The cornerstone of picture quality, contrast refers to the range between a display’s darkest black levels and brightest highlights. Because VA-style panels excel at producing deep, dark black ...

With VA panels the angle you can watch them before the picture starts to deteriorate sharply can be really quite limited – as little as 20 degrees off axis. While we’d say the 178-degree claims for ...

and VA panels – in that order – with the VA panel being obviously much darker. Note, image brightness is falsely high in these photos to demonstrate the effect. Which LCD panel type is best ...

With IPS and VA monitors side ... being used to light up the picture, the brightness and contrast can be more finely and accurately controlled. MiniLED and microLED panels use smaller, more ...

and noticing how doing so caused local picture distortion of the sort you get with VA panels, but not IPS panels. Once I’d noticed it, though, LG confirmed with me that VA panels are being used ...

Unlike other hardware specifications (which are usually listed on the side of a TV box or on the manufacturer’s website), information about a TV’s LCD panel type is a bit more inside ... picture ...