How to adjust the brightness of the monitor

With the advent of modern LCD monitors (TFT, LCD, LCD), the issue of correctly adjusting their parameters became particularly topical. A beginner, who first started working with such a monitor, hardly knows that if in the obsolete radar tube models (CRT) no program for adjusting the brightness of the monitor was needed, but now the situation has radically changed. The advantages of the new technology can be talked for a very long time, and even now there is so much information about it that even every schoolboy is aware of the lack of flickering of the personnel scanning, light weight and compact dimensions of LCD monitors. It would seem that an ideal device for displaying graphic information has finally been developed. But, alas, users who happened to change their usual CRT monitor to a modern LCD, very well know how the first time after such a change sore and watery eyes during work. Subsequently, these symptoms pass, but the very appearance of them indicates incorrect settings: monitor brightness and contrast must be corrected.

A properly tuned LCD monitor is able to more accurately transfer the color gamut of the image, which for popular TN matrices is simply necessary, and also reduce the burden on the eyesight. Before adjusting the brightness of the monitor, you must set the appropriate color profile for it, which can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website. After that, you can proceed with the adjustment.

The most simple program for adjusting the brightness of the monitor, which is always "at hand" is the video adapter driver. Any video card allows you to control many basic display parameters. For example, to use the ability to adjust the brightness of the monitor, you should right-click on the desktop and launch the Catalyst control center from the pop-up menu (by the way, it works only if you have the installed NET.Framework package installed on your system). Here in the left part of the window you need to select the control point for the desktop. Having enabled the use of color controls, we can change the brightness of the monitor. If you need to adjust not only the desktop images, but also the video, then go to the corresponding item (Video), where we adjust the brightness. All these functions are also present in the NVidia card driver settings.

Despite the convenience of making settings using the capabilities of the video adapter driver, sometimes third-party programs are preferred. There are a lot of them: from the simplest, in which the brightness is adjusted by entering a value in a percentage, to semi-automatic combines that independently adjust brightness depending on the time of day. For example, in the Monitor Bright program, even a person without training can understand. More flexible adjustment is possible in applications Display Tuner, MagicTune and NaViSet.

In addition to software solutions, you should not forget about the capabilities of the monitor itself. Many of them allow you to change the preset modes by pressing one single button: to view the movie there is a mode of "Film", for working on the Internet - "Internet", etc. Usually this is much more convenient than adjustments by the driver and, especially, by third-party programs. After all, you can "forget" with a clear conscience to install the setup program, and change modes by clicking on the monitor panel. It's all about the user's preferences.

Owners of laptops are in a more advantageous position, because they have to adjust the brightness of the screen can be just two buttons on the keyboard. Usually this is a combination of two buttons - "Fn" and with the corresponding sun icon (left-right keys).