DVD brightness on a laptop

September 23, 2005 6:17 PM

How can I increase the brightness in the image of a DVD played on my laptop?

The computer's built-in brightness controls (this is a Winbook J4, so it's Fn-F8) do not affect the brightness of the DVD image. Of the three DVD playing applications I have (RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, and InterVideo), none seem to have a brighness contol.

As fate would have it, I'm trying to watch DVDs of Six Feet Under...a show with a lot of literal darkness in it. But even the bright scenes come out pretty dark. Am I screwed?

posted by bingo to computers & internet (2 comments total)

I think you might want to see if you can find anything to adjust 'Overlay' in your video properties (right-click desktop, properties, settings, advanced). I don't know what kind of video card you have in your laptop but on my machine that's how I would adjust video properties for video.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 6:24 PM on September 23, 2005

Excellent. It was under 'video setting' and not 'overlay,' but you led me right to it. Thanks, Dipsomaniac!
posted by bingo at 6:37 PM on September 23, 2005