LCD panels.

[Pugnate]

It is driving me crazy hehe. How do you guys know what LCD panel is what? Everyone is talking about the monitors having a TN panel or SIS or something or another. Yet everytime I go to newegg and click on a monitor's spec., it just says the panel is Active Matrix, TFT LCD.

HELP!

 

[xtknight]

<=170 degrees would be a TN.
176/178 would be PVA/MVA/IPS.

To determine if it's PVA, MVA, or IPS generally you just take a look at the manufacturer and line. HP's pro series tend to be S-IPS, Dell tends to use S-IPS a lot (and S-PVA in 24"), Gateway is all S-PVA, Acer is basically all TN and P-MVA, BenQ is all TN and P-MVA. NEC uses all types, mostly S-IPS in their most expensive ones.

If it's a cheap LCD you can bet it's either TN or P-MVA due to the low price.

 

[Pugnate]

So basically it is guesswork?

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Pugnate
So basically it is guesswork?

Yup, unless you own the LCD in question in which case you can determine the panel type based off characteristics.

 

[betasub]

As someone once said, it's "like a box of chocolates".

 

[postmortemIA]

Read the sticky.

 

[ebeattie]

Or check out the hardocp forums. they have a vast monitor forum over there and *most* monitors have their own official thread. Most of the time, they will have figured out what type of panel it is.