Originally posted by: oxid
what happened to the link to the site where you could look up your LCD panel type?
Oops, I forgot I had removed that when I updated the main page. Here is the old section for now. I did also remove the weird numbering recommendations system because I thought it was worthless. Edit: original post updated.
Well this is great, but how do you tell which kind of panel an LCD is, you ask? Well there are a number of helpful resources. I prefer the following:
[*]Flatpanels.dk English Panel Search
[*]Prad.de
[*]Google (search with model and "Samsung panel" or "AUO panel" or "CMO panel" or "LG panel", "Hitachi panel", etc. without the quotes)
Or feel free to ask in this very thread. There are a number of tip-offs as well, like 178/178 viewing angle almost always being an VA/IPS panel. Beware however that, though rare, some LCDs of the same model may use a drastically different panel! One of the Dell UltraSharp monitors did this, but I'd think they had settled on the decent panel by now.
Also, speedlever, I think I will add in a general usage LCD section. If you decide on the 970P let us know how you like it, or if you've seen it in a store, let us know what you thought of it!