Dell D1226H

Question

Hi, am new here. Yesterday I bought and collected a Dell D1226H monitor from someone on ebay. I know it's a pretty old monitor but I'm pretty happy with the clear display and large size of the screen and for the £4 I paid for it it seems like a bargain and is definetely superior to my old monitor which was having problems. Anyways I've noticed something odd happening. The screen appears to get darker or brighter depending on what's on it. I mean if I'm maybe looking at an area of an image that's dark then the brighter areas around it (such as the window behind it) darken a little too and brighten when I close the image. It also seemed to do it when scrolling through a mostly white website with a lot of black text. The white will seem to darken as I scroll through the larger amounts of text. Wasn't sure if it was just my eyes doing it at first but now I'm certain it's something the monitor is doing. I don't know if I really explained it that well. And it's not a huge problem or anything as it's fairly subtle. Mostly just a minor annoyance if anything. I'm just asking if theres an easy way to remove it, or if it's possible that it may get worse in time? Thanks for reading.

aegis_kleais · Answer

I get the same effect on my Dell 2007WFP. I don't know if it has to do with moving from one app to another, but it's like the screen's gamma changes on the fly. My monitor is Adobe Gamme calibrated, so I don't know if some active profile is constantly altering what I see on screen, but I can think of no other program that would be causing that kind of effect.

Switchblade-Hir · Answer

I don't know what Adobe Gamme calibrated means or what an active profile is for a monitor. I ain't too knowledgable about technical aspects of computer parts. Though if you find a solution to yours then hopefully that'll work for me too.

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