New U2715h - Contrast too high, whites too bright

Question

Hi there, By default the brightness on my monitor is so high that it burns my eyes. So instinctively I lowered the brightness. But by doing so the darks go lower too, to the point that I can't see some dark greys. They look just black. Lowering the contrast doesn't help either.  I need to be able to see all of the dynamic range.  How can I do this?  BTW, for an unknown reason I can't add new ICC profiles to Color management in windows 10. Thanks!

DELL-Chris M · Accepted Answer

The manufacturer default Brightness/Contrast of 50 should not be an issue. Use the OSD (On Screen Display) -Others and choose the U2715H Factory Reset option (page 43).

Then, test any brightness and contrast changes using the video/GPU control panel rather than the monitor.

I would also test the all of the U2715H inputs, DP/mDP/HDMI/HDMI.

Not sure about the Windows 10 ICC issue. Are you logged in as the Administrator?

mrpepelepeu · Answer

Thank you. Changing the gamma value in Nvidia Control Panel does the trick.

Shouldn't the monitor OSD come with the option of changing gamma other than from PC to MAC?

I can't test all of the inputs because I don't have all those types of cables.

But the monitor seems to be working ok.

Thanks again.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

Our monitors have only the Brightness and Contrast setting in the OSD (On Screen Display). I have never seen a gamma setting in any Dell monitor.

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