[GH-ISSUE #1553] How to balance the brightness of all monitors to have a consistent experience? #875

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opened 2026-05-05 06:47:59 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment

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Originally created by @yuchen-xjtu on GitHub (May 31, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/1553

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For my MacBook has a 500nit max brightness, and my external monitor has a 400nit max brightness, To set them in the same brightness percentage caused internal and external display having different sensual brightness almost all the time.

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you can link a certain percentage of internal and external display. for example, you can link the 80% brightness of internal display with 95% brightness of external display; and link the 60% brightness of internal display with 75% brightness of external display. so my internal display can has a fixed percentage brightness lower than my external display to have a consistent experience.

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and they can also both reach 100% of brightness if you need.

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Originally created by @yuchen-xjtu on GitHub (May 31, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues/1553 ### Before opening the issue, have you...? - [X] Searched for existing issues ### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe For my MacBook has a 500nit max brightness, and my external monitor has a 400nit max brightness, To set them in the same brightness percentage caused internal and external display having different sensual brightness almost all the time. ### Describe the solution you'd like you can link a certain percentage of internal and external display. for example, you can link the 80% brightness of internal display with 95% brightness of external display; and link the 60% brightness of internal display with 75% brightness of external display. so my internal display can has a fixed percentage brightness lower than my external display to have a consistent experience. ### Describe alternatives you've considered and they can also both reach 100% of brightness if you need. ### Anything else? _No response_

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@waydabber commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2024):

Sadly this is not possible with MonitorControl. I plan to add a calibration feature to BetterDisplay to equalize the brightness of synced displays. I also recommend https://lunar.fyi by @alin23 as it has this feature already and a self-learning algorithm to figure out how displays with various brightnesses should work together.

@waydabber commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2024): Sadly this is not possible with MonitorControl. I plan to add a calibration feature to [BetterDisplay](https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay) to equalize the brightness of synced displays. I also recommend https://lunar.fyi by @alin23 as it has this feature already and a self-learning algorithm to figure out how displays with various brightnesses should work together.