Monitor keeps dimming night views

[Capt. Speirs]

I have a Viewsonic VX2240W that has "Dynamic Contrast" option. If I select that (the picture is perfect) it dims the picture anytime it thinks that something unimportant is on the screen, sort of a screen saver part of its function, including dark scenes in games. See the problem? if I unselect "Dynamic Contrast" I can't for the life of me get the picture as clear as with "Dynamic Contrast" can. Anyone have a solution?
I have the latest drivers for my video card, really don't think the card is affecting it at all, this is all monitor related.

 

[TSPenguin]

Unless you have some options within your monitor (and that is rare), you are screwed.

 

[Capt. Speirs]

Unless you have some options within your monitor (and that is rare), you are screwed.

I have options for Contrast and Brightness amoung other things, however I don't seem to be able to adjust it as well as "Dynamic Comtrast", does anyone else have this problem? I must me LCD adjust challenged, like some people ar "Flashing 12s".:blink:


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Viewsonics description of "Dynamic Contrast" it is suppose to brighten the screen for better night time contrast, but it doesn't. I really don't want to contact Viewsonic and speak to some out sourced english challenged individual.

 

[tblaxland]

If you turn off "dynamic contrast", in addition to adjusting the brightness/contrast settings on the monitor, you may want to try adjusting the gamma. On my PC at home I have done this using the controls in my Nvidia drivers. At work, I used a little utility called QuickGamma.

Also, there are some handy calibration targets that will help you get better results on this site:
http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/index.html

 

[Capt. Speirs]

If you turn off "dynamic contrast", in addition to adjusting the brightness/contrast settings on the monitor, you may want to try adjusting the gamma. On my PC at home I have done this using the controls in my Nvidia drivers. At work, I used a little utility called QuickGamma.

Also, there are some handy calibration targets that will help you get better results on this site:
http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/index.html

Thanks, I will try that.