[iyonix-support] Re: Icon Bar brightness

 

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> From: iyonix-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:iyonix-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Roger Darlington
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:23 AM
> To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [iyonix-support] Re: Icon Bar brightness
> 
> On 14 Apr 2008, dave higton wrote:
> > Quoting Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > 
> >> On 12 Apr 2008, Dave Higton wrote:
> >> > In message <4d55c97b4efef6c98e4f.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >           Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Having just purchased an LCD monitor, I find that it is 
> brighter 
> >> >> at the foot of the screen and darker at the top (a HP w2408h).
> >> >> 
> >> >> The icon bar now looks abnormally bright.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Is there any way I can alter the icon bar so that it is less 
> >> >> bright (ie more grey rather than snowy)?
> >> > 
> >> > Are you sure that both backlights are working?
> >> 
> >> Yes.
> >> > 
> >> > If yes, is there an issue with your viewing position?
> >> 
> >> No.
> >> 
> >> It is a characteristic of the poor quality of the LCD within a HP 
> >> w2408h monitor: don't get one!
> > 
> > Ah.  It sounds like there /is/ an issue with your viewing position.
> > It doesn't suit the monitor!
> 
> Unfortunately, correct:
> 
> The screen brightness is uniform if I sit (on axis) at an 
> infinite distance away. If i sit nearer and nearer, then the 
> screen gets dimmer and dimmer at the top, and brighter and 
> brighter at the bottom. At normal (on axis) reading distance 
> of 18 inches (who reads a book at 5 feet?), there is 
> pronounced darkening at top and a pronounced brightening at 
> foot of screen:-(
> 
> It does, however, become less pronounced after it has been on 
> for 15 mins or more, but still very noticeable.
> 
> Moreover, the Menu button on the monitor does not put up the 
> on-screen OSD. [It might if I used it with a PC]. But in my 
> opinion, a monitor should be self-contained, integral, 
> without reliance on a computer for functions that it should 
> have resident within it.
> 
> Paul: I don't know whether momentarily setting it up on a PC 
> will then ensure that the Menu button does then work with the 
> PC switched off?
> i.e. I wonder if connecting it up to a PC temporarily will 
> make the Menu button work permanently?
> 

The menu button has nothing to do with what, if anything, is plugged in as a
signal source. It should work, regardless. If it doesn't, you've got a
faulty monitor and you should return it.

Chances are your monitor has a single backlight tube at the bottom of the
screen, which may make it hard to achieve an overall flat brightness.
However it may be that your viewing position isn't helping. Most LCD
monitors are designed for what's called 12 o'clock viewing. This assumes
that your eyeline is level with the top edge of the screen area and that the
screen is then set at 90 degrees to your eyeline. This means you should be
looking slightly down on most of the screen area (particularly the iconbar)
and thus may help to even out the brightness effect.

E.g. with my 17" Samsung monitor I find my eyeline is square with a line
about 2" down from the top of the screen.

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