Is 1600:1 a good contrast ratio for a 42" HDTV?

Question

i have a 42" olevia 242V...

Answer 1

That is not a good number.  For static contrast ratio, you should be able to get 5000:1 or more.

Answer 2

Contrast Ratio is more relevant if there's a lot of ambient light in the room you watch the TV in.  If you turn off the lights and there are no windows, you probably don't need more than what you are asking about.  That's better than in a movie theater (of course, the theater doesn't have much light or windows).

Here's a quote from the source I linked below:

"Present-day digital cinema projection equipment supports a typical contrast ratio of 1000:1; however, this varies according to make and model. For example, one of the world's most popular digital cinema projectors, the Christie CP2000 2K 3-chip DMD DLP Cinema™, despite its 35 trillion colors, has a contrast ratio rating of just 500:1 ANSI, 2000:1 full field."