Most mainstream computer monitors, designed for use indoors, are not going to be anywhere near 1600 nits. The monitor I bought last year for $400 tops out at 40

Most mainstream computer monitors, designed for use indoors, are not going to be anywhere near 1600 nits. The monitor I bought last year for $400 tops out at 400 nits. Laptops, phones, and smart watches are designed to be used in varying conditions like outdoors, where the sun can easily overpower a 400 nit monitor. Also in low light conditions, which is why they mostly have ambient light sensors. There's always some user out there who wants to watch HDR videos in the middle of the Sahara desert at solar noon, which would actually be an interesting use case for the monitor in the article.