It helps me only insofar as I'll now maybe remember that it's there if the subject ever comes up again.
Who'da thunk that contrast would be at the root of your problem? It never would have occurred to me even had I remembered that it was there.
Yeah, you'll probably never need that info, but it was interesting. On the other hand, my F1/F2 quit working a long time ago for brightness. So, now I use F1 to bring up some of my widgets.