Shopping for a VA screen to pair with my LG 27GL850

[Opus131]

I like my LG and i've been happy with it since i bought it but that low contrast ratio and IPS glow is really starting to grate on my nerves. I use my PC for everything, including watching movies and i was thinking of adding a secondary screen to cover up that deficiency.

I'm wondering if there has been any new development on the VA front. I would prefer a flat screen (so something like those 32" LG panels or the flat version of the AOC Q27G2U) but a friend said Samsung has made some progress here?

The reason i want to avoid curved panels is that i've had some bad experienced with some curved Samsung monitors before, which all came with blotches or clouding and had to return them all. I'd rather not go through that again.

I also can't seem to find a lot of info on VA monitors, or at least about what differences there are between them. Is the Q27G2U slower than the 32GN600? Does it have more or less ghosting? Are they all the same? Every comparison i see is between VA in general and IPS, very little info on VA vs VA.

 

[Opus131]

Best way i can describe IPS glow is to think of it like a reflection that you see in the dark rather than during the day. It doesn't feel "threatening" (not like back light bleed or a dead pixel for instance), it's just kinda there, creating a kind of haze effect that moves around when you move, like a reflection on a glossy screen coating would (and one that is really apparent when looking at blacks).

The effect isn't that terrible most of the time (and pictures make it look worse than what it is), but in very dark scenes, it's really noticable. In video games, sometimes it feels like when you are walking in a dark room after standing outside in bright sunlight. If the scene you are in is really dark you feel like you are having trouble making anything out, like there's this bright haze covering everything. The effect i had when i tried my first VA was exactly analogous to your eyes adjusting in the analogy i just made about walking in a dark room after standing in sunlight.

Meanwhile, as far as colors were concerned, both in terms of accuracy and consistency (I.E., colors looking the same across the whole screen), IPS is substantially superior to VA.

That's why i want to have both.