Prevent it from Dimming.

I like to watch TV shows off the internet on my Mac computer. How do i keep it from dimming after being inactive, not using keys or the mouse, for a few minutes?

You should change your Energy Saving Settings. To Do this go to:
System Preferences>Energy Saver
There you should see two tabs, Sleep and Options.
In the Sleep tab, you can change the time of when you want your computer/display to sleep.
If you click the Options tab, under the section "Other Options" you should see a check box that say "Automatically reduce the brightness of the display before sleep".
You can set your computer to sleep the display later, and uncheck the box as stated above, and it should give you more time.
Try it and tell me how it works.
-RC

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There are two things that will dim the screen - the Energy Saver and the Ambient Light Sensor.
In the Enerygy Saver panel select "Options" and then there is a check box that you need to uncheck. Since it is one the Options screen you may have missed it.
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the problem is that my screen dims after about 2 minutes of inactivity. I've got the "reduce screen brightness before sleep" UNchecked, and the "adjust brightness as ambient light changes" is also UNchecked. I've made these settings for both the power adapter and the battery. I don't see any reason why the screen should dim unless I've checked the option to make it do so.
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I found this:
http://www.technodaddy.com/wp/2005/07/24/mac-tip-how-to-stop-tiger-from-half-dim ming-your-screen/
which I tried, and it worked. however, when I listed the current state (according to the directions) it was already at 0 (zero) but I did the command as directed and it doesn't dim any more.
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