In my last installment, I discussed some of the science behind how the human eye actually perceives light—important to know as we continue to strive to deliver to the viewer the highest fidelity ...

Nits are used specifically when we talk about TVs and handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets. It is a unit of measurement that relates to the brightness level of visible light (luminance) ...

Your smartphone’s screen: 500 nits. Your laptop’s: 400. Your living room projector bulb: 1700 lumens. Your mini Maglite’s: 16. To gadget makers, brightness is a numerical marketing weapon, wielded ...

In my day (excuse me while I stoke up my pipe), the principle measurement of photometrics was the footcandle. The humble footcandle is the measurement of the light of 1 candle on a 1 foot square area ...

One of our readers recently found a ASK Proxima C170 (also sold as the InFocus LP600) in the waste bin, thrown away because it stopped working — He snatched it up and decided to try tinkering with it.