IPS vs VA Monitor: What's Better For Gaming & Browsing!?
Summary
TLDRThis video offers a comprehensive comparison between IPS and VA panel technologies, sponsored by Philips. The reviewer, with experience in over 200 monitors, discusses gaming performance, input lag, response times, and image quality. IPS monitors are favored for competitive gaming due to lower input lag and faster response times, while VA panels excel in contrast ratio and are better for casual gaming and media consumption. The video also touches on backlight bleed and brightness uniformity, providing an objective and subjective analysis to help viewers make an informed decision.
Takeaways
- 💰 VA panels are generally cheaper than IPS panels, with a slight price difference observed in the Philips monitors discussed.
- 🎮 For gaming performance, IPS panels tend to have lower input lag, making them preferable for competitive gamers.
- 📈 Response time in monitors varies, with IPS panels generally offering faster GTG (gray-to-gray) times than VA panels, which can impact gaming experience.
- ⚡ Overdrive settings can affect response time and ghosting; higher settings reduce response time but may introduce ghosting effects.
- 🖼 VA panels can have higher contrast ratios, which is beneficial for visually appealing games and content with dark scenes.
- 🌈 IPS panels provide better color accuracy and a wider color gamut, which is advantageous for image editing and video grading.
- 🔍 Viewing angles are superior in IPS panels, offering a better visual experience even when viewed from extreme angles.
- 🌑 Backlight bleed and brightness uniformity are generally better in VA panels, making them suitable for darker content consumption.
- 🛠 The choice between IPS and VA panels depends on the user's needs, whether it's for competitive gaming, casual gaming, or content creation.
- 🔗 Philips monitors used in the script are available for purchase, with the video providing a detailed comparison of their IPS and VA variants.
- 👍 The video encourages viewers to share their panel preference in the comments and supports the channel through likes, subscriptions, and notifications.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is a comparison between IPS and VA panel technologies in monitors, discussing which one is better suited for different types of users based on gaming performance, input lag, response time, image quality, and other factors.
Who sponsored the video?
-The video was sponsored by Philips, who provided two identical 23.8-inch monitors, one with an IPS panel and one with a VA panel, for comparison.
What is the general price difference between IPS and VA panels according to the video?
-As a general rule, VA panels tend to be cheaper than IPS panels. In the video, the Philips IPS monitor is priced at around 200 pounds, while the VA monitor is priced at around 190 pounds in the UK market.
What are some alternative names for IPS panels mentioned in the video?
-Alternative names for IPS panels mentioned in the video include PLS (Plane to Line Switching) and AHVA (Advanced Hyper Viewing Angle), which should not be confused with VA (Vertical Alignment) panels.
How does input lag differ between IPS and VA panels in the video?
-The video indicates that IPS monitors generally have lower input lag compared to VA monitors. The IPS monitor tested had one of the fastest input lags, while the VA monitor had one of the slowest among the tested monitors.
What does GTG stand for in the context of the video?
-GTG stands for 'Gray to Gray,' which is a measurement of response time in monitors, indicating the time it takes for a pixel to change from one shade of gray to another.
What is overdrive in the context of monitor response time?
-Overdrive is a setting in monitors that can be adjusted to improve the response time. Higher overdrive modes can result in faster response times but may also introduce issues like inverse ghosting or color overshoot.
What is the significance of the contrast ratio in monitors?
-The contrast ratio is a measure of the difference between the brightest white and the darkest black that a monitor can display. A higher contrast ratio, as seen in VA panels, results in more visually appealing images, especially in games and multimedia content with varying lighting conditions.
What is the difference between sRGB and the 6500 Kelvin preset modes in terms of color accuracy?
-The sRGB mode is designed for accurate color representation for web formats, locking the brightness at its maximum level for consistent color accuracy. The 6500 Kelvin preset mode allows for adjustable brightness and is more suitable for a wider color gamut, but may result in less accurate colors compared to sRGB.
What are the advantages of a VA panel over an IPS panel in terms of visual experience?
-VA panels offer superior contrast ratios, less backlight bleed, and better brightness uniformity, making them more suitable for viewing darker content and providing a more uniform image.
What is the reviewer's subjective preference between IPS and VA panels for gaming?
-The reviewer's subjective preference is for IPS panels, especially for hardcore competitive gaming, due to their generally better response times and lower input lag, despite the higher contrast ratios offered by VA panels.
Outlines
🖥️ IPS vs. VA Panel Technology: Choosing the Right Monitor
The video explores the differences between IPS (In-Plane Switching) and VA (Vertical Alignment) panel technologies, focusing on gaming performance and suitability for different users. The presenter, having reviewed over 200 monitors, provides subjective opinions and objective data. The video is sponsored by Philips, who provided two 23.8-inch monitors for comparison: an IPS model (24 m1n 3200za) and a VA model, both with full HD 165 Hertz refresh rates. The IPS panel is generally more expensive but offers better input lag and response times, which are crucial for competitive gamers. The VA panel, while slower, offers a higher contrast ratio, making it more suitable for casual gamers and those who value visual appeal and contrast in their gaming or media consumption.
