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I'm almost 50. And I have a big problem with my display, even during the day I run it at 0% brightness. During the night it's really way too bright. This is why
by wkat4242 2y ago
I'm almost 50. And I have a big problem with my display, even during the day I run it at 0% brightness. During the night it's really way too bright. This is why I use dark mode. I also sometimes reduce the contrast but this messes up colour accuracy in a bad way.
I agree it's not really a content issue as much as a hardware issue. LCD screens have a limited backlight range and seem to be optimised for peak brightness not lowest brightness. Probably because big numbers sell better on paper. Even reviews only talk about top brightness these days.
My screen only tops around 200 nits and the lowest setting is way too high.
- emberfiend 2y agoYeah, I'm at the point where I'm looking at manually positioning/removing one of those full-screen dimming filters so I can use my monitor past 7pm. And 90% of the time if a screen goes really dim it does so with savage PWM.
- wkat4242 2y agoYes, PWM is another big issue. I'm very sensitive to it. Even though I grew up with CRT's (or perhaps because of that). Luckily my display doesn't do that. It's also very hard to figure out through reviews so I'm glad it doesn't. I was thinking about such a filter. But I haven't seen them for sale, I just know they exist (I was thinking about ND filters used in photography). But I wasn't sure if they exist at this size.
- emberfiend 2y agoThe brand I found when I did the research was LightDims. They seem to come in pretty large sheets. Haven't actually ordered any though. Yeah, I'm also PWM sensitive. You can buy devices which measure it fortunately but I've been making do with a phone camera on a high/brief shutter speed.