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by emberfiend 480 days ago
Yeah, I'm at the point where I'm looking at manually positioning/removing one of those full-screen dimming filters so I can use my monitor past 7pm. And 90% of the time if a screen goes really dim it does so with savage PWM.
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wkat4242 480 days ago
Yes, PWM is another big issue. I'm very sensitive to it. Even though I grew up with CRT's (or perhaps because of that).

Luckily my display doesn't do that. It's also very hard to figure out through reviews so I'm glad it doesn't.

I was thinking about such a filter. But I haven't seen them for sale, I just know they exist (I was thinking about ND filters used in photography). But I wasn't sure if they exist at this size.

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emberfiend 480 days ago
The brand I found when I did the research was LightDims. They seem to come in pretty large sheets. Haven't actually ordered any though.

Yeah, I'm also PWM sensitive. You can buy devices which measure it fortunately but I've been making do with a phone camera on a high/brief shutter speed.

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