Monkadee,

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Here are some things to try and resolve the issue with the monitor.

• Perform monitor reset
• Push Auto Adjust button
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All of the 1905fp's are way too bright. My brother has one, and the monitor is too bright, even turned down to zero, as you said. I read somewhere that one thing to try is to turn down the color in the monitor settings.

Thanks Larry, that's what I've read in a few other places. I've tried everything, including what the the moderator's ideas, and nothing worked.
I'm sending it back, if I keep this thing I'll be wearing glasses in a month!

I just received my 8400 a few days ago with the 1905monitor, and I am having the same problem as Monkadee - but primarily with the text being so jagged. I read somewhere in this forum that Crisp Text can be enabled, but have not been able to figure out how to do this on the 1905FP. (I have Nvdia Gforce 6800 videocard). I hate to return the monitor, because my center sound system bar can attach only to the Dell from what I understand - and it is a dandy little feature. I've re-set the brightness level, which helps only a tad. Does anyone have any other ideas for adjusting the features that might help both of us?

Addendum to my just posted message:
Sorry - I meant to say clear type, which I did finally find, and to clarify my current settings:
DVI input; 60 refresh rate; brightness set at 29. Setting the appearance on Clear type helped quite a bit, but the monitor is still bothering my eyes a great deal.....

Have you tried adjusting features in your video card?  I have a NVida 5200 card and with a new driver installed in it I found I had quite a few adjustments to play with.

I adjusted the settings through my video card also, and nothing really helped. It was still really bright. They sent me a second one, same problem. It was killing my eyes, so returned them both. I thought maybe it was a problem with LCD's in general but I've looked at a bunch of them locally, and nothing seems as brutally bright as the 1905fp.

What type of monitor did you end up getting? I too have tried to adjust the settings via my video card, and am still having the glare problem, and hurting eyes. I've never had that before with a monitor. It is difficult to choose one in a store because it requires sitting in front of the monitor for some time and actually working with the computer before the problem is evident. Would really appreciate hearing what you end up getting and if it solves the problem for you.
Incidentally - many of the letters in my text appear to alternate between black and a greenish cast. If that is a diagnostic clue, please advise me.
Thanks!

I have two 1905FP monitors. Based on a comparison with my Sony flat panel and my Samsung flat panels, the problem appears to be that the backlight is too bright. Both my Sony and Samsung monitors allow me to adjust the backlight brightness, and I have them tweeked to perfection. That's why when you turn down the brightness, the image starts to be less bright, but not the monitor. The over brightness of the backlight creates hazy look to the monitor. Black actually does not appear to be black. It is dark gray, and that is useless for someone like myself who does photoshop work on digital photography. My Sony is 7 years old and it still look better than this 1905FP. These monitors are a rip off. My Samsungs are newer, but they were only $150 each, analog, and still look better. With some tweaking of Gamma settings I was able to improve the look of text, but the monitor brightness gives me headaches. Unfortunately, I am at the point of no return. But, this experience has me not wanting to buy a Dell monitor again. Everyone one of these we have at work as the problem.