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    DVD Playback Dark on I9300

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by paul.s, Apr 27, 2006.

  1. paul.s

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    I've just unpacked a new i9300 and it is just like another one I have experience with in that DVD playback is unusually dark. No other display, like a photo editor or the desktop etc. seems to be too dark. I am now directly comparing a full screen on-PC movie to a TV display using the SVideo out and the TV display is adequately bright for dark/night scenes, unlike the movie on screen. This is the same on most of the PC DVD player software that I have.

    I have VLan which allows me to change the brightness but I still wonder how this darkness can be. Do other I9300 owners experience the same problem? Where might I look to solve this?
     
    paul.s, Apr 27, 2006
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    first place to look: is the screen brightness all the way up?
     
    drumfu, Apr 27, 2006
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    No, it's at the default brightness. As I said, this is adequate for everything else.

    It is the DVD playback that is dark relative to everything else.
     
    paul.s, Apr 28, 2006
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