Your brand new screen looks dimmer than the store display for one very specific reason
You’ve probably noticed this at some point. A display looks incredibly bright and vibrant at a store, but once you bring it home, it somehow feels a bit dull and less impressive. It’s quite easy to assume that something’s wrong with your brand-new screen. In reality, it usually isn’t a hardware issue at all. Many monitors ship with certain settings enabled by default that affect how screen brightness and colors are handled. In a controlled store environment, these settings can make the screen look more eye-catching, but at home, they can have the opposite effect. The fix is often simple. Turning off or adjusting that one default setting can restore balance, making your display look more natural and closer to what you expected in the first place. Related OLED Burn-In Hits Laptops Hard—Here’s How to Avoid It Your gorgeous laptop display is at risk of losing its shine. The setting that’s toning down your colors The quiet culprit behind dull screens Credit: Shimul Sood / MakeUseOf On many modern monitors, Eco mode is enabled by default, …
