I absolutely love the way he explains such a complex topic in such an understandable manner. The way he used the examples from real life so that we can relate to it was absolutely amazing. I have become a huge fan of this guy.
As always, PowerCert is the crème de la crème when it comes to explaining computer and tech related things as basic as possible while still being highly informative. If they ever going to replace tech articels on Wikipedia with video's only, I highly recommend this guy! 😅😜
searching about monitor 4 month ago and i want to know what actually monitor is, searching many videos and article but this video explained everything in one video, very great, thank you
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
1. TN is known for beating IPS in response time. That's why the Zowie monitors (which still uses TN) are more popular than any monitor in e-sports, espescially in CSGO. 2. Only TN was able to perform close to it's advertised response time. The Zowie monitors (with a little bit of changing the OD settings) measured an average of 1.4 ms. Compared to the rest of the popular gaming monitors, which measure an average of 2-3 ms, this is fast by today's standards. 3. With OLED becoming cheaper and QLED about to release, IPS will be inferior when it comes to gaming. OLED and QLED will be a balance between fast competitive tryhard response time and high color accuracy for PS nerds. With OLED being cheaper, QLED about to release, and the problems of backlight bleed, IPS is and will be always a joke in the future. Always remember, do not take marketing seriously.
@@rarinth IPS is not and will not be a joke in the future. I think it's you who needs to check the marketing stories. With miniled technology, an IPS panel is almost as good color-wise as an OLED, while having none of its drawbacks. The burnin is a serious issue for a monitor (less so for a TV). That's why IPS will be the standard for at least the next decade. TN is only marginally faster than IPS nowadays and only the top competitive players can actually benefit from it.
@@Winnetou17 Still, OLEDs are far better than, any IPS panel, even MiniLED, even if MiniLED has higher nits of brightness compared to OLED, OLED is far more responsive and color acurrate than any IPS panel. MiniLED suffers from backlight problems when it comes to, for example: "a white text in a dark background" its called, blooming o halo effect which makes certain scenarios not color acurrate and sometimes frustrating. This is where micro-OLED comes in, it has better contrast ratio, faster or same response time as OLED and better brightness, and pixel density. Currently used in Apple Vision Pro, best technology so far, not coming in the new future tho, sadly. (there is another one kinda cheaper its called microLED)
IPS will not never be a joke, Sir. At least, IPS share most of the market now.(IPS = VA >>TN). Besides, even if OLED getting cheaper, but it will never cheaper than IPS. IPS will always exist indeed.@@rarinth
Damn, I was looking for some informations about differences between LCD, LED, OLED like 1-2 months ago and now you're on this topic, thank you very much. Your videos are super simply explained, keep it up
MicroLED and quantum dot nanolight emitting diode can't come sooner!😒😑 The backlit era of displays (looking at you LCD!) needs to end once and for all.
You didnt include any of the pros for CRT monitors which is a shame. First advantage is that they don't have a fixed resolution like modern panels, you could feed them 640x480, 1024x768 or even 1600x1200 and the picture will look good no matter which you use. On an LCD you HAVE to use the native resolution otherwise the monitor will have to upscale to fill the screen, this will give you a softer and blurier picture. Other advantages include the super dark black levels which only OLED can match, zero ms response time and perfect motion clarity, no ghosting and no tricks needed to get crystal clear motion.
QHD is not the same as 2k. Many people does this mistake and it infuriates me. 2k is more like FullHD with extra horizontal pixels whereas QHD is more like 2,5k.
This video is very, very informative. I love how you included the explanation of concepts and technologies like refresh rate and panel types in this video. It leaves the viewer with a thorough grasp of the entire subject and no open questions. Personally, I get back to this channel over and over again whenever I want to learn about hardware or networking, and I am never disappointed. Many thanks to you!
i think you forgot to add performance of oled compares to TN, what about refres rate and latency? and also what about AMOLED, sAmoled displays? and didn't mentioned 8k as resolution
we could also add that CRT monitors even if they are old and bulky, still has the best latency-reaction time, worth it? probably not, TN and any true type of gamer monitors already doing a pretty good job even for any esport activity, but u know, its still a thing, also, they have some good retro aesthetics, old pixel games looks better with them, than on a LCD one
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)
I bought a 4K IPS monitor 6 years ago or so and it had severe back light bleeding, expensive product and I couldn't stand it. Returned it, but wouldn't want to buy IPS for a monitor ever again after that. Sadly I want something that doesn't exist yet (27" QD-OLED or something better? with at least 144 hz that isn't curved). Currently on a 24" TN @ 1440p 165hz
Every time I watch your new uploads, I am amazed by the quality. The editing and animations are executed perfectly. Thank you for making difficult concepts so easy to understand!
