Understanding Contrast Ratio numbers

[Ya93sin]

found this was an interesting read, and this also. in fact, the whole website is a pretty good guide for anybody looking at buying a monitor/tv/projector

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Contrast ratios are advertising, they don't mean squat! Their is no official way of testing it. Companies just use it to make their TV/monitor stick out from the competition. My Samsung P2770 has a 70,000:1 ratio and it looks better than some 2,000,000:1 ratios.

 

[Ya93sin]

that IS the whole point of that article though lol

ofc, although higher is better, the human eye cant really perceive the difference after a point.