What's dynamic contrast anyways?

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HD Guy @ Feb 14th 2008 9:33AM

The problem here is that Ben wrote "So instead of measuring the difference between the whitest white and the blackest black displayed on the screen at the same time, they display white and black on the screen at once and then measure the difference." That's tantamount to saying "so instead of doing X, they do X." What he meant to say was "So instead of measuring the difference between the whitest white and the blackest black displayed on the screen at the same time, they display a white screen and then a separate black screen and then measure the difference." Jon Davis is correct that the only way to properly measure contrast is for a monitor to display black, white and neutral on the screen at the same time. Of course, that the set also needs to be properly calibrated first goes without saying.

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Ben @ Feb 14th 2008 9:33AM

Duh, not sure how I manged to muck that up and not noticed it even though I re-read it so many times.

I've updated it, thanks for the correction.

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