The only question i have is that if TN panels have a higher refresh ratio than IPS, why are high end gaming laptops coming with IPS panels and not TN??? I remember TN panels being used in lower end Lenovo Thinkpads back in the day. My brand new Legion gaming laptop came with an IPS panel that has 60 hertz refresh rate. I don't know any newer gaming laptop using a TN panel.
My guess is that higher refresh rates and response times will drain the battery more quickly, so the advantages of TN would not be taken advantage of. Also, typical laptop usage may not allow the user to sit perfectly in front of the panel, which would lead to color shifting; especially applies if standing or attempting to show the display to another person while operating it.
It used to be that IPS couldn't reach the performance of TN (the first high refresh rate monitors were TN while IPS lagged behind), however the technology has since improved and IPS can now get really good performance as well so these days IPS is more or less the standard as it offers good quality and also pretty good performance.
Thank you so much for this video. I am an illustrator looking for a more professional monitor (=better for print). Of course i knew IPS was best for me. But thanks to you now i know why 😄 Keep up the great work 🤘 PS: since you mentioned OLED, would you recommend IPS over OLED for graphic design (and other crewtive porfessions)? But your video
Gaming is not only about refresh rates or response time , It's all in one category , Image quality true colors , accuracy , sharpness and everything , so i would recommend to use an Ips monitor or oled , don't buy the behind ones of these two..
and they don't exist anymore thank god only because you never experienced the full potential of a crt because of our crapy pcs back then doesn't mean they are thankfully gone they still have advantages to this day your oled can't replicate like 0ms latency and no motion blur even on low refresh rates and better models can go up to 240hz have variable refresh rate and every resolution is native because of how the electron guns draw the image but well the tv sets are crap
Acctually there`s a slight error on the resolutions name, 2560x1440 is 2,5k, not 2k as people usually say, because it is 2.500 pixels wide (so, 2,5k). And 1920x1080 would be closer to 2k (the real 2k resolution is 2048x1080p, a slighty different aspect ratio than 16:9). The same applies to 3840x2160p, it's right to call it 4k since it's very close, but the "Real 4K" would be 4096x2160p (the exact double of 2k)
Important distinction, the electron guns in a CRT are NOT "colors", they only hit specific colored phosphors. The individual guns are largely the same.
TN panels are virtually dead in the gaming monitor space, with the exception being ultra high refresh rates (i.e. 540hz) for ESports competition. The vast majority of 240hz and even 360hz LCD displays are IPS. TNs used to dominate the budget end, but that hasn't been the case for a long time. Secondly, VA displays typically have the worst response times, not better than IPS, that's why they're non existent in the ultra high-refresh rate section, because the monitor response times cannot keep up with the refresh rate, losing the benefit of the high refresh rate. I honestly feel like you would make bad purchase decisions based on this information. I'd advise looking at something more recent if in the market for a new monitor.
This is a very good intro to monitors. Still, even if there are other channels that already did it, it'd be nice if you talked more about CRTs, because even if they've their downsides (physical characteristics aside, they can not be replaced that easily if broken, they can not be repaired that easily, and modern operating systems/drivers don't work very well with them, even if very good adapters like DVI-D to VGA and DP to VGA exist) they're still a nice option for some cases, and they're a nice jump to the past.
One case would include retro games that go back to the NES era (they even took advantage of a CRT's imperfections), Because they dont look as good as when theyre displayed on a pixel perfect LCD or OLED, compared to a CRT side by side. And CRTs (most notably Sony PVMs or Trinitron/DIamondtron tubes) are starting to become valuable to this sort of thing
@@ashii_ii Leaving the "fake collector for profit" argument aside, yes, it's TVs that help retroconsoles look better because the consoles were developed with those TVs in mind. I managed to get one, but I don't use it much at all, and tested some games with the Xbox 360 on it. Let's just say that they look funny (the low resolution and blurriness make it difficult to see, but light and color feel different because of the characterystics of the tube). Would rather use the $k tv with 720p output for an Xbox.
