STANDARD OBSERVER / QUESTIONS / WHY DO SLIDES LOOK WASHED OUT ON LED?
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Why do slides look washed out on LED?

Because contrast, brightness, processor assumptions, and room conditions are all attacking the deck at once.

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Incident trace: slightly looser spread, controlled irregularity.

01//Likely causes
Cause

Weak slide contrast that only worked on a laptop.

Cause

LED brightness set for punch instead of readability.

Cause

Signal conversion or levels mismatch between graphics and video paths.

Cause

Room light flattening the image before the audience even sees it.

02//Check first
First move

Deck contrast

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Wall brightness

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Graphics pipeline assumptions

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Ambient light on the room