🎮 Gaming Performance: Input Lag and Response Time
This section delves into the gaming performance of the two panel types, starting with input lag, where the IPS panel shows a slight advantage with minimal differences in the 'off' mode. The VA panel, while slower, still offers competitive performance, especially in higher overdrive modes. Response time, measured in GTG (gray-to-gray) transitions, is significantly better on the IPS panel, even when pushing the overdrive settings to the fastest, which can introduce some RGB overshoot. The VA panel, conversely, shows higher response times and more noticeable inverse ghosting at its fastest settings. The presenter emphasizes the importance of these factors for hardcore gamers but notes that for casual use or non-gaming tasks, these differences may be negligible.
🌈 Image Quality and Viewing Experience: Contrast and Color Accuracy
The video discusses the image quality and viewing experience of both panel types, highlighting the superior contrast ratio of the VA panel, which is particularly beneficial for visually appealing games and darker content. The IPS panel, while offering less contrast, provides better color accuracy and viewing angles, making it preferable for image editing and general use. The VA panel's 'VA smearing' is noted as a downside when high overdrive modes are selected. The presenter also touches on backlight bleed and brightness uniformity, where the VA panel outperforms the IPS panel, especially in darker content consumption. The summary concludes with the presenter's personal preference for an IPS panel due to its overall performance and visual experience, despite acknowledging the strengths of the VA panel in certain areas.
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Keywords
💡IPS
💡VA
💡Input Lag
💡Response Time
💡Overdrive
💡RGB Overshoot
💡Contrast Ratio
💡Backlight Bleed
💡Color Gamut
💡Gamma
💡White Point
Highlights
Comparison between IPS and VA panel technologies for monitor selection.
Sponsorship by Philips for an unbiased comparison of their IPS and VA monitors.
Price difference between VA and IPS panels, with VA panels being generally cheaper.
Different variants of IPS technology, such as PLS and AHVA, are mentioned for clarity.
Input lag measurements show IPS panels to be faster, which is crucial for competitive gaming.
Importance of input lag depending on the user's gaming habits and needs.
Response time comparison with IPS panels generally offering better performance.
Overdrive modes impact on response time and the risk of inverse ghosting.
Visual On-Screen Response Time Test (OSRTT) tool used to demonstrate response time differences.
VA panels' higher overdrive modes can cause more smearing, impacting visual experience.
IPS panels excel in color accuracy and viewing angles, making them ideal for image editing and multimedia work.
VA panels offer superior contrast ratios, beneficial for visually appealing games and dark content consumption.
Backlight bleed and brightness uniformity are better on VA panels, especially for darker content.
IPS panels may have inherent backlight bleeds which can affect the viewing experience.
User preference plays a significant role in choosing between IPS and VA panels based on specific needs.
Call to action for viewers to share their preferences and engage with the content.
Transcripts
I've been wanting to do this video for
quite some time IPS versus VA which
panel technology should you pick and
what is actually right for you well in
this video I'll be giving you my own
subjective opinion as someone who's
reviewed over 200 monitors and objective
data so that you can actually make your
own informed decision now in order for
me to do this video I partnered up with
Philips who kindly sponsored it and here
they sent me two identical 23.8 inch
monitors they are already 24 m1n
3200za a full HD 165 Hertz IPS monitor
and the 24 m1n 3200 VA which is a full
HD 165 Hertz Monitor and as the name
might suggest a VA panel so to kick off
I do want to quickly touch upon the
overall asking price and here as a
general rule of thumb a VA panel is
going to be cheaper than an IPS panel
case in points are the Philips monitors
whereby at the time of filming and in in
the UK the IPS variant can be found for
roughly 200 pounds while the VA
equivalent can be found for roughly 190
pounds there's not much in between it
but if you do look at more expensive
monitors you might actually find that
there's a bigger discrepancy in terms of
the overall asking price now elsewhere I
would like to point out that IPS in
other words in plane switching is also
available in different variants such as
PLS which is plane to line switching and
ahv8 which is not to be confused with
vertical alignment in other words VA
monitors now of course in this video
we're concentrating on IPS and VA only
but if you want a little bit more
history about these different
Technologies when they were created and
where they are actually used do check
out the links in description below for
some more information so with all of
that in mind let's jump straight in and
talk about gaming performance and what
better way to kick off than talk about
input lag now here you will see two
different figures per monitor whereby
you've got an input lag off and on mode
and yes surprisingly the off mode seemed
to result in a slightly better figure
although the differences are absolutely
minimal and somewhat negligible however
what you should be looking at is the
difference between the IPS and the VA
panel and here you can see that the Za
is one of the fastest that I've tested
to date well the VA is one of the
slowest that I've tested the dates now
not all VA panels are equivalent and