This is the most comprehensive, easy to understand video on monitors. I've been surfing on RUclips for so many different videos and this is definitely the best video.
excellent video, you really helped explain the very conjugated market terminology nowadays, however, there is one false statement. TA panels used to be the most 'ideal' for gaming as these panels for the longest time had the most research poured into them, however, the last few years, IPS has made purchasing TN pointless. IPS has much better viewing angles and contrast ratio (easier to see in dark games, which is important in esports), and due to the price of these panels falling, much research has also made more recent IPS models easily push 180- 240hz, with some future monitors coming out as 360hz or even 500hz! Not really your fault for getting this wrong since this market changes so quickly but yea, TN panels are basically dead, IPS panels have really become affordable nowadays with much better benefits.
You forgot to mention monitors with a 16 x 10 ratio which came out before the 16 x 9 ratio monitors. 16 x 10 ratio monitors are better for graphics as they give you more real estate on the screen. I have several ASUS ProArt monitors with this ratio. You can still buy monitors with the 16 x 10 ratio today but they are more expensive.
Wrong on so many levels. Lg displays WOLED displays all have colour filter since they are using white oled light. QD oled has no colour filters. Most gamer monitors are IPS, not TN, also VA has the slowest response time, thats why they dont used in gaming application, plus they have 3000:1 or better contrast ratio, thats makes them better for photo or video work.
I feel like it might have been worth mentioning taller aspect ratios. Even though they're pretty much exclusive to laptops, I feel like it's important to know they're out there. I mean I don't know if you could buy a 16:10 or 3:2 monitor, but the panels exist.
TN panel is a bad idea for your work. Seriously, you yourself just said that TN has poor colour reproduction. A content creator/video editor should use a quality IPS monitor. TN monitors are for high end gaming and nobody else, and only if you don't care about the colours. Also, there's MiniLED, MicroLED, e-ink, quatum dot and more. Those are all very expensive, but better than all of the ones shown in the video. Maybe also explain the difference between pentile and stripe pixel arrangement.
Can a normal LED just be a pure matrix of RGB sub pixels? I don't understand why u need OLED to do that. Just have normal LED matrix, no need for liquid crystal filtering a backlight. Isn't that possible?
Thank you SO very much for making these videos! I’m trying to do a career change from retail into IT and I’ve been constantly watching your video on the CompTIA A+ certification. Keep up the great work because visuals really help, especially for us people with ADHD. 👍
I like the old shape monitors or tv`s to be called 12x9. this helps people who no nothing about screen shapes.They see the 9 in both screen shapes ( 16x9 and 4x3)(16x9 and 12x9) and see the 16x9 tv is the same height as their old tv but wider.This when there were not many widescreen tv`s about.
to think that people forgot or never knew that all those problems and limitations, fixed resolution, ghosting, blurring, poor view angle, poor colors/blacks/whites, slow response, input lag, etc etc etc... were not existant in CRT monitors...
I want to buy a monitor, my first monitor. I do 3D graphics. You left out one very important thing for me. I can't and don't want to ever wear glasses. So, what kind of motor is the most harmful to the eyes? I already keep the brightness to a minimum. Which monitor is best for the eyes?
If it weren't for price and burn-in, OLED would be the very definition of perfection, but then again, nothing's perfect, and there will always be pros and cons, great video.
Something not mentioned about resolution; Older CRT monitors could usually display a range of resolutions. They couldn't go as high as today's monitors, but it wasn't uncommon to find ones that would go up to 1600x1200. This wasn't just a meaningless setting in your Desktop preferences, the monitor would actually adjust itself to display that exact resolution. CRT monitors/TVs are also the only type of display that traditional lightguns will work on. Some companies are now starting to make lightguns that can be used with LCD displays, but if you have an old lightgun, it's not going to work with modern displays. By contrast, all LCD monitors are manufactured with a resolution that is set in stone. If a monitor has a resolution of 1920x1080, that's the resolution it will always display. It literally can't display anything else. If you set your Desktop to a different resolution, like 1280x720, the monitor will show it, and it will mostly look OK, but the monitor will be scaling it up to 1920x1080, which loses that "razor sharp" look that LCDs displays all boast. Likewise if you set the Desktop to a higher resolution, the monitor will scale it down, losing detail in the process. Another thing to consider is that the higher the resolution you set your computer to, the more CPU power it takes to drive that display. This probably doesn't matter with causal everyday use, but when watching videos or playing games, higher resolutions are more demanding. A game that might run at 60 FPS at 1280x720 might stutter when played at 1920x1080 or higher.
Wow, I really learned a lot, I knew these different types of monitors existed just never bothered to look up the differences. The reason I prefer watching your videos is because of the visuals and the way you explain it so clearly and make it interesting!
