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Question

LED Monitor Brightness

Jan 5, 2012 10:01PM PST

I had to replace my crt monitor and I went with an LG LED 19",but even with the brightness setting at it's lowest setting it is still to bright.Is there a 3rd party software program that I could use to correct this?My OS Vista home premium

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Video manager
Jan 5, 2012 10:18PM PST

See if using your vendor supplied video card's manager s/w does anything for you, like "gamma setting", or play with it. If this LG is actually "plasma" rather than LCD type, these tend to bright but will lessen over time. If nothing seems to correct or settle down, then return the new monitor quickly within the warranty period, don't lag here, time is of the essence in how the warranty is handled.

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Re: monitor brightness
Jan 5, 2012 10:23PM PST

Did you try to reduce the brightness in the graphic settings of the video card? My 'Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel' (coming with the lowly integrated graphics of my i5-processor) lets me vary all I want in its advanced properties: brightness, contrast, gamma, hue and saturation. I never changed them from the default values, but it might be the solution for you. It can do much more than the settings in the monitor itself.

Kees

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Monitor Brightness
Jan 5, 2012 11:04PM PST

Thx for the prompt replies.I have made the adjustments in my "nividia control panel(video card)",but even with those adjustments the level is still to high for my eyes.

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Jan 6, 2012 1:20AM PST

FYI- You still haven't supplied the actual model# of the monitor it helps.

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Monitor Brightness
Jan 6, 2012 5:00AM PST

Willy thx for the added advice. The monitor is LG E1911T lcd/full hd led-backlit

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Monitor Brightness
Jan 7, 2012 4:39AM PST

In case any other forum readers are having similar problems to mine here is a link to a little program that I came across to regulate my monitor brightness
http://www.mylittlehost.com/dimmer.aspx