LG launches new IPS monitors

by Pete Mason on 10 September 2010, 17:43

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While LG makes a good number of LCD monitors, it has largely left the upper-end of the market to companies like Apple and Dell.  Now, though, the company is taking its first tentative steps towards offering higher-quality displays with the announcement of four new IPS-screens (details courtesy of FlatPanelsHD).

The first of the new screens features a 20in 1,600x900px panel and will be sold as the IPS206T.  A choice of VGA or DVI inputs is provided, though unfortunately HDMI has been left off of this model.

Slightly larger is the 21.5in IPS226V, which also has the benefit of a 1,920x1,080px resolution and the addition of an HDMI input.

The final two models - named the IPS236V and IPS231P - are almost identical, at least in terms of the screens.  Both feature a 1080p-capable 23in screen, though only the former includes an HDMI input.  However, the latter has a stand that can be tilted, swivelled, pivoted and raised as well as integrated stereo-speakers and is targeted at the professional market.

The screens all feature in-plane switching (IPS) LCD panels, which give much better colour-reproduction than the more common twisted nematic (TN) panels along with near 180° viewing-angles.  All four screens are also LED-backlit, which should allow for deep blacks and excellent contrast-ratios.

To the chagrin of some, these monitors of course use a cinematic 16:9 aspect-ratio, which has all but replaced 16:10 in desktop monitors.

Unfortunately, LG hasn't revealed any details on pricing or availability.  However, the company has a reputation for making well-built displays that are very affordable.  Hopefully it will choose to continue this tradition with the push into higher-end panels, making IPS screens more feasible for mainstream purchasers.



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Hdmi but no display port???
Ive had faith in LG for many many years, always done good products and whenever i bought something by them its been rock solid. Now, im debating the new dell screens or do i wait and pray that LG release the 23Inch model at ~£200-£300… its very optimistic since its an IPS panel but maybe LG can do it :P.
NEED LESS 16:9. DIE ALREADY.

If you're going to buy an IPS monitor, you're not going to sit and watch films (all that 16:9 is good for)… you've bought it for working on something which requires half-decent colour reproduction hour after hour.

16:9 is completely useless for everything productive that I can think of.

So what they're doing is aiming this at a market which doesn't exist.

What's happened to LG? It wasn't that long ago they were bringing out such epic value monitors as the 915FT Plus (my first great monitor) and could do no wrong?
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NEED LESS 16:9. DIE ALREADY.
++ QFT.

It's bad enough ramming 16:9 down the throats of ‘budget’ customers for the sake of shaving a pound or two off the price of the panel.

One last time, COMPUTER MONITORS ARE FOR COMPUTING.. WATCHING MOVIES AND CRAP IS A NICE ADDED EXTRA YOU MAY USE FROM TIME TO TIME, NOT THE DAY IN DAY OUT TASK OF A COMPUTER USER. :wallbash:
Well I must say I prefer 16:9. The format just seems better, and games appear to fit easier.