State-of-the-art optical display enhancement technology has been tested and proven in numerous real world applications. Please review the following table for some basic display enhancement recommendations or
our experienced LCD design and engineering team to meet your unique specification needs.
| Lighting Condition |
Ambient Brightness |
Recommended Display Brightness |
Application |
Recommended Enhancements |
Notes |
| Indoor Lighting |
Less than 1000 footCandles |
Up to 300 nits |
Desktop monitor Lab equipment |
Nothing |
IM will improve contrast but not mandatory |
| Overcast skies, no shadows present, bright shop lighting |
1000 to 3000 footCandles |
300 - 500 nits |
Patient monitor, POS terminal, Industrial PC |
IM, RP |
Patient monitor, POS terminal, Industrial PC |
| Thin high overcast skies, indirect sunlight, shadows are visible |
3000 to 7000 footCandles |
500 - 800 nits |
“In-vehicle” monitors / GPS, Operation room devices |
IM, RP & ELG or IM, RP and “plus” lighting |
ELG for lower power units, “plus” lighting for cost sensitive units |
| Full sunlight, blue sky |
7000 to 10,000 footCandles |
1000 – 1500 nits |
Kiosks, Navigational GPS (outdoors) |
IM, RP, ELG and “plus” lighting or IM, RP and “bright” lighting |
When you absolutely have to see the display in all conditions |
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