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What are the advantages of having an IPS display panel at home

Author: Ramesh Sharma
by Ramesh Sharma
Posted: Apr 16, 2021

If you’ve ever begun searching for a new computer screen, chances are you’ve probably come across the term IPS. It’s at this point that you may be asking yourself, what is an IPS monitor? And how do I know if an IPS monitor is right for me?

Advantages of IPS display panels:

. Faster response times

  • . Wider viewing angles
  • . Better color/contrast than many VA and TN panels
  • . Outstanding color accuracy and screen consistency

To answer these questions we must first understand two things:

IPS monitors are 1 of the 4 main panel types; other monitor panel types are TN, VA, and OLED. All of the above panel types are part of the LCD panel technology family.

So, why is this important? A monitor’s panel technology is important because it affects what the monitor can do and for which uses it is best suited. Each of the monitor panel types listed above offers its distinctive benefits and drawbacks.

Choosing which type of monitor panel type to buy will depend largely on your intended usage and personal preference. After all, gamers, graphic designers, and office workers all have different requirements. Specific types of displays are best suited for different usage scenarios.

How LCD Panel Type Affects Performance

The specific type of LCD panel affects many different aspects of screen performance including:

  • . Response time and input lag
  • . Viewing angle
  • . Color reproduction
  • . Contrast ratio
  • . Black levels

Different panel technologies offer unique profiles with opinions on the best type of LCD being subjective and based on personal preference. The reason for this is because none of the different monitor panel types as they are today can be classified as "outstanding" for all of the attributes mentioned above.

Below we’ll take a look at how IPS, TN, and VA monitors affect screen performance and do some handy summaries of strengths, weaknesses, and best-case uses for each type of panel technology.

What is an IPS Monitor? (IPS Monitor Technology)

IPS monitors or "In-Plane Switching" monitors, leverage liquid crystals aligned in parallel to produce rich colors. IPS panels are defined by the shifting patterns of their liquid crystals. These monitors were designed to overcome the limitations of TN panels. The liquid crystal’s ability to shift horizontally creates better viewing angles.

IPS display continues to be the best display technology of choice for users that want color accuracy and consistency. IPS monitors are great when it comes to color performance and super-wide viewing angles. The expansive viewing angles provided by IPS monitors help to deliver outstanding color when being viewed from different angles. One major differentiator between IPS monitors and TN monitors is that colors on an IPS monitor won’t shift when being viewed at an angle as drastically as they do on a TN monitor.

IPS monitor variations include S-IPS, H-IPS, e-IPS and P-IPS, and PLS (Plane-to-Line Switching), the latter being the latest iteration. Since these variations are all quite similar, they are all collectively referred to as "IPS-type" panels. They all claim to deliver the major benefits associated with IPS monitors – great color and ultra-wide viewing angles.

When it comes to color accuracy, IPS monitors surpass the performance of TN and VA monitors with ease. While latest-gen VA technologies offer comparative performance specs, pro users still claim that IPS monitors reign supreme in this regard.

Another important characteristic of the IPS display is that it can support professional color space technologies, such as Adobe RGB. This is because IPS monitors can offer more displayable colors, which help improve color accuracy.

About the Author

I'm Rakesh Sharma, being alone at home and doing household work on my own, I got very much interested in Home Entertainment.chiller,standing ac, and central ac

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