TN panel question

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Do all TN panels suffer from similar weak vertical viewing angles, and therefore a certain amount of color shift from top to bottom at normal viewing? These seem like the common complaints you see in user reviews of monitors in the +/- $300 range. Is their new technology out there for this panel or do you have to go with slower, more expensive PVA, IPS panels to avoid it.

Funny too, seems like shades of orange or grey bring out the color shift more than anything else.
 
Yes. That is normal for TN. An while MVA/PVA might be better in the vertical direction they will increase the problem in the horizontal direction. Horizontal performance is even more importantant as you tend to move more horizontally than vertically while seated.

I got rid of PVA monitor because I couldn't stand the viewing angle anomalies and now I have a TN which I find more tolerable.

IPS is the best in all directions though. If I get another LCD, I want IPS.
 
TN has ok horizontal viewing angle. I think TN horizontal is better than PVA in fact. The vertical kind of sucks though however I vertical is not as important.
 
I'm using dual 17" TN panels at work and a 20" wide TN panel at home and have no real complaints re: viewing angle. If I lean two feet to the side then yeah, I can see a colour shift... but who works at a desk like that!?! It's like people who drive 2F2F style with one hand on the wheel and their whole body leaning over the center console...

IMO, viewing angles are most important for multi-display setups, people who require a high degree of colour/contrast accuracy (digital imaging, video processing, etc) or home users who use their PC for media stuff (DVD viewing, TV and PVR stuff, etc) where you could be sitting further from the display at an angle. If you sit at a regular desk in front of the display then I don't think the viewing angle of a TN panel is an issue...
 
Original poster is talking about vertical viewing angles. Like if you visit
www.techreport.com. The background will be darker at the top of the screen and lighter at the bottom.
 
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