Question Advice 21: 9 VA programming 3D CAD design and gaming

[Grealish01]

I see that in the workplace, (especially in programming) people always recommend IPS monitors totally excluding the VAs as if they don't even have to consider them (in these production areas), I already know that IPS are better, but for budgetary reasons I have to exclude them as a choice, my question is: what is the most important thing a VA can have to get closer to an IPS? Or in any case in what a VA (for work use) can not sin? (at the level of technical characteristics of the panel). In your experience, if you have something that can be useful to me in choosing the monitor I would be happy to listen to you, I just ask you not to give too obvious answers.

 

[Lutfij]

The technology used to manufacture said panels are different to which there can and will be pro's and cons to them. If there's anyone stating that this one monitor/panel is the end all be all device then clearly they are being biased since not everyone will want the same thing in a panel, i.e, not everyone will have the same use case scenario.

The best piece of information I can offer you is, if you're going to be staring at a panel for hours on end due to designing, then you shouldn't be looking at a VA panel, more along the lines of an IPS panel. If you're looking at gaming, then a VA panel...but the style of gameplay you're going to be playing is also going to affect your panel choice. If I were you, I'd look into two panels, one being for gaming the other for productivity.

This is the best I can state without asking you for your location, a budget on your panel purchase and the sort of specs your system has.

 

[Grealish01]

The technology used to manufacture said panels are different to which there can and will be pro's and cons to them. If there's anyone stating that this one monitor/panel is the end all be all device then clearly they are being biased since not everyone will want the same thing in a panel, i.e, not everyone will have the same use case scenario.

The best piece of information I can offer you is, if you're going to be staring at a panel for hours on end due to designing, then you shouldn't be looking at a VA panel, more along the lines of an IPS panel. If you're looking at gaming, then a VA panel...but the style of gameplay you're going to be playing is also going to affect your panel choice. If I were you, I'd look into two panels, one being for gaming the other for productivity.

This is the best I can state without asking you for your location, a budget on your panel purchase and the sort of specs your system has.

my position is somewhere between the two. Let's say a little more gaming than design. The things I do for the longest time are programming, everyday use, gaming and design

 

[hotaru.hino]

The only thing IPS does that's better than VA is viewing angles. Otherwise its static contrast ratio is barely better than TN. VA on the other hand, has a much better static contrast ratio, but otherwise has basically similar viewing angles as TN. Everything else about the monitor, such as color accuracy, refresh rate, response time, etc. depends largely on how the monitor was manufactured. The only specs that are objectively consistent between panel types are color depth (which has nothing to do with accuracy), viewing angles and static contrast ratio.

After having used IPS panels for around 9 years, I switched to using a VA panel monitor this time around. I honestly can't really tell a huge difference because the last IPS monitor I used was a relatively higher end monitor that by all measures, had good image quality anyway.

 

[Grealish01]

The only thing IPS does that's better than VA is viewing angles. Otherwise its static contrast ratio is barely better than TN. VA on the other hand, has a much better static contrast ratio, but otherwise has basically similar viewing angles as TN. Everything else about the monitor, such as color accuracy, refresh rate, response time, etc. depends largely on how the monitor was manufactured. The only specs that are objectively consistent between panel types are color depth (which has nothing to do with accuracy), viewing angles and static contrast ratio.

After having used IPS panels for around 9 years, I switched to using a VA panel monitor this time around. I honestly can't really tell a huge difference because the last IPS monitor I used was a relatively higher end monitor that by all measures, had good image quality anyway.

thanks for the explanation, may i ask you if you ever had 1500R or 1800R curved monitors?

 

[hotaru.hino]

thanks for the explanation, may i ask you if you ever had 1500R or 1800R curved monitors?

My current one is a 1500R. It's a little weird using it at first but you get used to it.

 

[Grealish01]

My current one is a 1500R. It's a little weird using it at first but you get used to it.

have you ever tried a 1800R?

 

[hotaru.hino]

have you ever tried a 1800R?

Actually I should correct last post. My current monitor is a 1000R one, which is the highest curvature you can get as far as I know. I would imagine an 1800R one basically looks flat after being used to a 1000R one.