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Screen

luckat · 2008-01-27 07:58:37

The screen on my PowerBook has always been a bit dark. It's fine for writing, webbing, etc, but not great for watching DVDs - for instance, when I got The Motorcycle Diaries out of Laser, I was peering at black shapes against a black background, making the film even harder to understand. If I change the screen resolution…

27-01-2008 7:58am

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luckat

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The screen on my PowerBook has always been a bit dark. It's fine for writing, webbing, etc, but not great for watching DVDs - for instance, when I got The Motorcycle Diaries out of Laser, I was peering at black shapes against a black background, making the film even harder to understand.

If I change the screen resolution for watching DVDs, would that help? I already have it set to the brightest brightness.

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#2 27-01-2008 7:09pm

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id imagine it would

cant do no harm

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#3 27-01-2008 7:14pm

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The larger the resolution, the more clarity you'll get

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#4 28-01-2008 6:37am

luckat

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Does larger mean with more numbers in the name or fewer?

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#5 28-01-2008 1:11pm

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sounds like your backlight is on it's last legs.

how old is the machine?

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#6 29-01-2008 3:44pm

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No, it's always been like this. I think I just got a slightly dim screen for some reason.

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