That's interesting. It's exactly the monitor I have. But I'm very sensitive to light. During the day 0% brightness is bright enough for me already.
The problem for me is that I live in a very hot country but I don't have air conditioning. At night I leave the balcony doors wide open but I don't like to keep any lights on which attract bugs. The lights from the street are enough to move around by. Even with dark themes and the contrast and brightness set way down the LG is still a bit too bright for comfort. And when an app opens that doesn't do dark mode.. ouch
I also have an old crt terminal (a Dec VT520) and I can set that so dim I can barely read it under those circumstances without being bothered by pwm or loss of fidelity.
Ps I really lament the lack of 24" 4K models on the market these days :'( 27" is a bit too big
Ah yes, having to keep the room dark would certainly change things.
I wonder if you have tried some of the custom settings under Picture/Picture Mode and Picture/Color Adjust? Picture Mode has a couple of dark room settings, and Color Adjust may let you turn down the brightness farther than the normal brightness setting allows.
Agree completely on the 24" vs. 27", especially because I use one of my monitors in portrait mode. 27" would be way too tall!
Ah I tend to not use those kinds of modes at all. They're generally just preconfigured lists of settings that you can adjust yourself too. But I just tried them. My own "Custom" mode is darker than the dark room picture modes already :')
And that is what I use during the day - lol. This screen really is bad at low light performance. For the price (I think I paid 220 euro for it) I can forgive that because it's pretty decent in other ways.
The problem for me is that I live in a very hot country but I don't have air conditioning. At night I leave the balcony doors wide open but I don't like to keep any lights on which attract bugs. The lights from the street are enough to move around by. Even with dark themes and the contrast and brightness set way down the LG is still a bit too bright for comfort. And when an app opens that doesn't do dark mode.. ouch
I also have an old crt terminal (a Dec VT520) and I can set that so dim I can barely read it under those circumstances without being bothered by pwm or loss of fidelity.
Ps I really lament the lack of 24" 4K models on the market these days :'( 27" is a bit too big