answersLogoWhite

0

There are many different definitions for IPS, but I am going to go with In-Plane Switching, a technology used in newer LCD screens to give a wider viewing angle and better coloring.

In an LCD monitor, there is a backlight which emits the actual light, covered by a thin film of crystals (hence the name, Liquid Crystal Display) that filters out colors of light to change the backlight's color at certain pixels. In older TN monitors (the technology that came before IPS), these crystals moved perpendicular to the plane of the monitor, which created coloring errors when not viewed directly head-on. IPS fixes this, moving the crystals parallel to the plane of the monitor instead of perpendicular to it.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?