VA or IPS?

[Fayzan]

guys, attaching links for 2 monitors, a VA and an IPS. i'm confused which one to get. 

 

usage

1. figma, yt multi-task 
2. programming, yt multi-task 
3. very rare gaming

links

 

https://amzn.in/d/0bajjXPX - VA

https://amzn.in/d/0aIi56Hs - IPS

 

requirements

1. has to be color accurate cause i use photoshop, figma, illustrator, etc
2. 1080p
3. aspect ratio has to be something like 16:9

[FlyingPotato_is_taken]

IPS

 

Don't buy VA as they have  bad viewing angles and colour shifts.

[tkitch]

both are LCDs.

VA is a type of LCD
TN, IPS, QLED, (and a couple other types)

Are also types of LCDs.

[GuiltySpark_]

For the record, these are both LCD's. 

 

The MSI uses a VA panel and the Acer uses an IPS panel. 

 

The general rule is stay away from cheap VA's and go IPS if given the option. 

[Fayzan]

3 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

For the record, these are both LCD's. 

 

The MSI uses a VA panel and the Acer uses an IPS panel. 

 

The general rule is stay away from cheap VA's and go IPS if given the option. 

ah my mistake, wrote it in flow. have made the edit.

 

i get your point, but just for clarification, would you mind elaborating on reasons to stay away from VA? i just wanna have a clear picture!!

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, Fayzan said:

ah my mistake, wrote it in flow. have made the edit.

 

i get your point, but just for clarification, would you mind elaborating on reasons to stay away from VA? i just wanna have a clear picture!!

I can't speak to the displays in question here, there isn't a whole lot of in depth reviewing when it comes basic displays like this. However, with cheap VA's, typically what you'll get is awful ghosting, black blur and black crush. 

IPS has its weaknesses too, again at this price point. 

 

Truthfully speaking nothing is all that great in this category, best bet is look at stuff in person. If you can't, just buy the IPS.

[mariushm]

They're both cheap and nothing special.

 

21.5" and 1080p is gonna be a pain in photoshop. Wouldn't use less than 27"

 

Acer SA222Q may be IPS but you don't know how good of an IPS panel. Description says 100 Hz refresh rate, 21.5" panel, but nothing about color accuracy.

 

The VA one at least advertises color accuracy ....  95.9% sRGB colour gamut (8-bit, 16.7M colours), 300 nits brightness & high 4000:1 contrast ratio;

 

So the VA one from MSI - if you care about color accuracy - is probably a bit better.

 

 

 

[Psittac]

I've had TN VA IPS nanoIPS and OLED, currently have VA nanoIPS and OLED hooked to one machine

 

VA has gotten pretty good but it's still not as good as IPS given both are good examples of each.  VA can get some color distortion when viewed off axis, if you were going for color accuracy I'd try for an IPS but if not a good VA will work.