Contrast Ratio

[mohitkakkar]

Hello,

I purchased two LG L1970HR 19 inch monitors for dual monior usage in the office. They seem quite nice. They come with a contrast ratio of 2000:1. I do not know a lot about LCD screens so I am asking you guys is that too high a ratio for general office usage? Some people are telling me that the high contrast ratio will cause things to be too bright so I should get two LG screens in the same line but at 800:1 ratio. I thought I would solicit opinions on this subject.

 

[Hose]

Hello,

I purchased two LG L1970HR 19 inch monitors for dual monior usage in the office. They seem quite nice. They come with a contrast ratio of 2000:1. I do not know a lot about LCD screens so I am asking you guys is that too high a ratio for general office usage? Some people are telling me that the high contrast ratio will cause things to be too bright so I should get two LG screens in the same line but at 800:1 ratio. I thought I would solicit opinions on this subject.

2000:1 is "creative" (read, phony). 800:1 might be genuine, but unusable.

In real usage, you are most likely to experience approx 200:1 (with white set to usable 100 nits, black likely about 0.50 nits...)

 

[mohitkakkar]

I would like to thank the both of you for your comments.

I had a chance to visit my friend's office where they have many different types of LCD's and I find they were easieer on my eyes than my LG190HR monitor and they only had a 500:1 contrast ratio.

Even the monitor I am using to type this message out has a contrast ratio of only 500:1. It seems I guess that with the LG 1970HR model that the brightness is so strong at 2000:1 the only way I can use the monitor is to decrease the brightness to 15 out of a possible 100 which makes the image difficult to view.

The higher contrast ratios might be better suited for multimedia and games but maybe not for general office use.

I think I am going to try another monitor, one with lower contrast ratio. It seems my eyes do not like the extreme white of the higher ratio ones.

 

[Hose]

You might try the Samsung 971P. I recently read a review that claimed an acutally measured 1200:1 contrast ratio! With the white brightness set to 120 nits, the black measured 0.1 nits.

This is how monitors should be made!