I happen to agree with the OP and think it's not too much to ask for Bungie to consider allowing people to change the brightness of the HUD elements. How does this affect all of the LED owners who are so obviously superior in life? Hint: it doesn't. You might think the answer is for the OP to buy and LED TV and that plasma TVs are stupid. That's your opinion and you are entitled to it. It is my opinion that you are an entirely useless life form and a drain on the collective intelligence of the world. I am entitled to this opinion. Useful, right?