IPS vs TN

Has anyone made the switch to an IPS or TN monitor? Is it good for gaming?

I switched from an old CRT monitor to an LCD later than most, because the benefits of a light, portable monitor didn't outweight the superior screen of the CRT's. The old 50ms wasn't good for gaming, there was ghosting, the viewing angle was poor… etc. But I eventually switched when things improved, and now the world uses LCD.

But now we have the IPS vs TN debate, but from what I've read, IPS just isn't there yet. It's a 50/50 chance you'll get the "glowing?" effect, where corners of the screen have light bleed, and you need to send it back to get a replacement. TN doesn't has as rich contrast, but the chance of light bleed is less.

I feel like I should wait a few years for the monitor industry to "work out the bugs" instead of jumping into what seems to be another transition period. Thoughts?

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It's much lower than 50% to get the fucked screens now but it can still happen. IPS is pretty much superior in my book with a few caveats. Firstly you (obviously) don't want a borked light bleeding screen, while secondly you have to not mind paying a little more for more pleasurable viewing. Thirdly you have to weigh up the response time difference but at this point I feel like we're getting to the point where its undetectable by humans. Thus I went with IPS for my new screen and I'm really happy with it, though I haven't bought a new TN one in the last few years for a comparison, just my old from from ~2009.

Don't pay for the privilege of owning garbage, buy those monitors when their cheap and robust.

At 400-800+ per display, they are insanely overpriced anyways. If you find one cheap, they are very nice to use if you get one of the good IPS. Incredible resolution plus the color is excellent. 4K will become the standard by 2020 replacing 1440p I predict so probably just wait.

I have no idea what "light bleed" is.
I work in an HP refurbished parts warehouse as a technician, and I've tested a lot of monitors, but i've never noticed any of this crap you're talking about.

As far as I've seen, IPS is beautiful and TN is fucking shit that almost looks like a polished turd from the correct angle.

If you're concerned about latency and input lag, I don't know anything about what makes or models to get to minimize this.
I just know that you should use DVI and be at native resolution.

Well that explains why it's such a common fucking issue then.

It's when the corners light up more and are washed out you lying negro. Ever ser those backligjt mods for Gameboy? The corners show light bleeding through.

I've only ever very faintly seen such an effect when a screen is pitch black, once there is picture it's gone.
Is this what people are complaining about?
Because it seems like a grain of sand compared to the shit-viewing-angle mountain of TN

You should understand that there has never actually been a debate between IPS and TN. The debate was between IPS and other LCD technologies like VA that have different display characteristics. TN has always been regarded as universally garbage by anyone knowledgeable about monitors.
You only hear it now because a few years ago IPS became cheap enough to be considered by the average consumer, which means gamer retards started talking about it. Before 2011~ they began at around 400 dollars. Unfortunately gamers are still obsessed with snake-oil specs like response times so the discussions have become inundated with bullshit.

The glow you talk about is not light-bleed and only looks superficially similar. A side-affect of the way IPS works means that when viewed from a wide angle it loses contrast in very dark colours which thus appear to glow in relation to brighter colours. It can be remedied with filters on the display, but high-end monitors that favour accuracy tend to avoid solutions like this.

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We check mutliple different shades and colors for any discoloration in the entire display.
I've had dead pixels, dust under the screen, bright-spots, scratches, and dark corners; all gone into the trash, but I've never had an IPS panel have anything that looks like these "light bleed" pictures in google.

And about the slight faded brightness on a black screen I mentioned earlier, when I say it's gone, I mean undetecable.

We will throw out a panel at the slightest, smallest bright-spot, if this light bleed shit was real, I would have thrown out "50%" of the monitors due to "light bleed".
This shit is fucking rare, even in the shitpile product I go through, and you definitely shouldn't expect a "50/50" chance of getting it either new or refurbished.
It'd be like getting a monitor that was smashed.

Fuck off with your bullshit memes.