LCD Monitor Panels Types – Video transcription (LinusTechTips, AsFastAsPossible)

Shopping for an LCD monitor can be confusing, we’re gonna tell you about all the different panels types that are out there as fast as possible.

Twisted Nematic or TN panels are the most common panels, probably because they’re the least expensive. If your monitor isn’t labeled or you’re shopping and you can’t see what it is, probably it’s a TN. They have the least accurate color reproduction and the viewing angles are narrowest, especially up and down so if you look at them from an angle the colors can appear washed out and the details can be lost. However, TN panels are faster than other panel types which is to say the image can switch more quickly so TN panels are often found in premium gaming grade monitors because they run at refresh rates as high as a hundred and twenty or even a hundred and forty four hertz. That’s what allows them to be 3D vision certified for stereo 3D gaming.

PVA and NVA panels are quite similar, they’re significantly better than TN both in terms of their color reproduction and in terms of their viewing angles but not quite up there with the more premium panel types making them a very reasonable mid-range option. The one real drawback of VA, compare to the more premium ones is the fact that when viewed from different angles the colors do then to shift quite a bit.

In-Plane Switching or IPS panels are premium panels suitable for enthusiasts, professionals, graphics designers and high end tablets, so one of the reasons that many tablets use these panels is because the viewing angles are fantastic and the colors, which are accurate, don’t distort almost no matter where you looking at them from. The one drawback of an IPS panel is that it tends to be slower than specially a TN panel, so gamers sometimes don’t like them because the input lag can be higher and when there’s a fast moving object across the screen there can be a trail behind it called motion blur.

Normally Plane-to-Line Shifting or PLS panels wouldn’t be at their own subject in a video like this because they’re very similar to IPS, but they’re my personal favorite: They tend to be brighter than IPS panels, they have slightly better color range and they are capable of even better viewing angles making them just freaking awesome, I love them. However they do have the same issue as IPS where the response times can be a little bit slower especially than fast panels like TN.

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