AW2723DF, dynamic brightness flaw

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Hi, In my opinion, there is a flaw/bug in the way the AW2723DF handles brightness and is constantly adjusting the backlight, even when it shouldn't. One example would be to open a tab to GitHub in dark mode and another on this web page. If you stay on GitHub for around 5 seconds or so, the colors start looking a little off, and eventually goes very noticeably darker/dimmer overall. Immediately tabbing to a brighter page or bringing a window up with a bright background forces the monitor to output the correct brightness. A similar, opposite behavior can be seen in some games when going from a dark to light image quickly, and you'll see the entire panel increase in brightness over a few steps/frames. This feels like an obvious bug to me, as this shouldn't be happening on the desktop. There's no option to disable dynamic brightness other than to disable HDR entirely. I've factory reset the device, tried it on a different machine, already using the most up to date drivers, connected to a 3080 and a 6800XT, tried HDR calibration, different HDR profiles, different Windows settings - nothing resolves it, the only 'fix' is to turn HDR off. My other HDR display from ASUS doesn't have this same issue.

Noodlefu · Answer

I've also noticed that I have a significant backlight bleed on the left about two inches from the bottom which is really obnoxious (about the size of a tennis ball). Not impressed with this monitor thus far...

GalathorNL · Answer

I have the same issue! I'm using the monitor for a week atm, but when I'm playing Destiny 2 (it also happens to other games) on my Xbox Series X (it's connected with the original Xbox Hdmi cable) and I'm switching to a different menu in the game some of the colours wil go lighter an darker as the backlight is ajusting the contrast. It's impossible to look at since it's flashing/flickering like a strobe light. When I disable HDR the problem is almost gone (I've noticed that when in the Xbox settings some of the grey area's while switching menu's have a verry slight strobing effect.....), but that is rudiculess for a monitor that has cost me €630,-! My old and way more cheaper monitor from Acer (wich I payed like €250,- for back in the days) did not have this issue and lets me play in HDR without the flickering/flashing/strobing from the backlight.... is my new AW2723DF allready broken? And should I return it, or is there a simple solution to fix my problem? I'm verry annoyed that I can't play my games in HDR, because the strobing makes it unplayable.....

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