On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:21:51 +1200, Cliff Wright
wrote:

I have another suggestion.
Do a search for a programme called "powerstrip" on Google. It is available
from some sites as freeware. Using that on my Dell laptop I can adjust the
screen settings to give almost any level of illumination you might want. It
also allows control of individual colours and clour temperature if
required.

The problem is that any modern LCD panel requires some kind of external
shielding. This is because they leak light at oblique angles. You can turn off
every pixel on the screen, making it as black as is physically possible through
the electronics, and the screen will still look like a searchlight once you are
dark adapted. What is needed is the ability to greatly reduce the brightness of
the fluorescent backlight. I haven't seen any laptops that let you dim them all
the way do nothing.

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Cloudbait Observatory
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