Playstation 3 - headaches and eye strain on a 32" LED TV.

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I've bought a super slim PS3 couple of days ago and I'm starting to get big problems. After a day or two of playing (1-2 hours only) I started getting severe eye and neck strain + headaches from it. My TV is Sharp Aquos 32" LED but when I watch movies or anything else, I have no problems. Seems like my eyes are not "in tune" with the refresh rate or something else, but it's really annoying. Now I can barely play 10 minutes till I get light nausea and dizzyness. I do have astigmatism and my eyes are not perfect (dont wear glasses though), but the thing is that many other situations dont cause any trouble - PC gaming on my 20" AOC LED monitor is pretty smooth and I only get normal eyestrain everyone else is getting from playing and not blinking, which is ok and shakes off easily. Now this one is different, it really messes up the eyes. Everything tells me its about the PS3 engine or herz thing or refresh rate issues or don't know what else. I'm gonna try it on an old tube TV to see if that changes things, but I don't believe it will. Any suggestions? I've seen similar posts on other forums as well, so maybe it's just the architecture and signal issues of ps3 (I'm not an Xbox fanboy, just to rule that out). I tried sitting back or close, which doesnt help as well. I'd really appreciate some help, cause if things stay like this, I'll have to sell it. Thanks!
 
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Are you sitting in the same position when you are watching movies as when you are playing games (on PS3 or PC)
The neck thing makes me think that it might be due to posture and the headaches could be from the neck strain.
 
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After reading more posts on this, I'm guessing its the wireless controller / wifi-bluetooth EM field issues. I don't get this from many other devices though, but probly PS3 has more radiation or something else... weird. Might try a wired controller
 
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Just to update so others won't think the same. it was NOT wireless issues, it was eye strain. Even on another TV (old one, not LED) I got severe strain in a day or two, so theres nothing else to conclude. It's something with the picture signal or graphics (note that this happens regardless of the game, even on the menu), so must be very hard on eyes. I could play PC games for hours, now I can play only an hour or so till i feel the tention, so I must let my eyes rest till they get back in shape. Such a shame noone cares about testing this on different kind of ppl. maybe you're tough, but me, I wont be buying a sony console in the near future. CHeers
 
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