IPS vs VA - Which Is the Better Panel Tech? 

Thanks man!

I couldn't agree more, especially the response time part, absolutely awesome man.

so which is best?

@@techlessYT Curve screen has more distortions.

@@techlessYT Also, is the LG Ultragear 32 1440p a VA panel or IPS? Please reply.

Can't have any immersion when as soon as you move it's like you have Ringwraiths floating around on your monitor. It's really, horrendously bad. Never buying a VA panel again.

@@colbyboucher6391 I'm guessing there must be a lot of difference between low quality and high quality VA panels also.

I haven't ever used an IPS panel before but I have a va panel right now, and even if I try to see that smearing or whatever I just can't see it

i thought IPS was better for gaming, im trying to get a new monitor and dont know what panel to get

@@mikio2570 I think it might depend on what type of game you play, if you're into competitive gaming and need high precision you'll want an IPS but if you're into immersive solo games, ones with lots of cutscenes or just horror games, a VA panel is better. You really need that high contrast or else places that are meant to be pitch black will just look "grey".

2 years later and it’s at 1.6 million

@@iammaybeabro4598lul

The same lie here show you the glow of VA QLED panel which is normal even clouding in dark room m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UaIwB6tkFE0.html already ADS-IPS has the same dark of VA panels

So if i use VA in coding i will notice the smearing?

@@dontask9383 Hm...it very much depends on the background and how much you scroll and how sensitive to smear you are. But, I'll go with yes, you will probably notice. If you're gonna code a lot IPS is a safer choice. Preferably a 32" 4K monitor but that's a personal choice...

absolutely right, viewing angles are not a concern in case of computer monitors because 99% of time a person is sitting in front of monitor. for a person who watch movies a lot VA high contrast ratio certainly helps.

I am a single-player gamer and I like to play a vast variety of games but horror games are one of my favorite genres. That said, there are only a few horror game franchises I can play: Silent Hill, Resident Evil, The Evil Within, Alone in the dark, Haunted Mansion, Fear Effect, F.E.A.R. and a few more. Should I get an IPS or VA?

Yup, VA is a no-go personally. I literally don't see a use case where I would like it. The text rendering issues on dark background (I'm in software engineering...) are a dealbreaker. So it doesn't fit as a productivity-type monitor. I prefer IPS for media content. I have a BenQ XL2546K for gaming and it's the best IMHO. Like literally, after trying a VA monitor, I went back to my 15-year old 1280x1024 TFT monitor. It's just better. In conclusion, as someone looking into getting a 4th monitor, I think I'll go for something like a 4k IPS with a HDR certification to alleviate the brightness/contrast issues.

Man sometimes I feel lucky, I bought a new monitor like a week ago, LG 29UM69G-B Ultrawide 2560x1080. Not an amazing monitor, but for my use case is above what I need. It is IPS, 5ms response, but has a 1ms response option but it significantly introduces ghosting, so I keep it off, since I don't need it. Old one that I was using was a shitty 1080p, probably over 10yo, it was vga only and it had significant problems that I had to put up for 8 years before I finally bought the new one, ranging from a vertical blue line to refresh rate problems, not to mention colors looked washed, contrast was trash, and it being on analog signal it had quite a bit of horizontal interference of the image. Old monitor is a philips 220e, TFT panel. If the monitor wasn't that bad I'd keep it as a secondary monitor, I did try actually but it gave me enough headaches and decided against it. I'm enjoying the new monitor so far

@@otak_ TFT means thin film transistor, a technology used in all light-emitting diode (LED) displays (TN, IPS, VA OLED). The only exception might be passive matrix displays (some alarm clocks might still use that).

I have a Philips 4k 43" VA screen that is easily mistaken for a TV, and never had any kind of smearing or anything. It's just a super bright, super colorful screen that does everything I want. If it had high hz (it's only 60) it would make my IPS panel next to it look like a piece of dogcrap (IPS glow + awful contrast = why does this exist).

Can you share them please

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Some newer IPS panels have really improved on that. I picked up the Gigabyte M32q and the Acer Nitro xv2 in 2021 and both look really good in dark areas, especially in comparison to my couple year old IPS. The G7 is a great monitor though, I'm considering getting one myself.

If you like single player horror games getting an OLED panel would be perfect theres legit no return to ips or VA panel

@@cheeemzy6651Absolutely, I hope they become more and more common in 32in or less format for PC monitors so that the price comes down. May be a couple more years before they are within the budget and affordable for the majority of gamers. I personally just can't justify spending the premium currently, I also would prefer to wait for the anti burn-in technology to mature before I pull the trigger on one.

@@roenie what's your recommended monitor btw?