Please keep in mind the electron guns as RGB is not the emission colors rather the layer of phosphor they hit at back end of the screen. Those are showed as colored for purpose of explanation.
Really good video but very important note: MOST VA PANELS ARE NOT GOOD FOR GAMING They have better blacks and the color are still decent enough compared to an ips but they have very slow response times when the background is black which leads to insane amounts of ghosting. For now the only exception to this rule are the Samsung g7/g8/g9
Watching this on an OLED equipped phone really puts it into perspective. I use a pure black wallpaper simply because it's so dark it blends into the phone's frame.
Wow that's a rare beast, a flat screen CRT. You could buy them, but they were prohibitively expensive. Joking over, thank you for another extremely detailed and informative video Mr Powercert.
CRT is meant for retro gamers and keep them as treasures than everyday display. Light Guns are the key selling points for CRTs when playing Duck Hunt, as they only work with CRT tech compare to LCD which the Light Gun cannot register anything.
TN for gaming? Maybe if you’re gaming on a 3DS. 😂 IPS panels are far superior for gaming. And they offer response times today that rival that of what TN panels can produce. Never buy a TN panel for gaming. IPS first, or if you want something a little more affordable, VA.
IPS is type of panel that also used in Smartphones. For example, some Android phones (LG that I know) and maybe Apple (it called retina or LED Backlit IPS)
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What is VA?
OLED it is then. Been using OLED since 2016. LG 55 E6. I will never go back. Never!
wow, you have an awesome monitor.
Ayy, it's PowerCert! Keep up the great work!
Never seen a 0.5ms screen, awesome
The expert of explaining back at it again
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Yes
You are two trillion% right
BOSS
Or the expert of PowerPoint, I presume.
I absolutely love the way he explains such a complex topic in such an understandable manner. The way he used the examples from real life so that we can relate to it was absolutely amazing. I have become a huge fan of this guy.
As always, PowerCert is the crème de la crème when it comes to explaining computer and tech related things as basic as possible while still being highly informative. If they ever going to replace tech articels on Wikipedia with video's only, I highly recommend this guy! 😅😜
searching about monitor 4 month ago and i want to know what actually monitor is, searching many videos and article but this video explained everything in one video, very great, thank you
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
1. TN is known for beating IPS in response time. That's why the Zowie monitors (which still uses TN) are more popular than any monitor in e-sports, espescially in CSGO.
2. Only TN was able to perform close to it's advertised response time. The Zowie monitors (with a little bit of changing the OD settings) measured an average of 1.4 ms. Compared to the rest of the popular gaming monitors, which measure an average of 2-3 ms, this is fast by today's standards.
3. With OLED becoming cheaper and QLED about to release, IPS will be inferior when it comes to gaming. OLED and QLED will be a balance between fast competitive tryhard response time and high color accuracy for PS nerds.
With OLED being cheaper, QLED about to release, and the problems of backlight bleed, IPS is and will be always a joke in the future. Always remember, do not take marketing seriously.
@@rarinth IPS is not and will not be a joke in the future. I think it's you who needs to check the marketing stories. With miniled technology, an IPS panel is almost as good color-wise as an OLED, while having none of its drawbacks. The burnin is a serious issue for a monitor (less so for a TV). That's why IPS will be the standard for at least the next decade. TN is only marginally faster than IPS nowadays and only the top competitive players can actually benefit from it.
@@Winnetou17 Still, OLEDs are far better than, any IPS panel, even MiniLED, even if MiniLED has higher nits of brightness compared to OLED, OLED is far more responsive and color acurrate than any IPS panel. MiniLED suffers from backlight problems when it comes to, for example: "a white text in a dark background" its called, blooming o halo effect which makes certain scenarios not color acurrate and sometimes frustrating. This is where micro-OLED comes in, it has better contrast ratio, faster or same response time as OLED and better brightness, and pixel density. Currently used in Apple Vision Pro, best technology so far, not coming in the new future tho, sadly. (there is another one kinda cheaper its called microLED)
IPS will not never be a joke, Sir. At least, IPS share most of the market now.(IPS = VA >>TN). Besides, even if OLED getting cheaper, but it will never cheaper than IPS. IPS will always exist indeed.@@rarinth
@@nagiaachou3618 yeah, oled will still be more expensive than ips, but there are now things such as qled or micro led
Damn, I was looking for some informations about differences between LCD, LED, OLED like 1-2 months ago and now you're on this topic, thank you very much. Your videos are super simply explained, keep it up
bro got straight into it so fast i wasn't even ready for it. amazing!
