If you want good viewing angles then anything except TN panels will be fine, so that's MVA, PVA or IPS. Contrast ratio is usually a little better on PVA panels, and maybe MVA is just a little better than TN and IPS. We're not talking big differences though and it varies from screen to screen so it's hard to make generalizations. LCD monitors generally don't do a deep black colour, and without a deep black you can't have a good contrast ratio.Secret_Window said:
It's also worth pointing out contrast ratio only really tells you how dark the deepest black the screen will do. Don't assume it means the screen looks 'sharp' or 'vibrant'. It's calculated from the brightness of white divided by the brightness of black. So a screen displaying white might measure 250 cd/m2, displaying black it might measure 0.25 cd/m2, so 250/0.25 gives a contrast ratio of 1000:1.
Half the problem is finding out which screens have which panels. If we're just looking at the widescreen sector then all the 22"ers have TN panels so far. Around half of the 20" have TN panels and generally they're the ones in the £200-230 price bracket, the more expensive screens will be MVA or IPS. 24" are mostly PVA IIRC (like the Dell 2407) although there's been a few 24" TNs around which didn't seem to catch on (Acer did one IIRC). 19" widescreen are all TN.
was so close to buying a 20" LG but this looks like such a better deal 
where from?
