Candela per square metre calibrated monitors should have a brightness of 120 cd/m. Most consumer desktop liquid crystal displays have luminances of 200 to 300 cd/m. High-definition televisions range from 450 to about 1500 cd/m. One candela per square metre is equal to: Candela per square metre The candela per square metre (cd/m) is the derived SI unit of luminance. The unit is based on the candela, the SI unit of luminous intensity, and the square metre, the SI unit of area. Nit (nt) is a non-SI name also used for this unit (1 nt = 1 cd/m). The term "nit" is believed to
Rosario Candela as well as social cynosure." Born in Montelepre, Sicily in 1890, Candela immigrated to New York in 1906. He returned to Sicily after his arrival to study there and returned to the US in 1909. His father was Michele Candela, a plasterer, and his mother was Josephine Pizzurro. He gained admission to the Columbia University School of Architecture and graduated in 1915. Keenly aware of his talent, he went so far as to erect a velvet rope around his drafting table to prevent other students from copying his designs. After graduation, Candela worked briefly as a draftsman for the Palermo-born