Sounds like we should do more of this "discovery" then
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Please not brighter...
Brighter for less energy is the important bit. It doesn't mean that the lowest brightness has to be higher than it is now.
Seriously, I already have to put my monitors on nearly the lowest brightness as it is. So tired of extreme bright lighting. Especially offices.
Yeah, my finger can only fiddle the brightness toggle so much. Any more and I’m going to be playing Operation with the slider widget.
Could be useful if you want to watch TV outside in the sun 😂
you jest but doing work on a monitor outside even with non reflective screen is tough.
But marketers must have number go up! Moar Candles!
Seriously, more efficiency is always good, but does anyone actually test monitors for low brightness performance, how good is the color at 100 nits, 50 nits, 10 nits, how low can they go? It's like reviewers have totally forgotten that dark rooms exist.
I mean, bright sunlight is the worst case for contemporary displays, so you usually don't have that. And you don't want to stare in a lamp for most of the time.
I usually have to help with xrandr --brightness and --gamma, even in daylight, because the darn thing is still too bright on it's lowest setting. What's important for me is therefore contrast, not brightness.
I'm more concerned with outdoor signs and billboards at night. There's one near me that's so ridiculously bright that it's hard to drive by there at night.