Nice review. OLED costs a fortune. Future monitors are ……. Eye implants.
MicroLED and quantum dot nanolight emitting diode can't come sooner!😒😑
The backlit era of displays (looking at you LCD!) needs to end once and for all.
Another great job. Now I understand monitor specs, performance and pricing a lot better. Thanks for your effort.
You didnt include any of the pros for CRT monitors which is a shame. First advantage is that they don't have a fixed resolution like modern panels, you could feed them 640x480, 1024x768 or even 1600x1200 and the picture will look good no matter which you use. On an LCD you HAVE to use the native resolution otherwise the monitor will have to upscale to fill the screen, this will give you a softer and blurier picture. Other advantages include the super dark black levels which only OLED can match, zero ms response time and perfect motion clarity, no ghosting and no tricks needed to get crystal clear motion.
Thanks so much, I loved from the start the easy going explanation.
You could have explained HDR and 10-bit color.
Great video anyway.
QHD is not the same as 2k. Many people does this mistake and it infuriates me. 2k is more like FullHD with extra horizontal pixels whereas QHD is more like 2,5k.
Man....this dude made everything so easy to understand!
This video is very, very informative. I love how you included the explanation of concepts and technologies like refresh rate and panel types in this video. It leaves the viewer with a thorough grasp of the entire subject and no open questions.
Personally, I get back to this channel over and over again whenever I want to learn about hardware or networking, and I am never disappointed. Many thanks to you!
This is trash dude.
i think you forgot to add
performance of oled compares to TN, what about refres rate and latency?
and also what about AMOLED, sAmoled displays?
and didn't mentioned 8k as resolution
we could also add that CRT monitors even if they are old and bulky, still has the best latency-reaction time,
worth it? probably not, TN and any true type of gamer monitors already doing a pretty good job even for any esport activity, but u know, its still a thing,
also, they have some good retro aesthetics, old pixel games looks better with them, than on a LCD one
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)
What about NanoIPS?
I bought a 4K IPS monitor 6 years ago or so and it had severe back light bleeding, expensive product and I couldn't stand it. Returned it, but wouldn't want to buy IPS for a monitor ever again after that. Sadly I want something that doesn't exist yet (27" QD-OLED or something better? with at least 144 hz that isn't curved). Currently on a 24" TN @ 1440p 165hz
Excellent comment. The new 4k IPS with HDR is more reliable and better than OLED without the risk of burn in.
@@klwthe3rd What about black levels and light bleeding?
Backlight bleed seems more common with high refresh rate IPS panels than those with 60 Hz
Great Job, appreciate your channel
I don't know how this guys doest it. But his videos are the best for understanding tech stuff
Every time I watch your new uploads, I am amazed by the quality. The editing and animations are executed perfectly. Thank you for making difficult concepts so easy to understand!
The only question i have is that if TN panels have a higher refresh ratio than IPS, why are high end gaming laptops coming with IPS panels and not TN??? I remember TN panels being used in lower end Lenovo Thinkpads back in the day. My brand new Legion gaming laptop came with an IPS panel that has 60 hertz refresh rate. I don't know any newer gaming laptop using a TN panel.
My guess is that higher refresh rates and response times will drain the battery more quickly, so the advantages of TN would not be taken advantage of. Also, typical laptop usage may not allow the user to sit perfectly in front of the panel, which would lead to color shifting; especially applies if standing or attempting to show the display to another person while operating it.
It used to be that IPS couldn't reach the performance of TN (the first high refresh rate monitors were TN while IPS lagged behind), however the technology has since improved and IPS can now get really good performance as well so these days IPS is more or less the standard as it offers good quality and also pretty good performance.
I’m here because I saw the Pole Position video game on the thumbnail
great video, but resolution 2560x1440 is not 2K resolution. Many people say it incorrectly.
Yeah, using the logic that makes 3840x2160 4K, 1920x1080 should be called 2K.
IPS displays are becoming way more attractive compared to VA. Their prices are dropping, and their refresh rates are increasing.
How could you forget the superior contrast of the VA panel compared to the IPS and TN?
Yeah and the insane amount of the black level smearing it has
@@podio_km4g532 Not the mini-LED models.
Thank you so much for this video.
I am an illustrator looking for a more professional monitor (=better for print).
Of course i knew IPS was best for me.
