John, I have to agree with Mark, Dave and Lou here, the problem appears to be on your end, most likely a bad install, The 757 (and their 767 handles just fine. Also there are other lighting controls than just flood for thew CRTs, On the pedestal to the right of the DH Ref gauge is a knob that controls the lighting ofthe PFD, right below that is one that controls the ND, The EICAS controls are right below the Lower EICAS display. I do agree though lighting could be better. Here's a sample video demonstrating how well she fly's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8C7cdHx2sw

Note: the 757 comes with cabin announcements, I replaced them on this video, specifically for this flight, they do not come with the 757.