Do you watch television along with browsing on the net ? is it harmful...

Ushaji, namastey I have a mirror on the wall just above my computer monitor, the big screen tv is on the opposite wall, so i can see the tv news , movies etc in it, the tv is 12 feet away from the monitor, means the image i see in mirror is 24 feet away, guess it is less harmful.. Thanks for sharing Best of luck. Professor

Yes, I watch TV while working or playing on my computer. I never considered that it might add strain to my eyes. This is new to me. My problem is that I am not giving my full attention to either. I mostly give my attention to my computer while listening to the TV rather than watching the TV. But I get distracted by something on the TV and stop giving full attention to my computer. Or I begin watching a good movie or program on TV but get started on the computer and miss something that I was watching on TV. It would probably be better to do one or the other. If I am watching TV, don't work on the computer or shut the TV off when I am on computer. But we are a multi-task society and I have gotten into it also. Sometimes less is more.

Well actually I do it. There are times I can't resist watching TV and browsing the net at the same time. Like when I was watching the Ms. Universe I could not help but watch the TV while browsing on the net. I think this really consumes much energy and yes this strains the eyes even more so I don't do this very often.

Hello, no doubt it add strain for our eyes. We cannot work properly in this way. So I suggest do one thing at one time.

Hi Kiran.. I guess overdoing anything can cause the problem. Otherwise its okay. I am doing it daily. I mean I used to see movies on TV with surfing on the net. Yes I guess it is becoming common everywhere as I have seen many people here doing computer in front of TV.

Watch television too long OR Browsing on computer too long OR Do both, I think all of them may harm our eyes.. ^^; Generally, our eyes need to be rested. Staring at monitor (either computer or TV) too long may harm it. Well, anyway, personally, I don't like to do both activities together, since I can't being focus if I do it simultaneously, so it would be less fun .

Hi iran8, I would like to watch my favorite tv program while online. This would happen only when I'm surfing net in my bedroom for the tv and hifi sets are placed in our bedroom. Most of the time I spend my online time in the sitting room. Although there isn't any tv there I still can enjoy watching free internet movies or tv series and doing online browsing at the same time It's sure that this would affect the concentration on doing either one lol... As what I know it's not good for our eyes if we focus on the computer screen for long time. So I think watching tv in front of us at least could let our eyes having some exercises and free from concentrating on the same screen Happy posting

Hi kiran! I used to watch tv while surfing the net when my desktop was still positioned beside the tv. My mother always nagged me about it because it's bad to the eyes. I'm not sure if it's true but I guess it is because it puts more strain to the eyes. And then, I stopped the habit because I could not focus on each and I find it tiring to the eyes looking at two different monitors with different brightness. Now, I don't have my desktop anymore but I've got my netbook. I don't use my netbook while watching tv or the other way around. I just watch my favorite dramas in the internet by downloading them.

I think it's good to keep looking away from the screen instead of just staring at it without a break. I'm a bit worried that it's bad for my attention span instead though!

I do it all the time!

Yeah, I do that everyday too.. but not at the same time.. I use the computer for a few hours, then when I am not using it I just watch tv...I think it is harmful because of the radiation..and too much of it can definitely ruin the eyes.. You should only use them moderately and have some rest..

I sometimes do that especially when I wanted to watch he news and I am not yet done with my work on the internet. As long as you are happy doing it, I guess it can't harm you in any way. Happy Mylotting!

The recent studies about watching TV and using the laptop for more than two hours said that can cause big problems to our eyes.

I do this every day. I think the biggest problem of do this is that I don't have my focus in one thing, so I lost some parts of the TV show that I am seeing and/or I have difficults to do simple things in computer. But as I have so little free time at my home, if I don't do this, I will not have time to see my personal e-mails, enter in mylot and see my sports on TV. This is a problem of modern life. But I think watch TV as bad as use the computer for too long time, because your eyes don't have time to rest. Don't you agree? Happy mylotting

i do it once in a while but not everytime... i hardly watch television anymore nowadays anyway... i usually just watch drama from my laptop while surfing the net at the same time... take care and have a nice day...

Hi Kiran! I feel that our mind is not tuned to attending to two task at a given point of time. If we are using internet or we are on our PC and TV is also on, we could concentrate on either of the two. This sometimes happen with me also, when am doing something on my mobile and TV programmes are also going on, however, I just can concentrate on mobile and my mind does not register, what is going on in the TV programme. It is really harmful to attend to task simultaneously, and it will surely put strain in our eyes.

Hi kiran, my common sense says, watch TV and work at laptop or desktop computer at the same time is harmful for eyes. Because it creates stress on eyes. Moreover if you put your laptop on your lap is very harmful for health. The radiation from laptop can affect your body directly.

I am on the computer while the television is on. I don't have a laptop so I am on my home PC when I do this. My PC is facing the other direction so if I want to watch tv I have to turn around! If I had a laptop I would be sitting in front of the tv doing both!

This is true it is harmful for eyes and you cannot complete your work on laptop easily so I avoid when watching no work on laptop..

I do this but find myself mostly listening to the tv while being online. The job I have gives me more eye strain than either of these activities. It helps to get regular eye check ups and enough sleep.