How bright do you keep your screen?

[shawnmac]

Hi Everyone,

Good news, this is NOT an LG vs Samsung screen thread. Instead, the question is what do you normally set your brightness level too? I know it's a personal preference, but I've worked with both and it seems like anything over 60% or 70% or so really puts a toll on the battery. Even then, it almost becomes TOO bright on the whites when it gets so bright. However, something about the brighter screen gives it a better look in other ways.

Just curious what everyone else does.

 

[astrofaes]

I always have mine set at 100% brightness, regardless of ambient light.

 

[ZBoater]

50%

 

[Akamatsu]

100%. I'm 52 years old. As we age, our eyes don't let in as much light.

 

[Typswif2fingers]

Mostly all bars... or 1-2 less than full..

 

[rkheyfets]

on average 4-6 bars from full otherwise just too bright

 

[blueroom]

Torch (full)

 

[VMMan]

It depends totally on ambient light. In outdoor use with the bright sun up, 100% brightness. In the dark, maybe 1-2 bars and atnight with a lamp on in the room, maybe 4 bars.

The easiest way to improve battery life is to type in the dark so long as you can see the keys without the keyboard lighting.

 

[Pipper99]

100%. I'm 50 years old. Beyond one or two clicks down is too dim for me.

 

[unagimiyagi]

100% 75% of the time.
66% 15% of the time.
25% 10% of the time.

 

[Cynicalone]

I'm old I keep it bright.

 

[scarred]

50% normally... would go up to 75% for movies or games. Too bright hurts my eyes.

 

[3bs]

I do agree that the brighter it is the better it looks, but it's been so long since I've gone above like 50% that it actually hurts my eyes when I do

 

[lyrrad721]

4 bars from 100%.

 

[go4theko]

operating at 3 ticks for standard web browsing. beneficial for battery life as well as my eyes. if needed i up it to about 50%. anything over that is unnecessary for me

 

[vitzr]

Daytime in the office, 100%

Nigh time in a room with low ambient light 50%

 

[Jaro65]

Around 50%.

 

[Acorn]

i forced myself to use 1 notch above off for a month. it was obviously to dim but i kept using it that way. after about a month i found i only needed to turn up the brights to about 4 or 5 notches above off. it was more then bright enough and anything beyond 50% was outright ridiculous. i get 8+hours battery life easy and most of the time just web surfing and such i can get 10. (2010 macbook pro)

i never really like bright steam cleaned like whites anyway. it made my eyes tired and made me sleepy after a few hours of use. they would also randomly water.

 

[reputationZed]

2 - 3 bars, which is unfortuantley better than my iPhone gets on ATT.

I also tend to keep the brightness pretty low on my iPad2

 

[Apple OC]

100% unless I know I need to conserve the Battery ... such as being away from a plug on the road

 

[Futhark]

100% unless I know I need to conserve the Battery ... such as being away from a plug on the road

Exactly the same here !!!

 

[bill-p]

From completely off:
1-3 bars at night
4-5 bars in a well-lit room
6-8 at a cafe or while watching a super dark movie
>9 when outside

I find that at full blast (16 bars), I can clearly distinguish black, white, and everything else in between on a color scale while directly under sunlight. That's got to be unhealthy.

 

[-tWv-]

Around 50% most of the time. 100% in direct sunlight

 

[WhoDatWayne]

100% in the day especially at the office.
50% at night.
25% when in bed reading.