What’s the difference between an IPS monitor and a LED monitor?
The difference between LED monitors and IPS monitors is the backlighting technology.
An monitor that runs off of LEDs (light-emitting diodes) has more nits than a standard LCD display, but it will have much less contrast. In comparison, an IPS monitor—which was one of the earliest technologies to compete with LCD—will provide higher contrast ratios and stronger colors deep black tones as well as some off-angle visibility. Please note that while modern versions maintain high quality, older ones had difficulty reproducing color at all due to its triad sub-pixels design: Red would wash out green which in turn washed out blue.
LED screens are far more power efficient, use less energy to produce the same amount of light, and can display richer colors when used as backlights.
IPS monitors consume about 100-130 watts per hour, while LED monitors only consume about 6-25 watts per hour. Since LED displays last much longer than traditional LCDs without requiring a backlight that may need replacing in time (though very few do), the environmental benefit of LEDs is easily perceptible over IPS displays. For this reason alone, it’s worth considering an upgrade if you’re looking for top quality screens in your next transaction.
There are two primary differences – one is the underlying technology and the second relates to price. IPS monitors are usually more expensive than LED displays because of their higher-quality components, like a higher contrast ratio.
The first issue relates to technology. LED monitors are made up of a matrix of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that shine through an array of liquid crystals or transparent pixels in each lit pixel, while displaying images on the screen. IPS panels use light modulators that send different frequencies onto three color filters to create red, blue and green pixels. The better an electro-optical system is at transmitting desired frequencies—or colors—the more vivid and life-like it can reproduce scenes to appear on the screen.
It’s the difference between gradients of color and individual colors.
If you happen to be a designer who likes the smoother gradient of an IPS, or someone with color blindness that finds images easier to distinguish on an IPS monitor, then it’s good for you, but if you’re not, LED is different enough from most other monitors currently used that it will take some time for everything to get setup again.
IPS monitors use in-plane switching (IPS) technology to flip liquid crystals perpendicular to the display, which provides a better vertical viewing angle . LED monitors don’t have this feature that provides a better view compared to IPS. IPS has a much higher contrast ratio due its malleable LCD screen. This means more legible text and graphics on the screen at one time when compared with direct-lit LED panels. Of course, current generation LED displays can match an IPS monitor’s contrast ratios but they’re not as sharp and have worse black levels than those of an IPS monitor. As such, they stand no chance against IPS screens in terms of clarity and seeability.
IPS monitors use the whole screen to display a picture, while LED monitors use several discreet lights and glass panels to show an image.
All LCD displays output the same regular flat rectangular grid of pixels seen in every digital camera. The In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology creates a sharper image with more even color representation than other LCD technologies. This is because each pixel can be reached from above, so you don’t have any of that irritating glow you’ll find on other monitors when looking at images with white backgrounds. That’s as opposed to port-depolarizing or twisted nematic (TN) panels that place objects directly in front of the tube, which limits viewing angles and distorts colors if viewed off angle.
An IPS monitor includes more advanced technology than a LED monitor which results in better image quality, wider viewing angles, and faster response times that range from 10ms to 25ms.
IPS stands for In-Plane Switching. It is an advanced form of LCD technology that significantly improves the picture quality, color reproduction, brightness perception (contrast), and increases viewing angle compared to older generations of LCD display screens. These characteristics produce high quality images with wide aspect ratios – excellent for industrial design applications where you need 2550×1600 resolution or higher.
A LED (light emitting diode) monitor is a type of multimedia projectors usually used in small conferences settings or by sales reps because they are portable and require much less space
An IPS LCD is a flat panel display that employs an in-plane switching as its method of switching. It offers higher input lag than other monitors and lower viewing angles than more expensive VA panels, but it has good contrast ratios with high color accuracy and true 8-bit show support. With IPS technology, you can see consistent results from all your different viewing angles without any washing out or backlight bleed through. This is because of its nature as a less expensive solution to the VA panel’s shortcomings in these areas – while better quality screens offer full 178 degree viewing angles with 0% colour shift, high bezels would mean you lose that clarity
The high-quality IPS monitors offer a consistent and rich color experience.
What does this mean? It means that, in general, lower quality screens show inconsistent colors (too dark or too bright) and less realistic blacks. The resulting picture can be hard on the eyes after extended viewing times because of this inaccurate representation of colors.
LEDs are more prevalent in low cost models, because they can be much cheaper to run for the manufacturer over the duration of ownership. LEDs produce an even backlight and are so thin it is hard to tell that there is one at all! They also consume less power than LCD or plasma…but come with a trade off if you’re looking for best possible image quality for TV watching.
