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Ambient light levels vary significantly across different use environments. Consider for example the ambient light level of a movie theater compared to that of a typical office environment. Because the ambient light level in a movie theater is both well controlled and very low, the cinema industry standard for image brightness is relatively low (~50 nits).
Based upon empirical testing by TI, the estimated minimum image brightness for different ambient light environments is summarized in Table 3-1.
| Ambient Lighting Environment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Room | Dim Room | Lit Room | Bright Room | Outdoors | |
| Example environment | A room at night with all lights turned off | A room with soft lighting at night | A well-lit office conference room with no daylight (Home Theater) | Well-lit room with windows and indirect daylight (TV) | Indirect sunlight |
| Suggested image brightness | 50 nits | 100 nits | 200 nits | 300-400 nits | 600+ nits |