But thanks to you now i know why 😄
Keep up the great work 🤘
PS: since you mentioned OLED, would you recommend IPS over OLED for graphic design (and other crewtive porfessions)?
But your video
Oled definitely, i am currently using an oled display and its way better than ips at color reproduction
Gaming is not only about refresh rates or response time , It's all in one category , Image quality true colors , accuracy , sharpness and everything , so i would recommend to use an Ips monitor or oled , don't buy the behind ones of these two..
and they don't exist anymore thank god
only because you never experienced the full potential of a crt because of our crapy pcs back then doesn't mean they are thankfully gone
they still have advantages to this day your oled can't replicate like 0ms latency and no motion blur even on low refresh rates and better models can go up to 240hz
have variable refresh rate and every resolution is native because of how the electron guns draw the image
but well the tv sets are crap
Acctually there`s a slight error on the resolutions name, 2560x1440 is 2,5k, not 2k as people usually say, because it is 2.500 pixels wide (so, 2,5k).
And 1920x1080 would be closer to 2k (the real 2k resolution is 2048x1080p, a slighty different aspect ratio than 16:9).
The same applies to 3840x2160p, it's right to call it 4k since it's very close, but the "Real 4K" would be 4096x2160p (the exact double of 2k)
thank you so much for crystal clear explanation. very insightful.
would be nice to know how the liquid crystals work to create the image....
not the ultimate guide but a good start for beginners.
there is much more to it if you go deeper in this monitor game. :p
The best explanation on YT
Basically
OLED for rich kids
TN for sweaty sweats
VA for mouvy movies.
IPS for normies.
Fluorescent LCDs for chads.
CRT for GODS.
yeah crts have multiple advantages:
no native resolution
good colors
perfect blacks
0 input lag
Thank you for the knowledgeable information.
Important distinction, the electron guns in a CRT are NOT "colors", they only hit specific colored phosphors. The individual guns are largely the same.
This video is already outdated a bit. IPS is no longer the slowest.
WHO da slow Namibia michael?
TN panels are virtually dead in the gaming monitor space, with the exception being ultra high refresh rates (i.e. 540hz) for ESports competition. The vast majority of 240hz and even 360hz LCD displays are IPS. TNs used to dominate the budget end, but that hasn't been the case for a long time. Secondly, VA displays typically have the worst response times, not better than IPS, that's why they're non existent in the ultra high-refresh rate section, because the monitor response times cannot keep up with the refresh rate, losing the benefit of the high refresh rate. I honestly feel like you would make bad purchase decisions based on this information. I'd advise looking at something more recent if in the market for a new monitor.
This is a very good intro to monitors.
Still, even if there are other channels that already did it, it'd be nice if you talked more about CRTs, because even if they've their downsides (physical characteristics aside, they can not be replaced that easily if broken, they can not be repaired that easily, and modern operating systems/drivers don't work very well with them, even if very good adapters like DVI-D to VGA and DP to VGA exist) they're still a nice option for some cases, and they're a nice jump to the past.
One case would include retro games that go back to the NES era (they even took advantage of a CRT's imperfections), Because they dont look as good as when theyre displayed on a pixel perfect LCD or OLED, compared to a CRT side by side.
And CRTs (most notably Sony PVMs or Trinitron/DIamondtron tubes) are starting to become valuable to this sort of thing
@@ashii_ii Leaving the "fake collector for profit" argument aside, yes, it's TVs that help retroconsoles look better because the consoles were developed with those TVs in mind.
I managed to get one, but I don't use it much at all, and tested some games with the Xbox 360 on it. Let's just say that they look funny (the low resolution and blurriness make it difficult to see, but light and color feel different because of the characterystics of the tube). Would rather use the $k tv with 720p output for an Xbox.
This is the most comprehensive, easy to understand video on monitors. I've been surfing on RUclips for so many different videos and this is definitely the best video.
I agree.
PowerCert uses a g-sync 144hz monitor... they're a gamer then... one of us, one of us!...
it would be cool if this video talked about plasma screens
excellent video, you really helped explain the very conjugated market terminology nowadays, however, there is one false statement. TA panels used to be the most 'ideal' for gaming as these panels for the longest time had the most research poured into them, however, the last few years, IPS has made purchasing TN pointless. IPS has much better viewing angles and contrast ratio (easier to see in dark games, which is important in esports), and due to the price of these panels falling, much research has also made more recent IPS models easily push 180- 240hz, with some future monitors coming out as 360hz or even 500hz! Not really your fault for getting this wrong since this market changes so quickly but yea, TN panels are basically dead, IPS panels have really become affordable nowadays with much better benefits.
