Is IPS worth the risk ?

[SelenaGomez]

IT seems that most IPS high end monitors specifically the Asus ROG PG279Q have alot of back light bleed. Many reports of people returning monitors and that it is a lottery getting one with minimal BLB. It seems that even without BLB there is a IPS glow. I know IPS is better picture quality but is IPS THAT much better than a high end TN panel? Is it worth the frustration and IPS glow and price increase? I don't care about viewing angles at all. Only picture quality.

 

[mnewsham]

If you're in a well lit room when using your computer it wont even matter because you'll be hard pressed to ever see it

BLB is only a major problem when you run into people who spend 5+ hours of their night sitting in the dark with just their monitors on. In these low light situation backlight bleed becomes a major issue and can be very annoying.


For me personally I have LED strip lighting behind my desk as well as several lamps around the room diffusing light fairly evenly so even at 2am, my room is more than bright enough to make backlight bleed a non-issue.


It just depends on your preferences. For me personally the colors of IPS are more than worth the trade off of not being able to use the monitors in the dark.

 

[Headfoot]

IT seems that most IPS high end monitors specifically the Asus ROG PG279Q have alot of back light bleed. Many reports of people returning monitors and that it is a lottery getting one with minimal BLB. It seems that even without BLB there is a IPS glow. I know IPS is better picture quality but is IPS THAT much better than a high end TN panel? Is it worth the frustration and IPS glow and price increase? I don't care about viewing angles at all. Only picture quality.

"Picture quality" is too broad for this discussion.

IPS = Very good colors, medium response time / hz, poor blacks (IPS glow and/or BLB), great viewing angles
TN = Average to bad colors, fast response time / hz, average blacks, bad viewing angles (colors and blacks look very bad off angle, so TN turns to bad across the board except HZ when off angle)
VA = Good to very colors, slow response time / hz, very good blacks (e.g. contrast ratio), medium to good viewing angles

that's the quick and dirty.

It's 100% about what you prioritize and what you use the monitor for. If you need black blacks then don't get an IPS. If you want vibrant or accurate colors, you want IPS.

So far the best "no compromises" monitors are high refresh rate, high resolution, 8 or 10 bit VA gaming models. The compromise is they are extremely expensive, still more ghosting than IPS or TN but not really enough to notice for most people.

I think it's telling that every top of the line model of 4k UHD TV out today (except OLEDs of course) use VA.

 

[mnewsham]

I think it's telling that every top of the line model of 4k UHD TV out today (except OLEDs of course) use VA.

To be fair, this is because IPS panels struggle to hit the contrast levels required for proper HDR support, so if you want an HDR capable display, you go for a VA panel, or you're spending a lot more on higher quality backlight dimming for IPS.

Most manufacturers have chosen the VA route. Though Panasonic with it's new IPS announcement the other day(1,000,000:1 static contrast ratio for an IPS panel) could bring the ball back into the IPS court.

 

[Rifter]

If you only care about picture quality then yes its worth it. TN doesnt hold a candle to IPS in the picture quality aspect. I do alot of photo editing on my computer and would only consider IPS or VA panels to do this, TN is not even a option.

Only way i would ever consider getting a TN monitor would be for a dedicated gaming monitor, and use another monitor for everything else.

 

[Headfoot]

To be fair, this is because IPS panels struggle to hit the contrast levels required for proper HDR support, so if you want an HDR capable display, you go for a VA panel, or you're spending a lot more on higher quality backlight dimming for IPS.

Most manufacturers have chosen the VA route. Though Panasonic with it's new IPS announcement the other day(1,000,000:1 static contrast ratio for an IPS panel) could bring the ball back into the IPS court.

That will be very interesting to see what comes of that. I hope it's not just one of those many tech announcements you see that then fade off the map to be forgotten

 

[mnewsham]

That will be very interesting to see what comes of that. I hope it's not just one of those many tech announcements you see that then fade off the map to be forgotten

They're claiming products in 2H of 2017, which is VERY fast for it to already be production ready, but if it pans out we could see some stupid high end IPS panels by end of 2017 or beginning of 2018.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

At this point I'd go VA for gaming unless you are super serious about Counterstrike or something similar, even though VA monitor selection is pretty weak at the moment (but getting better).

 

[Newbian]

Make sure you order from a decent seller and can return it if it bothers you too much as this is the best way to go about it since they can vary so much it's ridiculous.

 

[SelenaGomez]

Im not too sure about getting a VA monitor. CAn you post me a good VA monitor to get then so i can look at it?

 

[Headfoot]

Whats your budget? The main drawback with VA with good features is the cost. They're fairly spendy

 

[jtvang125]

IPS is getting better with every new model. I have a LG 34UC88 which I believe is the second gen model. The first gen was known to have pretty bad BLB and IPS glow. BLB has pretty much been resolved and IPS glow minimized on the newer model. They just need to work on refresh rates and widening the freesync range.