Brightness: I don't see too many complaints about this in the reviews, any thoughts on this?
1159187
My new 50" S30 is not as bright as the 3 year old 42" (720p) Panasonic plasma it replaced. The picture quality, however, is much better than the old plasma. It took me a couple of weeks to get used to it, but now it doesn't bother me (installed in my basement, little natural light) And keep in mind no plasma will be as bright as a LCD HDTV.
935292
It is very bright but you get a great even makeup application because of that. I didn't find the brightness to be an issue.
1918716
My guess is this one will be too bright for you. It's almost too bright for us. There's no way it's the "very dim" you're looking for. We finally gave up looking for a dim one and settled for this. (At least it's cute.) Good luck!
908553
I wrote a review on the light after I bought it and was quite skeptacle on the brightness of the claimed 1200 lumens. I saw the pic and was impressed as well but now that I have it not so much. I'm not buying it ... The photo that is. Hope helps.
1769450
It's not to bad. If the sun is shining right on it, it is a little hard to see. I have noticed that if I turn the backlight on, it makes it easier to see.
704323
The Brightness is adjustable from the menu, if you load the software. I have adjusted mine to full brightness
1099816
I have heard that the brightness is really only a problem in the show rooms. Once you take it home and start watching it under more "normal" lighting conditions then it looks good. For the most part "cinema" mode and the like just lower the brightness so that it is not overwhelming when you are watching it in a darker room.
340188
Its not too bright. It has two settings which differ slightly so you can always dim it a bit.
144711
I also bought a refurb and love it. I went into the settings and turned brightness way down but its still seems plenty bright. You can check in settings and see which programs are the biggest drain. Turning off Bluetooth will also help. I think companies always overestimate how much battery life they can achieve (they probably measure the life by how long you can listen to mp3's continuously). I don't think you should be concerned.
1335685
I find the LED lights to be less than the typical night; but if they bother you they can be easily cover with an index card and a little tape. Also at the low fan setting I find it to be very quite with a slight hum that is easy to ignore.
635760
I find it bright enough. It's got that incandescent warmth. If you want super bright this isnt it. It is very quiet.
509108
Brightness is personal preference. You might be fine with it, and another person may not be. So unfortunately I'm unable to answer that. keep in mind that the directions explain that the light should not be directly in front of you. So you might want to place the light in the corner of your desk.
1998360
It works fine. I don't have a problem with it. It's just not as bright as they make it sound, in my opinion.
2260445
I would say it is close to the same brightness. Its not blinding if that helps.
1516260
It is more than bright enough for my moderately dark room. In fact, I have set it to Eco mode to preserve lamp life (and reduce fan noise, which isn't that bad) and even at that reduced setting it is more than bright enough.
1644139
In my opinion it is acceptable, but not optimal. There is at least some loss of brightness. It gets significantly worse if you go more than that.
2185930
The picture and brightess seem excellent to me. In a dark room when I turn it on it seems really bright for a few seconds .??Is this backlight bleedthrough? Black seems very black. The built in speakers are not adequate and if you do any music or sound for that matter, use auxiliary speakers for sure.