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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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Does anyone out there know if you can change the color of the V1 from red to blue?
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:11 AM
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yeah...paint
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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yeah paint might work but it will look sloppy haha! no you cant change it you order it form the manufacture either red or blue blue is 30 bucks more but its easier on the eyes at night because you cant focus on it
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 94CamaroLT1
blue is 30 bucks more but its easier on the eyes at night because you cant focus on it
That made no sense.
It is true that our eyes have difficulty focusing on blue, but that would make things more difficult and lead to eye fatigue.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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i know my eyes really burn from staring at my blue x50 for hours and hours every night, eye fatigue is a bitch
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eye fatigue?? what.. first for me?
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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it was a first for me also
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Blue is the most difficult color of light for our eyes to focus on. Our eyes are less sensitive to blue than other colors of light. Thats why text lit up by a blue backlight is blurrier than text lit up by a white backlight.

I once found a chart showing our eyes color sensitivity to different colors of light. If I find that chart again, I'll post it.
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I found the graph I was looking for:
http://www.autolamps-online.com/howwhy/seeingcentre.htm

If you search online, you'll find a lot more information.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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neat information...but i like blue because it looks good to me, my eyes will have to suffer
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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The only reason I like the blue is because it matches the rest of the interior lights. This is the same reason I went with the blue 8500 X50. I also own a red valentine V1 which I like much better, I just wish it were red.
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