Dell 2005FPW Brightness Control?

[joshw10]

I just received my Dell 2005FPW....it is way too bright. But I can't find any brightness controls on it.. Help??

 

[RossMAN]

I can control brightness using the onscreen buttons or my video card (Ti4200) drivers.

Are you using analog or DVI?

Did you install the drivers?

 

[joshw10]

I'm using DVI

I installed the monitor driver that was on the included CD. if there's any software programs to install, I haven't done so...

I can't find anything in the onscreen controls that has anything to do with brightness, or contrast.

I have heard you can only adjust these if you're using the VGA input, does that mean when I plug in VGA they'll automatically show up in the onscreen controls? If so, will they revert when I go back to DVI?

 

[joshw10]

Ok, my mistake. I found the brightness control. I was pressing the "Enter" button to access the big menu and figured it would be there, when I just had to press the minus button to access it

Still, the brightness control is pretty ineffective.

 

[ponyo]

Using brightness control on the monitor doesn't seem to change much. The difference between 0 - 100% isn't big as it's on my Dell 2001FP.

You can also turn down the brightness via your videocard driver. I set the brightness on 2005fpw at 0% and turned down the brightness on the ATI Catalyst driver to -35.

IMO, 2005fpw is too bright. But lot of people seem to like the extreme brightness.

 

[amol]

go to www.google.com, and enter "NEC Mitsubishi brightness controller"

dl that, it works wonders

 

[rootaxs]

Change your gamma levels. A minor adjustment there does more than your contrast/brightness settings can.