How bright is your computer monitor?  

i have no idea what mine is set at but i do not have any problems even with the lights off the monitor lights the key bosrd up enough for me to see clearly what i am doing

I think mine must be set to the default brightness and is plenty sufficient. Where my need comes in is for the extra light is for keyboard. I have a flat screen monitor though and I did have the brightness set different on my older tube monitor because it did seem to be darker for some reason.

I hate it when my monitor brightness is too high I feel they really torture your eyes and I find it bugging especially when the surrounding light is dim as they affect the eyes adversely I feel> i know it because it has resulted in my eyes being bleary. however, I do use the monitor under normal tube light.

Although the custom settings of the monitors were too bright for my sensitive eyes, I had to get the monitor...to be dimmer it has then been since the same....brightness level as I first set. What buggs me is when someone comes and tries to adjust the brightness that I have set according to my comfort...

I had never adjusted the brightness of my laptop monitor so probably it is on its default setting when I bought it. Aside from that, I don't know how to adjust the brightness of the monitor but I am satisfied at its setting now. Right now the other light that lighten my room come from the television and I don't have another lamp. I only use another lamp if i have to use the webcam in order for me to be visible to the other viewer.

Hello lordwarwizard,

Guess I found a good discussion that I can relate to, tonight. Well, I don't know what is the setting of my computer brightness. It is my husband's and I don't dare to change anything. But it seems, something is wrong with the monitor. I see pale color and almost every color seems almost black to me. Sometimes it is bright and colorful as usual and sometimes it seems like no colors to me... I am in the dark right now!

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brightness???

dont ask me about my monitor....!!
i m writing this post with only one colour ...greenish colour...!!!

there is some problem with my monitor.....
i have lost the red and blue colour of my monitor..only green is left...

dnt have time to give it to repair.......
i m using it...with only one colour.....can u believe....??

if u will show me some colour....i will say it is either black or white....hehe


NOw say .....

whose problem is bigger......??????#####???
mine or urs.......???

Hi wizard!

I had to go and check and as I thought it is set to just under at 48. The contrast is also more towards dark than light. I don't like bright lights staring at me. I prefer dimmed lights. I have a lamp on a shelf above me slightly to the right but it doesn't point directly to the monitor. It is set more to brighten up the keyboard just to make sure I don't make mistakes when typing although sometimes that doesn't stop them either

I do have a bright monitor but I alo like to use the over head light it helps make the whole room bright! also much easier on the eyes never tried an extra lamp wouldnt know where to put it on my desk lol

I guess I will get uninvited glares if I were to sit in front of your computer. I would be putting on sunglasses. . For me, the brightness is always the lowest until cannot go lower. In fact, the contrast is high too to fight the glaring. Guess I am accustomed to working in darkness.

Mine was set a 50% brightness before but because I work in front of the computer for almost 16 hours per day, I noticed after some time that the monitor seems to be too bright for me and found it hard to concentrate working especially at night because it's too bright and it hurts my eye. Just imagine your screen has all white in the background (I often have word or excel open when working) it just adds up the brightness. Since I have adequate lighting when working on the computer, I adjusted the brightness to zero and it's still too bright. So I adjusted the contrast, no now my screen is a little dark but just enough for me to see everything properly.