You can control Screen Brightness, Volume, iTunes, and more, without installing any drivers.
The camera's large buttons, solid, beefy camera grip and auto screen brightness further simplify operations in outdoor and underwater activities.
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Situated above the main native notification panel, the extra panel has a screen brightness slider sandwiched between the outdoor mode button and automatic brightness button.
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The screen brightness is easily adjusted for reading in any light.
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In that test, I set the screen brightness to 75%, leave the wireless on and play locally stored videos back to back till the unit dies.
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Google's version requires one more tap to toggle the secondary panel for the common settings, including screen brightness, WiFi, auto screen rotation toggle and airplane mode.
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For example, cellular data connection is cut when the phone is sleeping and the screen brightness is fixed to 60 percent while reading books, watching videos and listening to music.
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Screen brightness is also enhanced without compromising color accuracy.
In my battery tests, where I turn off all power-saving features, crank the screen brightness up all the way, leave the Wi-Fi on, and play a continuous loop of music, they fell well short of that.
Screen contrast and brightness are easily adjusted for comfortable viewing in any lighting conditions.
It does trump passive tech in one area though, as there's no drop in the screen's brightness that normally happens when you don specs.
My test taxes the computer more than a normal user and involves keeping Wi-Fi on, cranking the screen to full brightness, turning off all power-saving features, keeping email retrieval going in the background and playing an endless loop of music.
The screen also calibrates its brightness automatically under any light conditions, allowing users to perform any function, under any light.
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Additional new touch-screen controls include on-screen sliders for adjusting brightness and Scene Effect Adjustment, which offers controls specific to the scene mode in use.
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That's with one push email account, Twitter set to 15 minute syncing intervals, GPS and WiFi enabled, the screen set to medium brightness, and moderate use of the LTE radio.
In my tough battery tests, where I set the screen to 75% brightness, turn off power-saving features, leave the Wi-Fi on and play locally stored videos until the machine dies, the Surface Pro did pathetically.
In my battery test, where I keep the screen at 75% brightness, leave the Internet connection on and email collecting in the background and play videos back to back, the Nexus 7 lasted 10 hours and 44 minutes.
In my standard battery test, where I play videos back to back with the screen at 75% brightness and both Wi-Fi and cellular connections turned on, the Tablet P lasted just 5 hours and 16 minutes, about half the battery life of an iPad.
Smart power efficiency automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen to the surroundings to conserve battery life.
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Screen: 2-inches, backlit and the "best Game Boy screen ever" with adjustable brightness controls for use indoors or outdoors.
With overhead lighting or a strong background source, you'll have to squint past reflections to make out the screen, even at full brightness.
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In my harsh tablet battery test, where I play a constant loop of video with the screen set to 75 % brightness and Wi-Fi on to retrieve email in the background, I got almost exactly five hours, which is Asus's official battery life estimate.
The XBR LED Internet TV features Sony's Intelligent Peak LED Backlight which uses full-array local dimming for better detail in black, and improved brightness creating incredible on-screen contrast.
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Super Contrast Booster maximizes contrast and brightness by enhancing parts of the screen where necessary.
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The intelligent contrast engine constantly analyzes the signal and enhances the brightness of the bright objects on the screen while maintaining the black levels on the rest of the screen.
You'll have to bump brightness up to max to make out the screen's contents when in direct sunlight, but even then it's advisable to seek shade for full clarity.
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High color brightness also enables an even better image for larger screen sizes and on a larger variety of screen materials.
The screen is really great, with a good amount of viewing angle and brightness for the category and plenty of resolution to differentiate HD content.
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