IPS Glow - Why?

Soldato
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Maybe it's because monitors use a different tech to what you find in a TV, but why are many TVs advertised as IPS, yet they don't come with the same kind of issues that you find on your average PC IPS monitor?

I've tested several IPS monitors that have all had issues of one sort or another, specifically glow and BLB. On the other hand, I've got a cheap (for its size) LG 70" TV hanging from my wall with no visible imperfections in the screen and certainly no sign of glow.

Is the tech different or is it down to something else?
 
Glow is inherent to the tech, its a result of the manufacturing process. Called LC pre-tilt angle.

The point I was mostly trying to make is that my TV is IPS and displays none of these characteristics - also its blacks are much deeper and this isn't an expensive model. When I go into a shop selling TVs, I see no IPS glow on any of them. What's so good about TVs that they don't have awful uniformity and half of the screen looking like someone's shining a torch on it?
 
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