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A lot of screens are too bright even at 0% even at night. My LG 4K screen is such an example, I work on 0% during the day with 70% contrast and it's just about
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
A lot of screens are too bright even at 0% even at night. My LG 4K screen is such an example, I work on 0% during the day with 70% contrast and it's just about ok.
During the night it's wayy too bright though and I need to reduce contrast to almost 0% which helps but kills colour depth.
Screen manufacturers optimise for high brightness way too much. I guess because it looks good on the shop floor.
In summer I often work with the windows open at night but the lights off to avoid attracting bugs. All my displays are horrible in this scenario. Except my old amber vt520 which I can set so low I can barely read it in a dark room, or so bright it is easily readable in sunlight. It also has amazingly convenient brightness and contrast dials instead of a frustrating OSD menu. Some display qualities of CRTs have still not been matched.
- Dylan16807 5y ago> Screen manufacturers optimise for high brightness way too much. I guess because it looks good on the shop floor. Or it's because they don't expect anyone to sit and compute in an unlit room. And HDR content can look really good if you have a high peak brightness. I'd use comfortable lights and window screens myself.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoNot really, like I said I use my 4K at 0% brightness in a sunlit room and it's just right. So even there I have no adjustment options anymore without compromising colour depth. When I have artificial lights on I already need to reduce contrast substantially. My unlit room thing is only in summer, as I live in Spain and have no AC I need to have the windows open at night. It's pretty extreme and I understand that screens are not made with that in mind but they should handle a normal evening scenario just fine.
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