Monitor is too bright

BoB3rt · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:12

I bought an Asus VG27WQ1B, and for the most part I'm really happy with it.

When I first plugged it in, it was brighter than 1000 suns, this thing lit up my room like a 100w bulb! :eek:

So I did some calibration and turned it down to about 50-60%
I have some lighting behind the monitor and a lamp in the room too (for evenings) but after a few days I noticed i was getting some eye strain and that the monitor was still pretty much acting as a light source when the background was white.

I've now had to turn it down to 0% for the white to be as 'flat' as my old monitors ie. not a light source.
I'm questioning weather this is to be expected, or is there something wrong?

Thanks

Dave2150 · 31 Dec 2020 at 14:09

Likely your previous monitors have aged, meaning the brightness has decreased lower than intended over time.

chaparral · 31 Dec 2020 at 14:13

A lot of my monitors i had the brightness normally set to around 20%

I just looked at what the brightness setting is on the monitor am using right now and it at 30%

BoB3rt · 1 Jan 2021 at 16:24

Thanks for the replies,
Yep my old monitors (now my side monitors) are dull AF. I guess I've just gotten used to it.

Cheers

pp111 · 2 Jan 2021 at 07:35

For some reason reviewers love BRIGHT, I mean REALLY BRIGHT, but personally I think most new monitors are way too bright. Maybe that's the UK for you. We just aren't used to sunlight. But the two monitors I am using at the moment, one is at 35% and the other is 75%. The second one, reviewers complained bitterly about how dim it was! lol.

EsaT · 2 Jan 2021 at 13:38

You would need dark sunglasses to be able to stare most monitors at full brightness.
(make it welder's goggles with "HDR" monitors)
And even some 50% brightness is very excessive in usually illuminated room.
20% setting is starting to approach proper nits level for usual man cave.

pp111 said:
Maybe that's the UK for you. We just aren't used to sunlight.

If it isn't getting dark at 3:30PM, you have lots of light in there.

Admetos · 2 Jan 2021 at 14:00

Can't add anything to your original question, other then I spend a great deal of time setting monitors up, however these related things will reduce eye strain.

1) Take time to setup Nvidia's gamma control, I find this makes a good difference at reducing eye strain.

2) I use a BenQ ScreenBat Plus e-Reading light, again these reduce eye strain, there quite amazing really and mine is always in use.

adrichardson81 · 3 Jan 2021 at 15:12

If TFT central reviewed it, see what their calibrated brightness setting. I hardware calibrate my monitors for photo editing and somewhere around 20% is the sweetspot for everything I've owned.