HDTV Forum

There is the dark room where you have full control over ambient light regardless of the time of day. Usually this is a dedicated home theater room which is the best way to view images. Most folks though have the display in a family room or for multipurpose use which takes us to the next category medium and bright rooms. A bright room is one with many windows so during the daytime it is fully immersed by sunlight. A medium room has some windows and darker areas during the day and at night your room lighting tends to bring it to about the same level. Bright rooms tend to become medium or dark rooms during night and are the most difficult to deal with in terms of decent imaging with all light levels. The key here is when do you watch the display the most and that should determine what type of display brightness you need for that level of ambient light.