@@roenie what do you mean by the "Flicker"

@@JACK-kp8tb nice, gg, but you missing out on the 5 year warranty doe

Interesting take, I went Gigabytee G34-A monitor ( It does 5500:1 contrast ratio after I calibrated it at 300 nits) Yeah it does have black smearing but it's not as bad as you'd think. And something I can live with until I upgrade to OLED. I also have used Nano-IPS technology my secondary monitor is in fact my old one which is a Dell S2721DFGA. The Alienware you have is a faster panel for sure. But I think the low contrast ratio of any IPS kills immersion factor when you are playing games. But really OLED is the only way to go unless there's some VA technology like in the G5 but without all the problems you experienced. I have not seen one yet..

G7 has light bleed pretty noticable.

The curve is barely noticeable and not aggressive at all, idk how people are so crazy

samsung g7 is worst monitor ever

Va Panel also are for people that spend time watching anime/movies on their pc rather than using their TV, so for that reason VA panels are very good even the 1080 at 24inch is good to watch movies. On other hand for gaming is not that bad a slighly less refresh time, but still good.

VA displays dont have flicker with G-SYNC, due to the G-SYNC Module acting as a voltage regulator.

happens with IPS too i have an LG ultragear and it does rarely flicker in certain scenarios with freesync premium enabled

i got an 27 curved r1800 ips is perfect

idk I haven't noticed much ghosting on mine

The general concensus is that in order to get a decent VA panel you have to basically look at the higher end like Samsung Odyssey. The cheaper VA panels tend to not be very good with ghosting, etc. Whereas, cheaper IPS panels don't have quite as much of an issue like this.

Same here

@@yahootube90 as someone who recently bought and used the 32in Samsung Odyssey G5, I can confirm that the ghosting is horrific. I was extremely unhappy with it, even when comparing to other VA monitors. I wouldn’t recommend if for gaming.

What monitor you got?

@@mountainlove7854 A Curved Ultrrawide 200hz PMG30C920WFG Philco

VA isn't really bad for competetive gaming. For these kinds of games it's important to get information early and to get a lot of information but those values don't suffer from black smearing. You can divide the factor for 'speed' of a gaming monitor (or any monitor for that matter) in three parts: 1. Signal latency. The time the actual hardware needs to swap a frame (sometimes referred to as input lag). This has nothing to do with the LC technology. The signal latency describes how fast you get the frame information 2. Refresh rate. The higher the refresh rate the more visual feedback you get which helps to smooth your aim. This also has nothing to do with the LC technology. The refresh rate desicribes how many frames and thus picture information you get 3. The latency of the actual LCs. Here the panel technology is important, TN is the fastest, VA the slowest. The LC latency describes how clear the frame information is Obviously for a competetive shooter it's most important to get picture information as early as possible because than you can react faster than your opponent. So signal latency is the most important for a gaming monitor. Sadly manufactures doesn't need to tell you the value, so you have to check other sources like rtings. And as your aim then decides whether you hit or miss, refresh rate is also very important for such a panel. However whether your target has some coronas due to high overdrive or some smearing around the edge... That's just not important for the question who wins the gun fight.

I have been researching old monitor for upgrade recently. Unfortunately there are not much good oled monitors out there. All good ones are 4k and huge in size and heavily expensive. The Alienware is a perfect monitor if you can afford it (4k ultra wide). Also other good option is lg c2. Waiting for a 1440p mid-sized old to launch (literally there are 0 options as of today.

OLEDs win. I can compare my laptop (Asus Vivobook 15 Pro OLED) in my local electronics store and even this 800€ laptop with a calibrated 1080p OLED DESTROYS everything there, 2000€+ gaming laptops aswell as even the iMacs and Macbooks they have. Much more vibrant colours, perfect viewing angles, deep blacks, there's nothing like it

@@xPandamon Yeah, much as I love how the IPS on my main PC looks I can't help but agree that the OLED on my Samsung phone (an S20FE) looks a lot better with regard to motion and shadows. Of course there're black crush issues at lower brightness settings, but It's grand overall. The only thing that really bites is how OLED panels have a shorter life expectancy by far (and oversaturation problems when not well-calibrated).

@@Lyander25 The screen on my laptop is well calibrated, yet it's pretty intensive when it comes to colours. Seems too high at first, but once you play some games on it or watch some movies you notice that's intended. Compared to a phone screen or my old PS Vita a bigger OLED is another experience entirely, even though I got the laptop without a dedicated GPU, the screen alone makes it worth it for light gaming and work of course. Even has a Pantone certification ^^

Watch: 'Stop! Before you buy an OLED monitor' by TFTCentral. Also a phone isn't the same as a large monitor because it isn't the Windows OS and the sub-pixels are far smaller on a phone as well, you will need to watch the video to understand how it would make a difference.

