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Indeed. But I'd describe it as modern LCDs have a default brightness that it likely too bright for most uses. Manufacturers likely set this so that the colours
by joncrocks 13y ago
Indeed. But I'd describe it as modern LCDs have a default brightness that it likely too bright for most uses.
Manufacturers likely set this so that the colours 'pop' when being demoed (the same reason they sell/create/display glossy monitors, because they demo well).
Taking the brightness down almost never impacts usability, but I've found can significantly affect eye strain (that 'OMG, my eyeballs are hurting' feeling).
- jstelly 13y agoI totally agree with this. I usually turn my monitor brightness down to the lowest setting (my work monitor has been set this way for years). I've done the A/B testing on myself and find that I will develop something like a mild headache (probably eye strain) after a day of working at the default brightness. On my old LCD monitor the brightness would reset if power got disconnected so I did the experiment several times accidentally. My current monitor (Dell U3014) remembers the setting across power resets. I have my brightness control set to zero. It looks dim at first but after a few minutes it looks completely normal and you forget about it.
- copergi 13y ago>(the same reason they sell/create/display glossy monitors, because they demo well). They create very few of them. The few they do create are because some of us want monitors that are not intentionally blurry. I am capable of controlling the lighting in my environment. I do not want my monitor to deliberately make everything fuzzy just to avoid a glare problem I don't have.