Glo Kobo Glo HD Screen Brightness Setting

TerryV · 03-13-2016, 07:15 AM

Hi
I'm new to using the Kobo Glo HD. I have a query about the ComfortLight Screen Brightness setting. I find that the midpoint setting of 50% is too bright for use during the daytime. I'm wondering what settings others find comfortable?

melovesflying · 03-13-2016, 09:19 AM

Outdoors during the day, I usually don't turn it on. But when I'm indoors, I usually go within the 20-40% range of brightness. I owned a Kobo Aura before and the Glo HD seems like it really has a brighter light.

GeoffR · 03-13-2016, 10:15 AM

Brightness settings for my Glo:

0% Reading in good lighting.
10% Reading in total darkness.
20% Reading in poor lighting (indoors, overcast day, etc.)
30% Reading in fair lighting (outside, sunny day in the shade, etc.)
50% Finding my way from tent to camp toilet at night.
75% Lighting the room so everyone can read paper books during a power cut.
100% Signaling passing ships when lost at sea in heavy fog.

John F · 03-13-2016, 10:25 AM

Nightmode hack with brightness at 5% when there is no other light source
Otherwise brightness is set at 25%

JSWolf · 03-13-2016, 12:54 PM

I use 4% on my H2O when I am reading in the dark or dark enough.

davidfor · 03-13-2016, 07:54 PM

Personally, I don't know. I change the light level as need when reading. And I do that by running my finger up and down the left edge of the screen. If the screen is to bright, I make it dimmer. If I can't see the letters, I make it brighter. I think that is running between 5% and 30%, but I don't really know.

Of course, I do turn it all the way up and use it as a torch to find my way around at night without disturbing others. So long as I don't look directly at the screen, I'm OK.

Ripplinger · 03-13-2016, 08:17 PM

I must be in the minority. My reader stays at 60% always. In the sunlight, it just makes the background a bit more white, and it's perfect for nighttime for me as well, including in totally dark rooms. I'm actually glad I don't need to keep adjusting the light and one setting just stays.

Maybe it's not too bright because my screen is more beige colored, so the light is more subdued than on a pure white screen. When I look at both my HD (beige screen) and regular Glo (pure white screen), the regular Glo is so much brighter at all levels than the Glo HD.

DNSB · 03-14-2016, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryV

Hi
I'm new to using the Kobo Glo HD. I have a query about the ComfortLight Screen Brightness setting. I find that the midpoint setting of 50% is too bright for use during the daytime. I'm wondering what settings others find comfortable?

I tend to adjust the setting to where I feel comfortable and seldom pay much attention to the %. It's probably around 30% in bright light and 10% in dim lighting. I've used 100% to help find a flashlight during a power outage on several occasions.

drjd · 03-14-2016, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

100% Signaling passing ships when lost at sea in heavy fog.

Could not resist myself laughing out loud!

TerryV · 03-14-2016, 08:50 PM

Thanks, everyone for your advice, especially GeofR for his thoughts on using the Kobo Glo as a signalling device when lost at sea in a heavy fog.

JSWolf · 03-15-2016, 05:28 AM

When I turn the brightness of my H2O up to 100%, it blocks the light from the sun.

drjd · 03-15-2016, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

When I turn the brightness of my H2O up to 100%, it blocks the light from the sun.

I wonder why in the world they made such bright lights in the Kobo.

03-13-2016, 07:15 AM	#1
TerryV Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Kobo Glo HD Screen Brightness Setting Hi I'm new to using the Kobo Glo HD. I have a query about the ComfortLight Screen Brightness setting. I find that the midpoint setting of 50% is too bright for use during the daytime. I'm wondering what settings others find comfortable?

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03-13-2016, 09:19 AM	#2
melovesflying Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 13138 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3, Kobo Aura, Kobo Glo HD	Outdoors during the day, I usually don't turn it on. But when I'm indoors, I usually go within the 20-40% range of brightness. I owned a Kobo Aura before and the Glo HD seems like it really has a brighter light.

03-13-2016, 10:15 AM	#3
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	Brightness settings for my Glo: 0% Reading in good lighting. 10% Reading in total darkness. 20% Reading in poor lighting (indoors, overcast day, etc.) 30% Reading in fair lighting (outside, sunny day in the shade, etc.) 50% Finding my way from tent to camp toilet at night. 75% Lighting the room so everyone can read paper books during a power cut. 100% Signaling passing ships when lost at sea in heavy fog.

03-13-2016, 10:25 AM	#4
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,904 Karma: 70186493 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	Nightmode hack with brightness at 5% when there is no other light source Otherwise brightness is set at 25%

03-13-2016, 12:54 PM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,625 Karma: 145864617 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I use 4% on my H2O when I am reading in the dark or dark enough.

03-13-2016, 07:54 PM	#6
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Personally, I don't know. I change the light level as need when reading. And I do that by running my finger up and down the left edge of the screen. If the screen is to bright, I make it dimmer. If I can't see the letters, I make it brighter. I think that is running between 5% and 30%, but I don't really know. Of course, I do turn it all the way up and use it as a torch to find my way around at night without disturbing others. So long as I don't look directly at the screen, I'm OK.

03-13-2016, 08:17 PM	#7
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I must be in the minority. My reader stays at 60% always. In the sunlight, it just makes the background a bit more white, and it's perfect for nighttime for me as well, including in totally dark rooms. I'm actually glad I don't need to keep adjusting the light and one setting just stays. Maybe it's not too bright because my screen is more beige colored, so the light is more subdued than on a pure white screen. When I look at both my HD (beige screen) and regular Glo (pure white screen), the regular Glo is so much brighter at all levels than the Glo HD.

03-14-2016, 08:50 PM	#10
TerryV Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Thanks, everyone for your advice, especially GeofR for his thoughts on using the Kobo Glo as a signalling device when lost at sea in a heavy fog.

03-15-2016, 05:28 AM	#11
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,625 Karma: 145864617 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	When I turn the brightness of my H2O up to 100%, it blocks the light from the sun.

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