Acer AL11511 I have found this product very disturbing with too much brightness. When I play DVD's I find the picture on the monitor is dark but when I am close the picture brights up alot. I notice other product types don't have this problem. The resolution of brightness and contrast seems to be an acceptable level. Is there any solution to this problem so that its not too bright and resolves the DVD problem. Even when doing MS Word docs the brightness has a terrible effect. Please advise accordingly. Thanking you, Roy

The screen may become dark if Picture mode is set to Cinema or Custom. If the screen continues to remain dark after changing the picture quality mode, go to the Backlight, Picture, Brightness menu and adjust the brightness to your liking. When Power Saving is fixed to Low or High, the screen becomes dark. Some TVs have a Light Sensor so the picture will just become brighter or darker depending on the lighting in the room.
You can also try programming from a different source, like a DVD player or VCR to check whether the problem is caused by the device that sends the signal to the TV.

Occasionally, you may find your laptop's monitor is too dim for your liking. A normal desktop computer's monitor has an on-board menu system that lets you adjust the brightness and picture control settings as you please. A laptop monitor has no such controls. You can adjust the brightness of your laptop monitor using your laptop's keyboard.

1. Press and hold the "FN" key on your laptop's keyboard. This is the "Function" key, which operates much the same way that the "Shift" key does: It allows keyboard buttons to be used for multiple purposes. It's located in the lower left corner of most laptop keyboards, next to the "Windows," "CTRL" and "ALT" keys.

2. Look at the top row of keys on your keyboard for a key with a tiny triangle pointing upwards and the symbol of a sun on it. This is the "Increase Brightness" key. With the "FN" key held down, press the "Increase Brightness" key. On most laptop keyboards this is the "F7" key, but it varies depending on the model.

3. Continue to hold down the "FN" and "Increase Brightness" key until your dim laptop monitor has reached the level of brightness you require. A laptop monitor can only get so bright. It will stop at its highest setting.
4. Release the "FN" and "Increase Brightness" keys. You have now fixed your dim laptop monitor.

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YO! please make sure the chord connecting your TV to the DVD are correctly and properly tightened .

It sounds like a backlight or inverter problem. You can verify this by using a bright light to shine on the screen surface. If you can see the picture (but it will be very dark) that means that the backlight which illuminates the screen from behind. You would have to replace the inverter to test it, but there is good news: These are pretty difficult to find parts for, and not an easy repair for an amateur; acer products usually have a 3 year warranty on the backlight/inverter system, so I would start there.

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• Contrast Ratio: 600:1
• Brightness (Nits): 300 cd/m2
• Response Time: 21 ms
• Viewing Angle: 170 degree Horizontal, 170 degree Vertical
• Built-in stereo speakers
• Connectors: 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack. VGA-in, DC-in
• DC Input: 19V - 3.1A
• EnergyStar compliant
  
  
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• Power Supply (100-24V 50~60Hz)
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Hope this will help... Your response is very much appreciated....

Check your dvd settings, read the manual that came with it. Or you can just pump up the brightness on the tv when watching movies.

Anyways, hope this helps.

Look on your keypad. You should see two suns..press the windows key and the sun that points up. That will increase the brightness. Also if you run on batteries it's not as bright as running on AC power in order to say battery life.
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Most sets have electronic service adjustments. Contact manufacture for nearest service center.

HelIo! right after computer inclusions on the monitor screen have a tablet with the message which disturbs to work. The message: brightness of the monitor of 100 %! A problem: how to clean from the screen this tablet so she prevents to read the information. I have not found adjustment in the menu of the monitor brightness. And what should be brightness: 100 % or another? have not found adjustment in the menu of the monitor brightness. And what should be brightness: 100 % or another?Thanks and sorry about my bad english. Afzal.

It could be a few things, it may be the monitor itself, which naturally has dark picture.
Or by factory default the monitor has low brightness.
Try going into the menu and putting the brightess up.
Most monitors have low brightness by default.
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