Monitors Explained - LCD, LED, OLED, CRT, TN, IPS, VA

A monitor is the primary output component of a computer. This video explains the different monitor types such as LCD, LED, OLED, and CRT. It also explains the different types of flat panels on LCD monitors such as TN, IPS, and VA. It also discusses resolutions, contrast ratios, refresh rates and response times. Which monitor is the best for gaming?

Topics Include:
Intro: 00:00
CRT Monitor: 00:51
Refresh Rate: 01:34
LCD Monitor: 02:12
Contrast Ratio: 03:52
Flan Panel Types: 04:47
TN Panel: 05:00
Response Time: 05:21
IPS Panel: 06:20
VA Panel: 07:30
OLED Monitor: 08:31
Resolution: 10:19
Aspect Ratio: 11:54
Monitor Recommendation: 12:57

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[mprime]

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[ozakione]

Important note, IPS monitors are becoming more and more affordable and even sometimes at the same price as TN pannels, which makes TN pannels irrelevent to buy because response time is heavily influenced by whats displayed on the monitor & that advertised response time is 99% of the time not the same as the real response time

[TheJCJexe]

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[ThunderKat]

IPS - Can have back light bleeding on cheap/bad models (bad quality control) but they did catch up with the refresh/response time of older TNs.
TN - On high end they do offer a more safe bet having no issues other than color reproduction but for normal use won't be even noticeable.
VA - Most I seen on reviews, even the high-end suffer smearing and is a no go for games on dark environments.
OLED/QD-OLED - Best monitor for every type of use, they are more expensive but becoming affordable as time goes by, burn pixels issues doesn't make them very suitable for PC but slowly getting fix with newer models.
I love IPS as a safe bet (work right out of the box, no issues) and they perform better even for games since color also help spot things better, specially around dark colors where TN usually fails.
OLED is going to be the big jump in technology and will probably replace everything else in the long run but same as SSD vs HDD cheap and durable is always a good option to have.
There is also 10 bit color on OLED been something more of a standard (for professional use).
Some IPS come with HDR technology, this comes for free on OLED since they can already do this natively (as far as I know)

[shankarkesua]

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[adelianto]

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[memelord]

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[charlesmoore]

Hard to imagine a better, more understandable, logically organized presentation than this! Excellent; many thanks!! Even if you already sort-of know this stuff, it's easy to forget the hierarchy and the sequence of development of these displays. We become victims of jargon, and this video puts things in order and makes it easy to understand.

[greenboarder]

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[kaiiiichen]

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[mooripo]

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