Display brightness (darkness)

[Sam81]

I recognized that the brightness-slider in min. position doesn't really adjust the possible min. brightness the displays backlight-controller could do (~10%). Every 3rd party tool or as example VLC is able to go lower, but only temporarily as the setting will be overwritten again immediatelly.

The reason why I'm starting this thread: At normal daylight the actual min. setting is good, but at night it is much too bright!

So why does Sony restrict to use the darkest setting  - it only would have advantages: Less eye pain, less battery drain.

[Hakane]

This is really unusable at night even with lowest brightness settings.

Im forced to use "layer" brightness app. Bad thing is that its not real solution and wont extend battery.

Please allow brightness to lower levels! 2/3 off from current lowest setting and this would be usable.

[Dracul]

I came here for a similar solution.

On the Galaxy Tab 2 that I had before the Sony, it was possible to set the brightness really low... that extended the battery life! It could run for an extra 4 hours, even playing games like 'Hay day' continously.

The brightness is way too high, to really enjoy watching the screen, so I do want to lower it... but how can this be done?

Why isn't there an option to set it at the desired brightness level?

I think this calls for an update!