HP MINI 1000 Webcam very dark

Why is the webcam on the mini 1000 very dark.

Are there solutions for the future or present solutions available? I searched without a bit of luck.

THE POSITION of FINAL SOLUTION (Please paste this into the first page)

With all due Respect, this thread is turning into a hell hole of misinformation.   There is a massive confusion on two simple solutions to this problem.

THE PROBLEM: HP designed this for a webcam webcam 'outdoors' by affixing a piece of dark, tinted 1 cm x 1 cm of Ribbon in front of the web cam, behind the screen overlay.  These shades the video extremely dark in all conditions except in natural light of the Sun.

#1 SOLUTION: install the software that allows you to control the brightness/gamma.  If you increase both, your image will be slightly higher. Software options include (scroll to previous pages for links) Skype, MSMessenger, controls integrated Windows Movie and the HP Webcam Driver free (linked to the page 1 or 2).  THIS SOLUTION IS NOT A SOLUTION.  IT IS A MINOR SOLUTION AND YOUR WEBCAM WILL LOOK STILL DARK AND GRAINY, but it will be a little clearer.  HERE IS a LINK to THE OFFICIAL HP driver which is free and allows control of the brightness/gamma.  It's a quick download and easy installation.  Yet once this is only a partial solution: the official HP camera settings: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp35001-35500/sp35414.exe

SOLUTION #2: it's the only real solution.  Just open the top of your screen (it's super easy to make and the screen is designed to be opened and closed).  Take a pair of pliers, tweezers and remove stained tape that causes all the problems.  Problem is fixed at 100%. I do not understand why why so many people are so adamant against trying this.  This isn't major surgery.  You literally pop open the display (no screws or anything necessary), and you take a pair of tweezers and pluck a piece of thin ribbon.  That's all.  The unit will work perfectly without additional software or hardware changes.

This is a great how-to with a video: How to remove the color ribbon

How do with images on the other: How-to's

Note that you can do both.  #2 solution will fix the problem of obscurity.  #1 sOlution will give you more controls.  My suggestion is to carry out the withdrawal from the Strip to solve the problem of dark camera, and then install the driver of HP to give you even more control camera.

UNLESS YOU HAVE A NEWER SOLUTION, MORE INNOVATIVE TO THE PROBLEM, PLEASE DO NOT POST THE SAME THING MORE AND MORE ONLY SAYING ILS ARE A NEW SOLUTION.

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