# What's the future of LCD panel technology. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-future-of-lcd-panel-technology/650657 "2013-02-18T02:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-future-of-lcd-panel-technology/650657/1 "2013-02-18T02:20:44Z")
Once again I’m looking for a monitor, this time for my stepfather. My Samsung S24A650D, which I bought after about 10 hours of looking up specs and emailing a number of manufacturers to find one that can display millions of colors (8 bit) rather than mere thousands of colors and faking the rest, still has new stock in the pipeline so I might just buy another one of those while I still can. You’d think monitors manufacturers wouldd slap “True Color!!!” on all their products that featured it, but it’s quite a task to actually find wether a given monitor is or is not, or even the underlaying technology used. Maybe they don’t want to draw attention to the fact that the other 95% of their product line fakes color with dithering or frame rate control. To make sure I have the situation right: MVA= True color IPS= Some are true color, some are fake color TN= All fake color. I’m kind of wondering what the future holds. Are panels going to get cheap enough that true color becomes standard. Or since consumers seem not to care, is true color going to disappear. Or is a completely new technology going to replace LCD? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-future-of-lcd-panel-technology/650657/2 "2013-02-18T02:42:32Z")
> [@Mdcastle](#): > > Once again I’m looking for a monitor, this time for my stepfather. My Samsung S24A650D, which I bought after about 10 hours of looking up specs and emailing a number of manufacturers to find one that can display millions of colors (8 bit) rather than mere thousands of colors and faking the rest, still has new stock in the pipeline so I might just buy another one of those while I still can. > > You’d think monitors manufacturers wouldd slap “True Color!!!” on all their products that featured it, but it’s quite a task to actually find wether a given monitor is or is not, or even the underlaying technology used. Maybe they don’t want to draw attention to the fact that the other 95% of their product line fakes color with dithering or frame rate control. > > To make sure I have the situation right: > MVA= True color > IPS= Some are true color, some are fake color > TN= All fake color. > > I’m kind of wondering what the future holds. Are panels going to get cheap enough that true color becomes standard. Or since consumers seem not to care, is true color going to disappear. Or is a completely new technology going to replace LCD? The technical links here do not really support your listing of what is “true color” and not re “MVA= True color”. It’s a lot more complex topic than your grouping suggests. > **[Panel Technologies - TFTCentral](https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/panel_technologies)** > > An article explaining and comparing all the main panel technologies in the monitor market, including TN Film, IPS and VA options [![](https://tftcentral.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/specs.png) ](https://tftcentral.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/specs.png) ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-future-of-lcd-panel-technology/650657/3 "2013-02-18T02:50:50Z")
I’m currently looking at a 6-bit TN laptop screen and an 8-bit IPS monitor side by side. The TN screen looks better in every respect except viewing from the sides. Admittedly it’s newer and higher resolution.