You forgot to mention monitors with a 16 x 10 ratio which came out before the 16 x 9 ratio monitors. 16 x 10 ratio monitors are better for graphics as they give you more real estate on the screen. I have several ASUS ProArt monitors with this ratio. You can still buy monitors with the 16 x 10 ratio today but they are more expensive.
Wrong on so many levels. Lg displays WOLED displays all have colour filter since they are using white oled light. QD oled has no colour filters. Most gamer monitors are IPS, not TN, also VA has the slowest response time, thats why they dont used in gaming application, plus they have 3000:1 or better contrast ratio, thats makes them better for photo or video work.
I feel like it might have been worth mentioning taller aspect ratios. Even though they're pretty much exclusive to laptops, I feel like it's important to know they're out there. I mean I don't know if you could buy a 16:10 or 3:2 monitor, but the panels exist.
Excellent explanation
can you make videos about different processes like amd vs intel
start making about different mobile technology and its components too
Thank you for explaining how the monitor types work, TN and IPS, I could NEVER find an answer. What is a TFT display? What does VA stand for?
Thank you very much! Your explanation is darmatically good!
TN panel is a bad idea for your work. Seriously, you yourself just said that TN has poor colour reproduction. A content creator/video editor should use a quality IPS monitor. TN monitors are for high end gaming and nobody else, and only if you don't care about the colours.
Also, there's MiniLED, MicroLED, e-ink, quatum dot and more. Those are all very expensive, but better than all of the ones shown in the video.
Maybe also explain the difference between pentile and stripe pixel arrangement.
Can a normal LED just be a pure matrix of RGB sub pixels? I don't understand why u need OLED to do that. Just have normal LED matrix, no need for liquid crystal filtering a backlight. Isn't that possible?
Thank you SO very much for making these videos! I’m trying to do a career change from retail into IT and I’ve been constantly watching your video on the CompTIA A+ certification. Keep up the great work because visuals really help, especially for us people with ADHD. 👍
Please make a detailed vídeo about imput lag and response time for games.
I like the old shape monitors or tv`s to be called 12x9. this helps people who no nothing about screen shapes.They see the 9 in both screen shapes ( 16x9 and 4x3)(16x9 and 12x9) and see the 16x9 tv is the same height as their old tv but wider.This when there were not many widescreen tv`s about.
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to think that people forgot or never knew that all those problems and limitations, fixed resolution, ghosting, blurring, poor view angle, poor colors/blacks/whites, slow response, input lag, etc etc etc... were not existant in CRT monitors...
I want to buy a monitor, my first monitor. I do 3D graphics. You left out one very important thing for me. I can't and don't want to ever wear glasses. So, what kind of motor is the most harmful to the eyes? I already keep the brightness to a minimum.
Which monitor is best for the eyes?
Asus maybe. Eyes always hurt it doesn't matter what are you watch.
woow amazing ,greate explaination ,please make video just like this about which SSD to choose for gamer or Developers who develop apps,games
Iirc OLED still requires a RGB filter since the light source cant produce colours yet, only white light. Though several companies are working on that.
Superb explanation
best channel on earth
If it weren't for price and burn-in, OLED would be the very definition of perfection, but then again, nothing's perfect, and there will always be pros and cons, great video.
Burn in on OLED is a concern for sure. You need to set your display to go off in less than 5 minutes or else you could risk burn in.
@@klwthe3rd Or if you're going to leave it on just make sure it doesn't display a static image.
That is decates old now in this times they will Never burn atleast the samsung , Lg monitors but they are just expensive
@@TheFalsoblanco Well, that might be right to a point, but they still have a long way to go
I thought we got rid of burn it after plasma. Companies went back to a screen that burns images again
Something not mentioned about resolution;
Older CRT monitors could usually display a range of resolutions. They couldn't go as high as today's monitors, but it wasn't uncommon to find ones that would go up to 1600x1200. This wasn't just a meaningless setting in your Desktop preferences, the monitor would actually adjust itself to display that exact resolution. CRT monitors/TVs are also the only type of display that traditional lightguns will work on. Some companies are now starting to make lightguns that can be used with LCD displays, but if you have an old lightgun, it's not going to work with modern displays.
