Smartcontrast - Philips 241B4LPYCB/00 User Manual

3. Image Optimization
There are six modes to be selected: Office, Photo,
Movie, Game, Economy and Off.
• Office: Enhances text and dampens brightness
to increase readability and reduce eye strain.
This mode significantly enhances readability
and productivity when you're working with
spreadsheets, PDF files, scanned articles or
other general office applications.
• Photo: This profile combines color saturation,
dynamic contrast and sharpness enhancement
to display photos and other images with
outstanding clarity in vibrant colors - all
without artifacts and faded colors.
• Movie: Ramped up luminance, deepened
color saturation, dynamic contrast and razor
sharpness displays every details in darker
areas of your videos without color washout in
brighter areas maintaining a dynamic natural
values for the ultimate video display
• Game: Turn on over drive circuit for best
response time, reduce jaggy edges for fast
moving objects on screen, enhance contrast
ratio for bright and dark scheme, this profile
delivers the best gaming experience for
gamers.
• Economy: Under this profile, brightness,
contrast are adjusted and backlighting fine-
tuned for just right display of everyday office
applications and lower power consumption.
• Off: No optimization by SmartImage.

3.2 SmartContrast

What is it?
Unique technology that dynamically analyzes
displayed content and automatically optimizes a
monitor's contrast ratio for maximum visual clarity
and viewing enjoyment, stepping up backlighting
for clearer, crisper and brighter images or dimming
backlighting for clear display of images on dark
backgrounds.
Why do I need it?
You want the very best visual clarity and viewing
comfort for every type of content. SmartContrast
dynamically controls contrast and adjusts
backlighting for clear, crisp, bright gaming and
video images or displays clear, readable text for
office work. By reducing your monitor's power
consumption, you save on energy costs and
extend the lifetime of your monitor.
How does it work?
When you activate SmartContrast, it will analyse
the content you are displaying in real time to
adjust colors and control backlight intensity. This
function will dynamically enhance contrast for a
great entertainment experience when viewing
videos or playing games.
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