The ratio of the brightest white to the darkest black on a TV or computer monitor. The larger the number, the greater the extremes; for example, car headlights can appear brilliant next to the pitch ...

Contrast ratio, put simply, is the difference between the brightest a TV can be, and the darkest. More so than color ( quantum dots or otherwise), resolution ( 4K or otherwise) or other aspects of ...

Contrast ratio is the most important aspect of a TV's performance. More than any other single metric, a set's contrast ratio will be the most noticeable difference between two TVs. That is, if you ...

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Adjusting the LED backlight in an LCD TV or monitor on the fly to create a higher contrast ratio. When a dark image is displayed, the LEDs are dimmed or turned off behind the pixels. When light areas ...