LG adopts in-plane switching tech for new LCD HDTVs

Hitachi's in-plane switching technology's been making the rounds of late, and LG Taiwan's the latest to pick it up for use in future LCD HDTVs. Doubling frame-rate, providing a wider field of view, and supposedly upping durability (among other things), apparently we can start to see some IPS-enabled TVs from Korea's #2 in the not too distant future.

[Via Far East Gizmos]

[austin @ Mar 23rd 2008 9:59PM]

what 360 game is that?

[Ziarka @ Mar 24th 2008 12:13AM]

i think thats nene for blue dragon

[Randomness @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:02PM]

Didn't Syntax-Brillian Olevia tv's have IPS years ago?

[v3xx @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:12PM]

and you still cant afford one.

[Randomness @ Mar 24th 2008 4:16AM]

Actually, I knew I heard IPS and S-IPS and Olevia somewhere, and both my Olevia TV's have it. o.0 It's not like they're super high-end either. I did some research and Syntax uses LG IPS panels in some sets. They've been doing so since 1996 at least. Is this article correct at it being a new thing, or was there some update of the IPS technology?

[v3xx @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:11PM]

lol @ his tiny arm

[Harrie @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:13PM]

LG TVs in the US have been using IPS for a while, as far back as 2005. I can't really say that it makes any imporvement over any other manufacturers displays without it though.

[RD. @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:50PM]

He's right, check out the LG 32LB9D as an example.

[ecorn @ Mar 24th 2008 12:28AM]

Harrie is right. LG's main panel supplier, LG Display (formerly LG.Philips LCD), has been a part of the IPS consortium since the organization was formed. I'm pretty sure that none of LG's TVs use VA, rather than IPS (S-IPS, actually).

[Stewart Gordon @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:20PM]

Great page interpretation

[Ian @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:33PM]

The BabelFish translation is great!

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[identitycrisis @ Mar 23rd 2008 10:58PM]

Frankly, this isn't a news. LG Displays has been the major manufacturer of IPS panels ever since LG started manufacturing LCDs. Almost all TV LCD panels are either VA or IPS, and LG uses one of them.

[tumnasgt @ Mar 24th 2008 12:16AM]

Wow, I can't wait to see a viewing angle of more than 178 degress, it will serve what purpose again?

[Tony Rayo @ Mar 24th 2008 12:38AM]

I am planning on buying a 52" Samsung (LN-T5265F to be specific) LCD HDTV. It retails for 3000$, but I found the same retail package online for 1850$ with 3-day truck shipping. It is a good idea to go ahead with this tv (it has everything I need), or would it be worth waiting a couple months?

- Tony R.

[Tony Rayo @ Mar 24th 2008 1:02PM]

Oh, if this feature is just a touch-screen ability then I'm not interested.

[ethana2 @ Mar 24th 2008 1:47AM]

Can that approach benefit OLED too? I want a 4 MP OLED multi-touch dellbuntu tablet with a 16GB SSD and WiMax, built in webcam, 1GB of RAM, C2D on 45nm, 18 cell Li-ion, external optical drive.....

It's just a matter of time and price.. *sigh*
I may be waiting a while, but hopefully I can get that within the next year.

[Christian Torkelson @ Mar 24th 2008 3:46AM]

Is it me or does that guy in the picture look like an Asian Keanu Reeves?

[mymaclife @ Mar 24th 2008 6:38AM]

Sad to see racism has made its way onto Engadget! :(

[Grant @ Mar 24th 2008 12:58PM]

Wait, I'm confused -- this article is written in such a way as to indicate in-plane switching is a somewhat new technology, but Panasonic's been touting their IPS technology since 2005. Me confused.

[Wwhat @ Mar 24th 2008 1:13PM]

You know it does say HDTV IPS, so perhaps it's the resolution that now went HD where previous LG IPS's were lower res?
Or it's just another case of engadget rehashing years old news of course..