[SOLVED] Is dynamic contrast worth turning on?

[Order 66]

I have noticed that a lot of monitors have dynamic contrast, or something similar, is this (in general) worth turning on? does it help contrast?

 

[USAFRet]

I have noticed that a lot of monitors have dynamic contrast, or something similar, is this (in general) worth turning on? does it help contrast?

What happened when you tried it?

 

[Order 66]

What happened when you tried it?

I haven't, I completely forgot that my monitor had the setting. (I never use the OSD of my monitor unless I need to enable adaptive sync, which was a while ago.)

 

[USAFRet]

I haven't, I completely forgot that my monitor had the setting. (I never use the OSD of my monitor unless I need to enable adaptive sync, which was a while ago.)

I don't wanna say questions like that are useless, but....

Your monitor, your eyes, your software, your room lighting...

Might be better
Might be worse
Might be better sometimes

 

[Order 66]

I don't wanna say questions like that are useless, but....

Your monitor, your eyes, your software, your room lighting...

Might be better
Might be worse
Might be better sometimes

Yeah, I will try it and see what happens and report back. I'm not expecting much, but it is misleading when manufacturers claim a 1 million to 1 contrast ratio, but only when dynamic contrast is on.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah, I will try it and see what happens and report back. I'm not expecting much, but it is misleading when manufacturers claim a 1 million to 1 contrast ratio, but only when dynamic contrast is on.

Manufacturers claims are always suspect.

 

[Order 66]

I don't wanna say questions like that are useless, but....

Your monitor, your eyes, your software, your room lighting...

Might be better
Might be worse
Might be better sometimes

Tried it, and I'm not sure what to think, on the one hand, it makes everything dark look closer to black (instead of dark grey), but on the other, in dark scenes, it manages very good black levels, with the drawback of zero detail in dark scenes.

 

[Order 66]

I know this thread is old, but after studying what exactly my monitor was doing with dynamic contrast on, I figured out that it was basically just dimming the entire backlight so it could make the blacks appear darker, at the expense of a lower brightness. It actually looks ok, but I am hoping to experience proper local dimming, and HDR with a mini led monitor soon.