#152 - Q&A: LCD Technologies (TN, VA & IPS)

Q. What are the different active matrix LCD technologies? And which one is best?

A. There are three main ones, TN (Twisted nematic), VA (Vertical alignment) & IPS (In-plane switching). The best one depends on your application. For written reviews on LCDs visit: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/ Watch the video to find out more... http://www.Support3GM.com

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Science & Technology

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• 3dgameman
• LCD
• technology
• tn
• va
• ips

[Lvaneede]

What about those OLED screens, are they any good?

[3DGAMEMAN]

Yes, OLED is the future, but it's still a nice ways off when it comes to large format, high resolution screens.

[Studio2LH]

hah i have the same wallpaper :)

[3DGAMEMAN]

Cool wallpaper for sure. For anyone who would like to check it out, please watch; #121 - Question/Answer: My Computer HD Wallpaper Video

[JusticeYouWant2010]

@JeemOfRunescape If you want great color ( slow response time ) go with IPS, you want a fast gaming monitor = crt or TN with 2 ms or quicker response time, you want inbetween... VA has good colors. Me I game , I don't have time to evaluate color reproduction, need a great fast ( responsive )TN Panel gaming monitor = BenQ XL2410T.

[JeemOfRunescape]

@JusticeYouWant2010 if you need good colours, go with a VA, if you only look at Hz and that, go with TN

[TalesOfWar]

@TRASProjectVideos The only newer IPS monitors I know of that don't have HDMI are the Apple Cinema DIsplays, but then they're made to be used with Macs which don't use HDMI, but Mini DisplayPort. You'd be hard pressed to go wrong by getting a Dell UltraSharp display. Those things are great, and have every connector under the sun lol. They come with DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI, VGA, Component and Composite lol. I recommend looking into the U2410, unless you need higher resolution, then the 27 or 30.

[TalesOfWar]

@alle71 The better IPS (by better, I generally mean the newer and slightly more expensive ones) panels are great all round displays, even for fast paced gaming. They're not as ideal as a TN panel, as they have very low response times, but the lack of colour quality and pathetic viewing angles of the bargain bin models really don't help the experience that much. If you don't care so much about colour accuracy or viewing angles and aren't doing any kind of colour work on your system, TN is fine.

[JusticeYouWant2010]

Great Video, real gaming monitors don't have IPS or VA. Watching with Sapphire 6970, and BenQ XL2410T gaming monitor.

[alle71]

So IPS monitors is good for fps gaming to?

[TRASProjectVideos]

Very useful even two years later. Currently I'm making a little user research for buying a professional IPS monitor and I have found that for some reason IPS monitors normaly don't have a HDMI input but I haven't found an answer yet. Could somebody around here tell why is that?

[V0V0o]

i went from my lovely 17" CRT 100hz refresh rate to the shitty 23" LCD TN panel 60hz  2 days ago, & my eyes still burning tell now !

i guess i 'll sell it brand NEW as it is ;(

[Ishykawa]

Idk, I'm really picky about response time, I still don't know if I want an IPS or TN display, cause TN has 120hz. Which I LOVE.