Video Plays Dark

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From: gregc1 <gregc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:53:10 -0700

I have a HP a832n with XP SP2 which is about 2 weeks old. I have noticed
that when playing any video on my PC (DVD, mpeg, etc) that the video plays
dark. Depending on the file, I can increase the brightness in Windows Media
Player, Power DVD, etc., but I should not have to keep doing this. Also some
mpeg files do not allow me to change the brightness setting.
I have run a Video test and have reinstalled the video driver on my PC, but
the video output is still dark.
I do not believe this to be a monitor issue, as everything but video shows
up fine. Any help/suggestions is very appreciated. Thanks!
.

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