indeed there will be some out there that
are faster than their equivalent IPS
alternative but as a general rule of
thumb and from my own subjective input
pun intended I have found that IPS
monitors seem to yield a better result
at least when it comes to input lag now
should you be concerned about input lag
well here it really depends as to the
use case of the monitor if you're a
hardcore competitive gamer like myself
then you will find that input lag is
absolutely one of the most important
things that you should look for on a
monitor if however you're a Casual Gamer
or indeed someone who's just browsing
the web or using it for let's say
development or multimedia work then
input lag won't be of any importance to
you and indeed over here both panel
technologies will be the same now to
further solidify the point on me
preferring an IPS monitor over a VA at
least when it comes to hardcore
Competitive Gaming I have to talk about
response time now here is measured in a
variety of different ways but the
industry standard seems to levitate
around greater grade transitions in
other words g to g and it's mentioned in
milliseconds it's always worth verifying
the manufacturer's claims with a
reviewer like myself now in this instant
these Philips monitors have got
different overdrive modes such as all
monitors out there on the market they
will have different overdrive modes for
you to select from why are they
important well the higher overdrive
modes that you select will give you a
faster average initial time or of course
a faster GTG time in this instance the
Philips monitors have got off fast
faster and fastest now to visualize it
I'm using the osrtt tool and here you
can see the IPS monitor with its
overdrive mode set to off with the
average initial time sitting at 9.25
milliseconds you'll find that at the
bottom left hand side of your screen do
also bear in mind the RGB overshoot
which we'll touch upon very shortly then
as we move to the fast mode preset you
can see the average initial time drops
to 8.79 milliseconds as we go down to
faster it gets down to 7.3 milliseconds
and as we go to the fastest mode presets
it gets to 5.5 milliseconds however you
can see on the RGB overshoot we start
incurring different colors whereby
you've got red orange and also yellow
now these effectively signify that
there's a little bit of inverse ghosting
although in this instance it's
absolutely minimal to the point where
I'll definitely suggest running the
fastest mode presets because you get the
best sort of response time on the
monitor however it's worth considering
that certain monitors aren't as capable
as said IPS monitor and as such in their
highest mode overdrive and thus their
fastest response time you will incur a
lot of inverse ghosting which
effectively is purple trailing and will
definitely throw off your shot speed if
you're a competitive gamer or indeed
incur a significant visual experience if
you're scrolling through text on the web
so what about the VA panel well here you
can see the overdrive off mode and an
average initial time of 17.12
milliseconds then we move over to the
fast mode and we drop down to 14.59
milliseconds on the faster mode preset
sitting at 12.26 milliseconds and
finally on the fastest mode presets we
sit at 10.41 milliseconds with slight
bit of inverse ghosting indeed over here
you are seeing a VA panel with 10.41
milliseconds in terms of its highest
overdrive mode competing with its near
identical IPA sibling that sits at 5.5
milliseconds yet again I am trying to
re-emphasize the point that an IPS panel
generally speaking will give you better
response time now again when it comes to
the overall response time this will be
of importance for those people who are
gaming in disrespect bits casually or in
terms of Hardcore gamers however for
those people who are browsing the web it
will pretty much be a non-issue whereby
a monitor with a very high response time
is not going to be something that you're
going to have to be worried about
however the visual experience which I
touched upon in terms of inverse
ghosting or indeed the purple trailing
is something that you want to consider
here VA panels have got a thing called a
VA smearing and of course it very much
is linked to the overall overdrive mode
that you select whereby the higher
overdrive modes will often incur a more
amount of smearing but in this instance
the differences between the IPS and VA
panel are Stark you can see here the UFO
ghosting test is very much clear on the
IPS monitor while you switch to the VA
panel you can see that no matter in
terms of the overdrive modes that is a
lot more apparent and this is very much
the case when you're looking at a
brighter image on a darker background
however it isn't much of an issue when
you're looking at a lighter image on a
lighter background now I don't want you
to get the impression that I dislike VA
panels far from it I just think that for
hardcore competitive Gamers an IPS panel
will likely be a better pick at least
when you look at the overall state of
the market now if you look at a VA panel
in my opinion these are a bit more tuned
for casual gamers despite what I've said
so far there are some others out there
that have got minimal input lag good
response time and also got minimal
amounts of va smearing and also give you
far superior contrast ratio just to put
into perspective these Philips monitors
were tested and here the VA panel
achieved a contrast ratio of a whopping
3100 to 1 while in comparison the IPS
equivalent got a measly 1 300 to 1 in
IPS terms that's actually still pretty
impressive however is no competition to
its VA sibling indeed here is scoring
