LG Display 23″ e-IPS LCD Monitor Panel Specifications:

• Display: 23″ 8-bit e-IPS (In-Plane Switching) TFT LCD
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
• Brightness: 250 cd/m2
• Response Time: 6ms (GTG: Gray-to-Gray)
• Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
• Viewing Angles: 178/178
• Color Gamut: 72% of CIE1931
• Price: Same as TN

LG Display (LPL) show­cased a num­ber of new LCD pan­els and tech­nolo­gies at CES and one of the more inter­est­ing things that I saw was the company’s shift to lower-cost IPS (In-Plane Switching) tech­nol­ogy. IPS is known for very high lev­els of color fidelity at wide view­ing angles and is incor­po­rated into the best LCD mon­i­tors out there (e.g. Apple). The company’s 23″ e-IPS TFT LCD panel geared for LCD mon­i­tors is touted as hav­ing the same price as TN (Twisted Nematic) LCD pan­els. As you might already know TN LCD pan­els sport fairly fast response times (about 4ms) and is inte­grated into really afford­able LCD mon­i­tors. Watch out TN, here comes e-IPS!

e-IPS is a detuned IPS LCD panel that makes it much less costly to man­u­fac­ture but as you can see the per­for­mance hit is nowhere to be found: response time is a respectable 6ms (GTG), con­trast ratio is a very good 1000:1 and the view­ing angles are 178/178. Brightness is a tad low at 250 cd/m2 but def­i­nitely bright enough for LCD mon­i­tor work.

The Dell 2209WA seems to be sport­ing a 22″ e-IPS LCD panel. The AU$459 MSRP of the 2209WA trans­lates to about US$305. That cer­tainly isn’t going to win the cheap­est 22″ LCD mon­i­tor award but hope­fully it’s just Australia hav­ing higher prices for elec­tronic goods. Let’s hope we get some really nice and low-priced 23″ LCD mon­i­tors in the pipeline soon. Anyone know if there are LCD mon­i­tors already out there that sport LPL’s 23″ e-IPS LCD panel? If you do, please post and let every­one know.