Monitor is too dark...

[Robert Bodling]

I have tried to readjust the contrast on my monitor and the background is to
dark to view some of the movie trailers or other videos on the system, how
can I tell the system to brighten the background or not to be so dark?

 

[philo]

I have tried to readjust the contrast on my monitor and the background is to
dark to view some of the movie trailers or other videos on the system, how
can I tell the system to brighten the background or not to be so dark?

First thing to do is adjust the monitor brightness settings.

You cna also tweak further by using the video card's gamma adjustment

 

[Claymore]

I have tried to readjust the contrast on my monitor and the background is to
dark to view some of the movie trailers or other videos on the system, how
can I tell the system to brighten the background or not to be so dark?

Hello Robert,

There are normally only two ways to adjust your video: either by
adjusting the monitor itself, or by adjusting the display via the
video card:
Start => Settings => Control Panel => Display => Settings => Advanced
=> click the tab for your video card.

 

[M.I.5¾]

I have tried to readjust the contrast on my monitor and the background is
to dark to view some of the movie trailers or other videos on the system,
how can I tell the system to brighten the background or not to be so dark?

A computer monitor, while good for computer type displays, is far from the
ideal display device for movies. Some DVD player utilities feature the
ability to change the gamma profile to render movies better, but you usually
have to rely on the graphic card drivers should they support such changes.

Even dedicated LCD or Plasma TVs often feature the ability to change the
gamma profile as what is best for video sourced material is rarely right for
film sourced material, though many users probably don't know it's there, let
alone use it.