple) are great for quality, but not fully optimized for reducing eye strain.

https://www.eizo.com/library/basics/10_ways_to_address_eye_f...

I would argue dynamic backlit screens are terrible for development actually. High contrast is intense on the eye.

I bought a QLED TV 3 years ago, and tried to use it as an external display for my laptop. It's painful to look at. You switch from a white window to a black one and the TV adjusts backlight dynamically and blasts your eyes. I would react by putting my hand in front on my eyes like if i had looked outside from inside a cave after getting used to the cave.

Something like e-ink would be best for office work indeed. Lighting is external so controlled by the user and in line with the rest of the room

> High contrast is intense on the eye.

Is it really the contrast though? No contrast is sharper than blank and white, and reading a book is fine.

Sorry, I meant to say brightness contrast: high-end dynamic displays will turn off backlighting in black areas, and turn them all the way up in white areas.

Let's say your movie shows a full moon in the night. Looking at that moon on the screen is now like looking at a torchlight in the night in real life. The moon section of the screen is blasting high brightness right at your eyes.

This is what I meant. I tried doing office work on such a monitor, and quickly realize it's good for immersion, but terrible for office work, for which you want stable brightness.