How do I get my pc monitor to go brighter?

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Just possibly, it might also be the tripler on the way out, about to fail ....

The point is, don't touch the extra high voltage stuff around a crt, unless you know exactly what you're doing. Highly dangerous.

Beam current also affects the "soft" x rays, given out at back of tube, low level and no way a hazard, but on the other hand not something to "tinker" with!

Feel free to twiddle your own knob, but leave those inside tv sets stricty alone .....
 
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The monitor is working perfectly well, and to some people it might not be a problem, but to me it is because I sometimes edit movies with this and the playback on dvd can be really dark. It's just the max 100 is more like 70. Ggrrrr.
 
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I have the same same problem, I think that the darkness is a result of the video compression, but I believe that some video cards can normalise the video. There may be video normalising software available, but I haven't found any. Any suggestions anyone..................
 
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Just get yourself to a computer fair and buy a cheap 2nd hand CRT (Compaq S710 if you can, damned good monitor, I have 2 at home and use 1 at work), they last a hell of a lot longer than TFT's do and don't break as easily.... :D

Also, have you tried adjusting the contrast on your monitor? That sometimes can affect how bright the screen looks...
 
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OK, saturlight, I'll ask the Q again in a way that you might answer :D

On this maximum brightness setting - when there is black on the screen - is it really black or a shade of grey?

Why? Well, your Q wasn't about video cards, Plug and play, Contrast, Dounuts or anything else. Your problem was about the 'brightness' correct?

Contrast is something entirely different.

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