Hi Adam, 80 is quite a bit dimmer than 120. I have a Dell Ultrasharp U2711 and calibrate to 120. If I went with 80, I would not be able to see detail in the dark areas or shadows and I get good matches with my prints. This however seems to be a very subjective topic and also depends on your ambient lighting conditions. I tend to edit photos at night with no artificial lights. Regards - Phil (no guru either) -----Original Message----- From: argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of adam k Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 7:35 PM To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [argyllcms] Re: Monitor calibration I know that this group is full of gurus. I'm novice though. Is 80 cd/m^2 brighter than 120 cd/m^2? A Kielcz On Feb 2, 2012, at 6:35 PM, "János, Tóth F." <janos666@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It does make sense for me as my plasma display can not reach more than > ~85 cd/m^2 anyway. But this is enough in a dark room. > 80 cd/m^2 is a little too bright for web pages with bright backgrounds > and black text but usually optimal for most of the movies and games. > In a dark room which is actually not that dark if you have white walls > and there is something on a relatively big display... >