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Are all LCD TVs hard to view at extreme angles?
I just bought a new wide screen, high definition, LCD, 24", TV and the image turns negative/blackish at extreme viewing angles, especially when the TV is mounted high up on a wall, and you look UP at it.
Is this typical of all LCD TVs, or is mine just a cheap one ?? It’s an AOC L24H898, which I bought from Kmart.
Thanks.
Most of the smaller panels, and all the cheap ones have poor viewing off angle. It’s one of those things that LCD fanboys don’t know about, or try to ignore when people try to explain the negatives of LCD panels. Plasmas don’t have this issue.
The better, or more expensive lcd tvs will have IPS panels that give you much wider viewing angles before the image washes out. So bottom line, in your case, this is normal. If you mount up high, just make sure to tilt it down aiming to wherever you will be viewing from most of the time, that’s the only thing you can really do is aim the thing where you’ll be the majority of the time.
4 Responses to “Are all LCD TVs hard to view at extreme angles?”
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February 6th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Yes, some more than others. The cheaper ones do tend to have narrower viewing angles, especially vertically.
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February 6th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
If it has a thick plastic screen then yes you will lose contrast regardless of what the manufacterer is. Samsung has a clear plastic screen which gives you a viewing angle of 178 degrees.
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February 6th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Well it depends on what size TV you get.
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February 6th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Most of the smaller panels, and all the cheap ones have poor viewing off angle. It’s one of those things that LCD fanboys don’t know about, or try to ignore when people try to explain the negatives of LCD panels. Plasmas don’t have this issue.
The better, or more expensive LCD TVs will have IPS panels that give you much wider viewing angles before the image washes out. So bottom line, in your case, this is normal. If you mount up high, just make sure to tilt it down aiming to wherever you will be viewing from most of the time, that’s the only thing you can really do is aim the thing where you’ll be the majority of the time.
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