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What brightness level do you use on your mac ?

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XPcentric

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Oct 16, 2008
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Except when its daylight, I'm usually using the first level mostly in the evening when I'm sitting in my bed and its dark. How about you ?
 
I'm currently 2 from the top in my semi-well lit room. I'm getting my money's worth from these LED's.
 
Does using the screen on a higher brightness (the highest) hurt your eye at all? I don't necessarily feel strained but I don't want to ruin my vision unintentionally. Also how does this affect the lifespan of the screen?
 
I def use it on highest... I think one of the main feature of macbook is its great screen and I want to enjoy the screen at fullest every single time I use this wonderful machine.

Only time I will lower the brightness is when I am running out of battery but that is very rare case. I usually have mag safe everywhere(I own multiples of it and have it readily available anywhere).
 
Sankersizzle said:
Will using the screen at high brightness for a long time causing LED's to burn out faster?

Do LED's burn out? :p
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Light-emitting diode
A standard 40 W incandescent bulb has an expected lifespan of 1,000 hours while an LED can continue to operate with reduced efficiency for more than 50,000 hours
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That's 5.7 years running 24/7. Yes, LEDs can burn out, but you'd probably get rid of your Mac in favor of a new model long before that happens.
 
A fluorescent does hurt after time; a LED doesn't give me that headache. It may also be part due to the glossy screen and the surrounding black trim allows the eye to focus better.

karohan said:
Does using the screen on a higher brightness (the highest) hurt your eye at all? I don't necessarily feel strained but I don't want to ruin my vision unintentionally. Also how does this affect the lifespan of the screen?
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The 50k hours of LED life is actually very conservative.
 
I keep my iMac on the absolute lowest setting, day and night. It's just so powerful. My MBP stays on full brightness except on battery, when I'll go down to 50% or so.
 
NickZac said:
A fluorescent does hurt after time; a LED doesn't give me that headache. It may also be part due to the glossy screen and the surrounding black trim allows the eye to focus better.
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Does this mean I don't have to worry about inadvertently damaging eyes right?
 
Provided the sun is not directly behind the screen, a mazillion watt lamp or a lawn gnome with toothpicks, you are good to go, but I am not an eye doctor so please don't sue me if I forgot something.
 
NickZac said:
Provided the sun is not directly behind the screen, a mazillion watt lamp or a lawn gnome with toothpicks, you are good to go, but I am not an eye doctor so please don't sue me if I forgot something.
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  1. Sun directly behind screen. Check!
  2. Mazillion watt lamp. Check!
  3. Lawn gnome with toothpicks. Check!
I think you covered it all! :D
 
It depends how the lighting around me is. Normally its 50-80% but right now its 100%. On battery power, I do lower it though.
 
Normally 4 boxes. If in a bright room or in daylight i use 5.

Uber bright screens hurt my eyes.
 
I'm using it at about 50% It really depends on the lighting since its a glossy display but I usually don't have issues with the glare.
 
On my A1226 machine, as low as it gets before the backlight goes off. And it's still too much. The panel is an LP154WP2-TLA3
 
Mine is used as a desktop most of the time and I keep my brightness on max because contrast appears to suffer at anything lower. Could be something else and not contrast, but it definitely looks worse to my eyes. I use it 40-60% when on battery.
 
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