This monitor is way too light (everything appears faded out), and adjusting the contrast and brightness controls don't help. No matter what brightness contrast setting is used, everything is either way too dim & gray or way too light. The monitor's brightness & contrast controls seem to have the exact same function - contrast setting appears to actually be adjusting the brightness and nothing seems to be actually changing the contrast. This will probably be returned soon, unless someone can tell me how to get the correct brightness/contrast setting. 