Martin, oh it’s most likely because my LED screen has Metallic bumped up making that appear as such. I think it might be my shader settings.
EDIT: Did it with metallic. I opened up a new project and replicated similar but when I turn down specular, the light dims down too.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8vxmurbg72wm5rsma7u2d/test.blend?rlkey=0x56nwi9nhklwoyfeakb55b2v&st=8tyr3sfa&dl=0