Laptop screen too bright

[Mark at Beaufort]

I recently obtained a laptop with XP which I have loaded Starry Night Pro 5. Whilst I am able to change the screen to 'red' in Starry Night it is still far too bright when I use it in the field. I am sure that the astro imagers amongst you have experience this situation and I am sure have resolved it. I thought about placing a piece of red cellophane over the screen. However, any advice would be appreciated.

Mark

[Sam]

Mark, I turn the brightness of my laptop right down and that makes quite a difference.

[NickH]

The ASUS has a little control panel applet which does this very well, and regulates fan and cpu speed too.. I guess apps similar exist for a variety of machines

[dave1978]

I dont konw if its on all lap-tops but my Acer if you hold the Fn button and press the left arrow the brightness can be adjusted incrementally.

[SteveL]

Red cellophane is the answer. Let me dig out the link to where I got mine.

[SteveL]

Choose Primary Red

https://www.shop.liteopia.co.uk/products.php?g1=791d88&g2=b22d0e&g3=51323d

[Mark at Beaufort]

Thanks Guys I will start by reducing the brightness level to see the improvement but I will also get some primary red cellophane - thanks Steve for the link . I know some of you are coming to Herefordshire in 4 weeks time - and I will meet up with you then.

Regards

Mark

[beamish]

I dont konw if its on all lap-tops but my Acer if you hold the Fn button and press the left arrow the brightness can be adjusted incrementally.

XLNT- never knew that ! Ta !!!

PS Hobbycraft do rolls of good red film !

[adamsp123]

Hi Mark,

I bought this for my Vixen starbook as it is recommended not to buy coloured material (ie red) for this product as it mucks up the colours too much.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DARK-TINT-3MM-ACRYLIC-PERSPEX-SHEET-210-x-297mm-A4-SIZE_W0QQitemZ130295797413QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item130295797413&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262.

It is very dark, initially I thought way too dark, but it works a treat on the starbook, colours are correct but the brightness adequately subdued so as not to affect my night vision.

After chopping it up I had some left over which, when I got my netbook, I am using on that to great effect.

Pete

[Mark at Beaufort]

Thanks Pete - I can appreciate that a dark grey will reduce the intensity of the screen and still retain your night vision. It is also interesting that Vixen did not recommend red coloured material. The cost is also so reasonable.

Mark