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need help setting colour/contrast on laptop

  • 24-11-2006 2:04pm
    #1
    green123
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    just got a new laptop
    its a dell inspiron 9400

    compared to my old crt the picture is terrible
    how can i adjust the colour and contrast ?
    with a crt monitor the display setting buttons are on the frame of the monitor
    cant find any way of setting display on laptop

    i have tried the options in control panel-display


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    not too familiar with that model

    but usually on dell's there is a blue Fn key at the front left and the F1..F12 keys or the Up/Down arrows have a blue symbol for brightness *

    most laptops are set to be less bright when running on the battery only, pulg in the adaptor - if it brightens up then check power settings in control panel - or whatever dell utility comes with the card.


  • #3
    green123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,703 ✭✭✭green123


    yes i know about brightness - it doesnt help much

    in general can you adjust colour/contrast on laptops ?
    surely it would make sense to have these features like a crt


  • #4
    Soundman
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    Right click on the desktop and click on Properties. Click on the settings tab. Click Advanced and then have a look around on the tabs that are on the window that opens.


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
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    green123 wrote:
    yes i know about brightness - it doesnt help much

    in general can you adjust colour/contrast on laptops ?
    surely it would make sense to have these features like a crt

    Brightness and contrast buttons are normally next to each other. What do you mean adjust the colour? I haven't seen a laptop screen that has similar on screen features like that of CRTs. If you mean to get the computer to show more colours then do as soundman suggested, right click on the desktop and click on Properties. Click on the settings tab. You can change the colour quality there.


  • #6
    green123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,703 ✭✭✭green123


    i know about the properties, settings - they dont help

    i have a brightness setting as capt says earlier, but no contrast

    i suppose ill just have to accept that the display will never be as clear/sharp as a crt


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    many laptops don't have contrast because there should be nothing to adjust - it's a technical thing not a missing knob

    maybe the video driver has a gamma control ??
    also don't forget that the colour will only ever be 100% when looking at it directly rather than at an angle


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