Did you have lazy eye where 1 eye doesn't see as well and the other kept taking over? Like split vision? How did you know va can help with eyes? Source?

@@st4r444 I've read of someone saying the same, that IPS panels were more tiring to their eyes and VA was better for eye fatigue. I'm not sure but i would think VA (Vertical Alignment) is easier to distingish the pixels than a twisted pixel like IPS panels have, just my theory.

Absolutely. Super noticeable with movies that use black bars, too.

@@justsaying993 Lots of black bars on 21:9 so VA is great for that especially at night in the dark. :)

Get a life

Same, very contrasty movies and shows just don't look very good on an IPS screen. That being said, if you have access to an OLED or microled TV, you can watch media on that and get an IPS for gaming and other tasks

@@CoolAsianGuy He'll never be as cool as you anyway so what's the point?

There is a 34" curved 3440x1440 Quantum Dot OLED 170 hz monitor dropping this spring from Alienware, the AW3423DW, and it will be priced at $1299 USD. The price is a little steep but nothing like the 32" OLED Ultrafine from LG that's $3,000 USD and marketed solely for professionals.

@@peterklick2385 , And you can expect BURN-IN over time. Linus from LTT experimented with this and after a YEAR he had to run the tool that "resets" the TV. Every time you do that the OLED panel degrades. I doubt the 34" QD+OLED panel from Dell/Alienware will be much different. It's marketed at professionals because they are more likely to justify the cost of something that may only work well for 2 or 3 years (hard to say). I suspect they will acknowledge the potential burn-in issues right on their main page. It also is proportional to both the BRIGHTNESS, the amount of time the monitor is on WHILE content is static etc. They probably need another two years minimum to get burn-in issues for computer monitors significantly improved.

They make them for around 1k

@@photonboy999 The quantum dot filtering on the OLED makes burn in much lower risk. The bigger thing though is the QD-OLED monitor comes with a three year burn-in protection. You should really do your research before you start painting QD-OLED with the same brush as the WOLED panels of old. And FYI, Alienware is literally Dell’s GAMING brand. For them to put out a monitor for pc gamers that burns in so easily would be idiotic.

@@photonboy999 U get a 3 year warranty against burn in

You could get a cheap mini led too like the u6k and use technologies to upscale the image like dlss / fsr At performance mode as I seen from your other comments you can’t afford a powerful pc Oh and if you care a lot about image clarity I’m pretty sure it should have bfi like my other hisense TVs I own But yeah if you can afford oled it does have better dynamic range even if it’s not as bright and pixel response rate is faster on oleds by far

a slower refresh rate is definitely not easier on the eyes.

I am thinking of buying the same monitor. My primary uses for this monitor will be Gaming and Movies. What should I do? Should I go with it?

If you want to play fast FirstPerson shooters with mouse, this monitor will bring no joy. For games with slower camera movement/ gamepad it's okay and movies look also good on this one. @@laughup7055

I just had to return a VA monitor which had great reviews because of the black smearing/ghosting. It was absolutely abysmal. After checking the reviews again, only a small number of people noticed the ghosting, and they all returned it as well. Lesson learnt - Affordable VAs are garbage.

Fr man it's like the LCD evolved backwards in term of Contrast xD

@@Albertevil5 what is nt?

@@gorkie6998 TN panel is the quickest, but the colors..

@@maxkruppa3716 OLED is the Quickest

Curves aside, how was the picture? I've been thinking of buying 3 24GN650s for a triple monitor setup.

@@HybridDivide The response times and input lag were very good. Colors were good too, you do have to get used to it coming from an older IPS panel, but get used to it quickly, definitely not something bad. The contrast ratio was a little bit disappointing and some IPS glow and some backlight bleed on the corners definitely didn't help... on top of that I had a few dead/stuck (sub-) pixels or dust between the LEDs and the protective layer... couldn't really make it out to be certain, I don't have a microscope. But it was noticable with the naked eye when for example browsing and doing some work, watching videos etc. Sometimes noticable while gaming, but it depends on the scenery/background/colors/etc. and what type of game... Please, don't buy the 24GN650 unless you have a very specific reason. I suggest you buy 3 AOC 24G2U/BK monitors instead. My brothers have the 27" variant and it looks so good. It has much better contrast than the 24GN650 (about 1500 for the AOC vs 700 for the LG; that's double the contrast!!) and the colors are also great! I really can't think of a reason to not choose for the AOC monitor instead of the LG monitor.

