Digital Fine Contrast Explained

Digital Fine Contrast is a contrast-enhancing display technology introduced in 2006 by LG Display. It is used in the company's "Flatron" line of TFT monitors and implements a 'smart function' whereby it dynamically detects the characteristics of each frame to be displayed and automatically adjusts its contrast to obtain a sharper and more vivid image. The system comprises three units: ACR (Auto Contents Recognition), DCE (Digital Contrast Enhancer) and DCM (Digital Contrast Mapper).[1]

The initial announcement[2] claimed monitors with DFC could achieve a contrast ratio of 1600:1, while later products have been presented as capable of ratios even as high as 2,000,000:1, and there are SAMSUNG LCD TV sets that claim 500,000:1 with LCD monitors claiming 5,000,000:1.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gadgetell.com/2006/02/lg-increases-their-standard-contrast-ratio-to-16001/ "LG increases their standard contrast ratio to 1600:1"
  2. http://www.lge.com/about/press_release/detail/PRO%7CNEWS%5EPRE%7CMENU_20075_PRE%7CMENU.jhtml Press release: "LG Unveils the Cutting-edge 'Digital Fine Contrast (DFC)' Technology"