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M.A.H · 04-02-08, 11:56 PM

Hi,
I have a 21" Sun (Sony) monitor GDM 5410. I bought this monitor a couple of days ago. It has two ports to connect to the pc one is an embedded DB13W3 connector which has a cable already and the other is a standard VGA. I connected my pc to the standard VGA. The monitor works fine but it has slightly too much brightness. I have set the brightness to 0 in the menu and still it is slightly bright. The black areas are not black it’s like dark blue. To combat this issue I have set the contrast to 80 which looks ok but it’s too much for the eyes. If I set the contrast and brightness to 0 then I can still see the desktop. I opened up the monitor to see if there is an adjustment switch but I couldn't find it. All I could find were the Focus adjustments.
Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know where the adjustment switch could be?

Info about the monitor can be found here: Monitor - 21-inch Flat Display Premium Color Monitor

Thank you

Rojo · 05-02-08, 12:55 PM

Don't know about the monitor but if you're running Windows you could try this tool.

04-02-08, 11:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
M.A.H Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sun 21" Monitor Too Bright Hi, I have a 21" Sun (Sony) monitor GDM 5410. I bought this monitor a couple of days ago. It has two ports to connect to the pc one is an embedded DB13W3 connector which has a cable already and the other is a standard VGA. I connected my pc to the standard VGA. The monitor works fine but it has slightly too much brightness. I have set the brightness to 0 in the menu and still it is slightly bright. The black areas are not black it’s like dark blue. To combat this issue I have set the contrast to 80 which looks ok but it’s too much for the eyes. If I set the contrast and brightness to 0 then I can still see the desktop. I opened up the monitor to see if there is an adjustment switch but I couldn't find it. All I could find were the Focus adjustments. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know where the adjustment switch could be? Info about the monitor can be found here: Monitor - 21-inch Flat Display Premium Color Monitor Thank you

05-02-08, 12:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rojo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 157 Thanks: 9 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Sun 21" Monitor Too Bright Don't know about the monitor but if you're running Windows you could try this tool.