![[51m] Getting old, too much eyestrain when using my handheld gaming consoles. But a pair of cheap-ass plastic magnifying glasses improved matters greatly.](https://www.fpshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/x4jcami6qzjc1-scaled.jpeg "[51m] Getting old, too much eyestrain when using my handheld gaming consoles. But a pair of cheap-ass plastic magnifying glasses improved matters greatly.")
So, I recently started to use my handheld gaming consoles again. In particular the PS Vita, which is super comfortable to hold. But I am 51 years old now, and have terminal glasses since a couple of years back, and man.. focusing on stuff on that little screen is really difficult and tiring now, even when wearing my regular glasses.
But the other day, on a whim, I noticed a couple of really cheap plasticky magnifying glasses in a store. They were only about 4 USD/EUR or so, so I bought them, just to try them out. And they really worked great.
I mean, I cannot wear them as regular glasses, but just to have them while on the couch playing handheld games worked great.
The PS VIta screen in particular looks really crisp. The 3DS screen also looks better, but the increased size also makes the lower resolution to be more noticeable.
Now I have ordered a couple of somewhat better magnifying glasses online.
So, I just wanted to mention this, in case other people might be interested in doing this.
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Somebody meme that up and put something else on the screen. Lol.
dude just got to zenni and get some more fashionable reading glasses for cheap.
Vita’s are tiny screens compared to modern tablets and the switch
Be a true dad gamer and buy a very large monitor, a very overpriced GPU, and emulate 10 year old games with it
Vita games with a modern controller my dude
Don’t Starve on the PSVita, what a legend
Wait until OP discovers that reading glasses exist.
You look 41
It looks like you have an Oled version of the Vita, the problem is that the screen has Pulse Width modulation, which for some people causes unpleasant sensations. The second revision was already with an LCD screen from which the eyes should not get so tired.
I (52m) just use my reading glasses.
If you ever get the chance also a steam deck would be much better if you prefer handheld gaming
Love me some ATIV S5
Reading glasses, my man. Cheap and useful.
Lol how are you in your 50s and never heard of reading glasses instead of this insane solution? Go to CVS and grab like 3 pairs for 15 bucks.
Bifocals work wonder tbh. Or just spend $10 on reading glasses at the CVS checkout line
Unrelated but what do you think of Don’t Starve? (its the game on the ps vita in the image)
My problem is my glasses are for nearsightedness, but things are blurry up close with them on now.
If it works it works
Bought the same ones (or at least looking the same) as a temporary measure 2 years ago. Yeah, temporary… Anyway, I can play on my 2DS and switch in handheld mode again, yaay! I can also read my phone screen without squinting 😛
As a side note, I use them in addition to my prescription glasses, which I wear all the time. These have enough room for that.
If you haven’t done it, get an eye exam. Pardon the pun, but the results can be really eye-opening. Even when people don’t need glasses…. suddenly they do. The first time I got one and they told me I could use some, I was like “no way!”. But I got them and put them on and I suddenly felt like Superman! I had super-vision. It was shocking.
You look like you want to take your cousin bowling.
51M here too. I still resort to stretching arms when on phone and getting away from notebook screen.
You might be getting “old”, but you look so daaamn good.
Leave some women for the rest of us
Get a Rog Ally handheld. Think Steam Deck with slightly more horsepower. It’s has a 7 inch 1080p vrr screen and is powerful enough to emulate any handheld including Switch. I just played BOTW on it at 60fps with just minor graphic gliches here and there. Nothing distracting.
Best dollar value gaming purchase I have ever made. You get theoretically every handheld gaming device in one handheld gaming device.
Battery life is meh but since we’re are similar in age I’m going to assume you don’t game on the go too much anymore.
I mean…I just play on a big tv and sit close to it.
I liked the PSVita and regret entirely that I traded it and my PSTV for a PC.
PSTV was just a Vita box that connected to your TV.
I too own the vita and had some fun times. Sadly after realizing almost all of the games have been ported to the switch and run better it’s hard to go back to. But it’s still one of my favorite devices to look at and play PSP games on.
Multi focal glasses changed my life
In a day I was realizing my games had so many nice textures,and the road was a lot clearer.
Definitely recommend
This selfie is unsettling for some reason
Something to look forward to…
Playing the old ATIVZS
I think you look very handsome
After years of good vision (with contacts)… my eyesight dropped off a cliff around 47 yo. Now I can not see a handheld, phone, book, 36″ monitor, arcade game or even the sandwich I’m making without bifoculs or +2.0 reading glasses. BTW, most midgrade reading glasses are a waste. I get mine for $2 on aliexpress and they are usually nicer quality. I keep them on a cord on my neck at all times.
I know this has nothing to do with the post but that’s a hell of a hairline congrats