By contrast, all LCD monitors are manufactured with a resolution that is set in stone. If a monitor has a resolution of 1920x1080, that's the resolution it will always display. It literally can't display anything else. If you set your Desktop to a different resolution, like 1280x720, the monitor will show it, and it will mostly look OK, but the monitor will be scaling it up to 1920x1080, which loses that "razor sharp" look that LCDs displays all boast. Likewise if you set the Desktop to a higher resolution, the monitor will scale it down, losing detail in the process.
Another thing to consider is that the higher the resolution you set your computer to, the more CPU power it takes to drive that display. This probably doesn't matter with causal everyday use, but when watching videos or playing games, higher resolutions are more demanding. A game that might run at 60 FPS at 1280x720 might stutter when played at 1920x1080 or higher.
A higher resolution will draw more power from the GPU but not really from the CPU
@@HK417A1 Fair point, but the end result is the same: Higher resultions can cause performance issues if you don't have a powerful enough system.
Wow, I really learned a lot, I knew these different types of monitors existed just never bothered to look up the differences. The reason I prefer watching your videos is because of the visuals and the way you explain it so clearly and make it interesting!
Jan 1st 2010: CRTs Being Discontinued!
Please keep in mind the electron guns as RGB is not the emission colors rather the layer of phosphor they hit at back end of the screen.
Those are showed as colored for purpose of explanation.
VA are not in between, they are just bad for gaming and are a cheap way to achieve HDR, they are good only for watching movies
Did I somehow miss you mentioning the response time for OLED monitors?
Really good video but very important note: MOST VA PANELS ARE NOT GOOD FOR GAMING
They have better blacks and the color are still decent enough compared to an ips but they have very slow response times when the background is black which leads to insane amounts of ghosting. For now the only exception to this rule are the Samsung g7/g8/g9
What about TFT and 5:4 ratio? Most of old LCD's had 1280x1024 resolution wich is 5:4 instead of the 4:3 1280x960.
the 5:4 1280x1024 resolution is nowadays obsolete
13:40 spinning objects and 5:25 formula 1 car 🏎️
LCDs are some of the most garbage displays you can use. I use a crt because it's literally better
"That means that the Whites are 1000x brighter than the Blacks."
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What about NanoIPS? It seems differences between TN and NanoIPS in terms of refresh rates and response times are very similar
thank you so much for this video .you taught me a lot.
Your channel is awsome. It's som much better than the school i went.
now ips montors are also available with high refresh rate and fast response time.
Thanks, I'm taking A+ practice exams and it's like I started bombing the moment they started going into TN, IPS and VA.
Thank you no wonder some high hz monitor colour look dull and boring
Watching this on an OLED equipped phone really puts it into perspective.
I use a pure black wallpaper simply because it's so dark it blends into the phone's frame.
Your voice sounds like Donald trump's speech
Thank you sir!
Wow! Just about a month ago I was hoping you made a video on this.
Cool
fast IPS with HDR and u get best gaming monitor
Thanks
Can you explain regarding QLED?
We have still old CRT monitor in our house
QLED is missing. QLED is amazing and doesn't burn in
What an amazing video. Thanks for that and keep it that way!
Wow that's a rare beast, a flat screen CRT. You could buy them, but they were prohibitively expensive.
Joking over, thank you for another extremely detailed and informative video Mr Powercert.
CRT is meant for retro gamers and keep them as treasures than everyday display. Light Guns are the key selling points for CRTs when playing Duck Hunt, as they only work with CRT tech compare to LCD which the Light Gun cannot register anything.
@@arrowghost btw, CRT is also useful for some competitive games which depends on input lag, example being CS:GO, and speedrunning certain games.
Really great explanation. Thanks indeed keep it up man.
There cannot be a better explanation than this !!! Please can u make next video on the fastes internet protocol for file transfer
TN for gaming? Maybe if you’re gaming on a 3DS. 😂
IPS panels are far superior for gaming. And they offer response times today that rival that of what TN panels can produce.
Never buy a TN panel for gaming. IPS first, or if you want something a little more affordable, VA.
Isn't va response time worse? VA has a lot more ghosting to my knowledge
IPS LCDs are the fastest. Yes, VA LCDs don't look as good as IPS.
i always use Amoled screen from samsung cz it's the best ever
now I'm using dynamic amoled 2x 😊
But is a TN monitor still faster in ms than a IPS?
I have always wanted to know this
one of the best made videos ive seen on youtube! great job! love the funny animations :D
IPS is type of panel that also used in Smartphones. For example, some Android phones (LG that I know) and maybe Apple (it called retina or LED Backlit IPS)