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> Turning down the brightness on a display is not really the solution because most displays use pulse width modulation so you are just exchanging brightness for
by laserlight 4y ago
> Turning down the brightness on a display is not really the solution because most displays use pulse width modulation so you are just exchanging brightness for flicker and strobing effects.
Thanks for mentioning this. I've never understood why people preferred dark-mode over reducing brightness of their screen. Perhaps, they are disturbed by flickering on a subtler level that they are not consciously aware of.
- Sunspark 4y agoOne way to dim the screen without activating PWM is to leave brightness at 100%, but in the monitor's panels change the custom preset for the RGB channels to a lower value like 50%. It basically has the presentation of a neutral overlay filter. There is technically some dynamic range compression, but it's a perfectly serviceable solution for systems where you have no ability to install software like f.lux, or when you don't want the overlay to be warm.