more than double the contrast ratio and
therefore will be certainly better for
those people who have playing more
visually appealing games and want to
have a little bit more contrast when
they're panning from different scenes
now this does perfectly lead me onto
image quality and here both Philips
monitors have got a dedicated srgb
emulation mode which will be preferable
for image editors or video graders at
least who are working for the Web format
and then also different preset modes
such as the 6500 Kelvin option that you
can select through the OSD which doesn't
limit you in terms of the overall Peak
brightness that you can use because you
can adjust the brightness on the Fly
whereas the srgb mode locks it in place
at its maximum level now in srgb mode
with the IPS panel I had the gamut
coverage tested at 99.1 percent srgb and
again a volume tested at 108.4 percent
you can see below here how comparison
the srgb standards for the average delte
where lower is better I had 1.4 where
the maximum set at 2.62 both very
impressive figures as for the measured
white point it sat at 6
6710 Kelvin at one hundred percent while
the gamma curve sat quite close to the
2.2 standards now as we shift our
attention to the VA panel you can see
here that the gamma coverage and Gamma
volume is slightly different at 95.2
percent and 99.5
respectively it's actually a little bit
closer in comparison to the format as
you can see below but here the average
DLT does drop at 1.39 with the maximum
sitting at 5.97 while the gamma curve is
still quite close to the 2.2 standard
and the measured white point at 6792
Kelvin at 100 is certainly impressive
here when it comes to Raw image quality
the IPS model actually sticks out on top
now as we shift away from srgb and go on
to the 6500 Kelvin preset you can see
that the IPS monitor does indeed have a
white color gamut whereby it's hitting
the Adobe RGB and DC ip3 modes and
surpassing the srgb mode indeed over
here you can see the color accuracy is
unsurprisingly dropped in comparison to
the srgb standard where about average
LTE and the maximum delti sit at 2.96
and 7.51 respectively the measured white
point is still impressive at 6649 Kelvin
at 100 where the gamma curve is not too
far off now on the flip side the VA
panel actually does surprisingly well
outside of its srgb mode whereby its
gamma coverage is actually pretty
impressive in comparison to the 2.2
standard and as for its measured white
point it's pretty much bang on at
6541 Kelvin at 100 percent yet again
this is a wide color gamut monitor
therefore surpassing the srgb standard
and therefore it should come as no
surprise to see that the average LTE and
maximum delties have increased in other
words dropped in terms of oral color
accuracy at 3.4 and 9.6 respectively now
aside from the barrage of numbers what
I'll say subjectively is that when I was
comparing both I felt that an IPS
monitor just looked a little bit better
it popped in terms of colors it didn't
look as washed out and also had fast
Superior viewing angles therefore
resulting in a better experience of
course I don't expect people to be
looking at their monitor at extreme
angles but it's just something worth
considering and also some sort of
knowledge that you should know on birth
Technologies now on the flip side
however when I was looking at the images
that I shot of the Audi e-tron s for
totally EV I noted that the contrast
ratio of the VA panel was far superior
as I did mention before the VA panel is
able to produce far superior contrast
ratio and as such the red Audi e-tron
seemed to stand out a little bit more
from the Blurred background and
therefore produced better contrast ratio
now here a VA panel certainly has its
Forte but what really stands out more
than anything for you to consider a VA
panel over an IPS panel and of course if
this is of importance to you is the
overall backlight bleeds now here IPS
panels are very much inherent and have
some sort of ips bleeds while the
Philips monitor that I had didn't have
too much inherent IPS bleeds a VA panel
pretty much is non-existent and indeed
provides a much more uniform image
therefore being far more appealing if
you're playing or consuming much more
darker content in other words let's say
if you're playing a game such as Batman
or indeed you use dark mode for example
on Google Chrome then you might actually
appreciate that sort of contrast and
also lack of backlight bleeds on a VA
panel the same could be said about the
overall brightness uniformity which kind
of goes hand in hand with backlight
bleeds whereby the VA panel was fast
appeared than the IPS panel that was
tested this is somewhat panel Lottery
and you could potentially find an IPS
panel which is pretty perfect but again
as a general rule of thumb a IPS panel
where it comes to backlight bleed
brightness uniformity and also contrast
ratio will be far outclassed by a VA
alternative so there we have it a
detailed breakdown of ips and VA panel
Technologies hopefully you've
appreciated both the objective and
subjective data that I've provided and
I've been treated here which one you
would pick down the comments section
Below in my case I would much prefer an
IPS panel and as such I can see myself
buying the Philips IPS variant if you
want buy links to the monitors that I've
mentioned do check them down in the
description below now yet again I would
like to thank Phillips for sponsoring
this video and also allowing me to do
such a detailed breakdown of the
Technologies it's a real privilege to be
able to competitor to and given they
come from the same manufacturer it gives
it somewhat of a Level Playing Field now
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