@@ActionBrother do aoc have the same monitor 27” with higher resolution? I will use it for work and always have a lot of windows open at the same time and appreciate any tip you might have 🙏🏻

@@AzizIzgin They do. - They have the AOC Q27G2S(/EU) (€320). This is a 27" 1440p (2560x1440) 165Hz IPS monitor. In terms of contrast ratio it doesn't reach the 1500:1 of the AOC 24G2U or 1300: of the AOC 27G2U, but it still reaches true 1003:1. Apparently the response times aren't super, but they are still good and only really matters when gaming (very) competitive games, so it doesn't matter for work related stuff. - They also have the AOC U28G2XU/BK (€670). This is a 27" 4K 144Hz IPS monitor. It basically performs the same as the monitor I described above, but it has a 4K resolution and "only" 144Hz instead of 165Hz, but I didn't notice the difference when I had the LG 34GN850, and it only matters for gaming and besides that... For gaming at 4K and reaching 165Hz you need a very very very good PC (RTX 3080 TI at least). The downside of this monitor is that the HDMI ports are only version 2.0 and not 2.1. This means that gaming with a console like the PS5 or Xbox Series X isn't possible at 4K 120Hz. But it shouldn't matter if you don't have newest console or don't plan to buy one. If you are planning on connecting the monitor via HDMI to a laptop for work, than you also won't be able to use the 144Hz, but will be limited to 4K 60Hz. If you always have a lot of windows open when working, then it might be nicer to have a 32" 4K monitor. If you have room for a 32" monitor of course. If you are interested, I would definitely look at the Gigabyte M32U (€830). (AOC also has a 32" 4K monitor, but that one costs between €970 and €1200, and it definitely isn't worth that much money! ) In comparison to 1080p monitors, a 1440p monitor will give you either a little bit of extra room to work with or a bit sharper screen. A 4K monitor will give you either a lot of extra room to work with (100% windows scaling -> same sharpness as a 1080p monitor -> basically 4x1080p monitors -> not ideal on a 27" screen) or a very sharp screen (200% windows scaling -> twice as sharp as a 1080p screen, but also the same amount of room to work with) or a mix of both (for example: 150% windows scaling, this gives you 50% sharper screen, but also gives you 50% more room to work with).

I got a VA panel benq 24" 1080p with 144hz. Never going back to this shit again, atleast not 1080p. I feel like you can see the pixels on text with my monitor, also when im watching something dark my monitor just randomly go superdark and i need to open something bright (for example notepad) in order for it to go back to normal. Also my AC power cord needs to sit in one specific angle in order for my monitor to work. Also the off-axis viewing angle hasn't been too much of a issue for me either after all these years that i could think of, until i actually started thinking about how often i move my monitor and that is probably the cause of the AC power connector issue. But like 3 days ago i ordered a new ips 27" 1440p monitor, can't wait to test that out after all the good reviews. Im using a VA panel 1440p 32" curved at work, it works excellent there but i dont think i would enoy a curved one for FPS gaming.

I run both an IPS as a secondary and VA curved as a main gaming monitor. Best of both worlds.

Well said! The blacks/contrast is why I always go VA for my TVs. I went IGZO-IPS for my monitor though and I really like it! Monoprice DM 27" 1440p 180z IGZO

i think u mean QLED right? lol

Micro is a few years away, for true micro. Mini is available but the smallest micro is like 120”

OLED is the best if you are smart enough you wont face burn in issues

@@utkarsh1874 better to just wait for QD-OLED¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@lemoncake8377 no QDEL maybe you didn't hear about it before but it uses Quantum Dot only with no organic martials which means it can perform as good as an OLED without any of it's drawbacks.

You brought VA?

that's what i'm a afraid of. i've had eye surgery twice and i prefer a lower brightness because my eyes are very sensitive towards light.

@@darinsteele7091 ive had it for 16 days now. the first 7 days was horrible and redness on the eyes. im slowly adjusting myself to it. I spend about 7-8 hours a day infront of it watching youtube, twitch and some gaming. i know its bad.. im hoping ill be able to get used to it after a month. this is the first time im using IPS. it is a fantastic monitor for gaming and movies, speakers are perfect too.

Yeah, the Odyssey G7 and G9 are the only VA monitors in the entire market that are viable.

VA panels have had good enough colour accuracy for most work for a decade (including visual arts). The real advantage of IPS is being more accurate to prints. Ideally you should have both or an OLED if you're not working in print. But it's all a hierarchy, IPS have the best colours, then VA then TN. Motion is best on TN then IPS then VA. Contrast is best on VA then IPS then TN. For standard office work the best is a high dpi high refresh rate VA (or IPS). Though OLED smashes everything else, except in price and burnout.