IPS vs TN

[Anomaly1964]

Is this pic a fair representation if IPS vs TN?

 

[XLNC]

I wouldn't say so. The TN panel seems to have a glossy screen, and the minor reflections are causing the image quality to appear much worse towards the right edge.

Besides, when viewing from straight ahead, IMO there's very little difference between IPS and TN. But if you slouch a bit in your chair, or lean to the side, that's when the differences are noticeable. If this photo was taken from an angle, it would give a much better representation.

 

[1h4x4s3x]

Is it me or the protective foil still on the TN?
My 24 TN looks better than the IPS on that image. My 27 iMac IPS doesn't differ much from my TN when viewing from straight ahead as XLNC said.
Why don't go to a store and have a look yourself? :hmm:

 

[Anomaly1964]

Is it me or the protective foil still on the TN?
My 24 TN looks better than the IPS on that image. My 27 iMac IPS doesn't differ much from my TN when viewing from straight ahead as XLNC said.
Why don't go to a store and have a look yourself? :hmm:

I did and since my view angle is ALWAYS straight on with my monitor, IPS seems like overkill...

 

[TerabyteX]

IPS all the way, the color representation of the TN and its blacks leaves a lot to be desired. I own an P-MVA monitor which has slightly worse color quality than IPS and yet, I couldn't go back to TN. The whites looks so yellowish and the blacks so gray with a TN panel.

 

[sandorski]

That pic seems fake to me. My TN panel has flaws, but nothing remotely close to what appears in that pic.

That said, it may be a more crappy TN panel. I just suspect that whoever made the pic may have ulterior motives.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

No, its not a fair representation. While IPS excels at image clarity, TN excels in motion clairty, especially considering that particular TN panel is a 120Hz one. Static images can't exactly relay that difference.

That pic seems fake to me. My TN panel has flaws, but nothing remotely close to what appears in that pic.

That said, it may be a more crappy TN panel. I just suspect that whoever made the pic may have ulterior motives.

The TN monitor in the photo is one of the better TN monitors out there, not necessarily for its image quality, but certainly for its motion quality as it is a 120Hz monitor. That being said it looks like there is some tape or some sort of film on the monitor that is peeling on it all over the place which makes it look like its in a terrible state of disrepair. Also the image quality the photo itself is utter garbage.

 

[Throckmorton]

I did and since my view angle is ALWAYS straight on with my monitor, IPS seems like overkill...

Forget viewing angle. TN is horrible at color reproduction. Only 262,144 colors....

 

[jiffylube1024]

Is this pic a fair representation if IPS vs TN?

Not really that fair - the TN panel looks like crap in that picture while many TN panels look much better than that.

IPS does have better color representation than TN and often better true contrast, but the TN just looks abnormally bad in that picture; it looks dithered to high hell for starters.

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IPS is, of course, substantially better than TN panels. I find that whites look much better on IPS screens, and, they are much MUCH better at non-standard viewing angles compared to TN.

Even in motion, while TN panels have great response times, I find that IPS panels with <20ms lag times look better due to the far superior color representation.
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I did and since my view angle is ALWAYS straight on with my monitor, IPS seems like overkill...

Even straight on, a good IPS screen murders a TN panel for image quality.

Case in point, I've hooked up my PS3 to both my Dell 2709W (an MVA panel btw - not quite as good as an IPS panel, but still lightyears ahead of TN), and a TN Samsung T220HD (that was praised highly for its image quality at the time). Needless to say, the PS3 looks substantially better on the Dell, and not just because of the size difference. Colour accuracy is just miles better on the 2709W.

 

[sandorski]

Not really that fair - the TN panel looks like crap in that picture while many TN panels look much better than that.

IPS does have better color representation than TN and often better true contrast, but the TN just looks abnormally bad in that picture; it looks dithered to high hell for starters.

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IPS is, of course, substantially better than TN panels. I find that whites look much better on IPS screens, and, they are much MUCH better at non-standard viewing angles compared to TN.

Even in motion, while TN panels have great response times, I find that IPS panels with <20ms lag times look better due to the far superior color representation.
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Even straight on, a good IPS screen murders a TN panel for image quality.

Case in point, I've hooked up my PS3 to both my Dell 2709W (an MVA panel btw - not quite as good as an IPS panel, but still lightyears ahead of TN), and a TN Samsung T220HD (that was praised highly for its image quality at the time). Needless to say, the PS3 looks substantially better on the Dell, and not just because of the size difference. Colour accuracy is just miles better on the 2709W.

That might explain the pic. Obviously the IPS has stabbed the TN a couple times already!

Protip: Don't put a TN panel within reach of an IPS.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yes the problem with having TN and IPS side by side is that, even if it's a good TN panel, the image will just look different. One will be brighter, the colours will be much better on the IPS, and the IPS will just in general hilight inaccuracies and flaws on the TN that didn't look so bad on its own.

 

[TerabyteX]

What I really enjoy of MVA panels are their speed and best black levels in the market (IPS panels has a little purple hue on black levels and they have slightly higher lag and pixel response), its like being between the TN speed advantage and many of the IPS image quality attributes. (TN still faster than MVA)

 

[SlowSpyder]

I am looking at a picture of your IPS panel on my TN panel. I think your TN panel can be adjusted to look better.

 

[Cerb]

No. The monitor on the right has crap all over it. Also, a good TN will look almost as good as a good IPS in a typical photo.

Your camera is also not doing either one justice, unless that background image really is ugly and stippled, which I doubt.

 

[Phynaz]

I did and since my view angle is ALWAYS straight on with my monitor, IPS seems like overkill...

Looking at something like a 24" display?

Look at your monitor as you normally would. The edges of a TN panel are far from strait on. I'd say mine are at close to a 30 degree angle.

I do see color shifting at the edges of my display when looking strait on.

This is my work display, a HP LA2045wg. No way I'd buy a TN monitor for myself.

 

[Martimus]

What I really enjoy of MVA panels are their speed and best black levels in the market (IPS panels has a little purple hue on black levels and they have slightly higher lag and pixel response), its like being between the TN speed advantage and many of the IPS image quality attributes. (TN still faster than MVA)

IPS has a faster response and g2g than a MVA panel. (although still lower than a TN panel) The only reason some of them have such slow response times is that they have a lot of post processing on them, which slows down response time. The cheaper ones don't have that post processing and have an almost TN reponse time.

 

[wanderer27]

I'm highly suspect of that TN in the picture, it really looks abnormally bad.

What are the DPI & Screen Resolution comparisons?

IPS @ 1920 x 1080 vs TN @ 1600 x 900 (or worse)?

What is the resolution set to on the TN, it looks a lot lower.

Color Depth looks to be set lower on the TN as well.


All that aside, yes, the IPS should look better, but it's mainly going to be viewing angle and color accuracy/depth - it's not going to be anywhere near as drastic as that picture, unless that's really a bottom of the barrel Monitor.


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[brandonb]

That picture seems fairly accurate. I don't have an IPS monitor, but I have an IPS TV with local dimming (not edge lit LED, but rather behind the panel every 20 pixels or so), and it looks way better than the TN TV I had before. I am going to buy an IPS for my next monitor now that I had experience with IPS.