Tutorial TN and IPS Displays - Which does my 3DS have?

[SomeGamer]

Im confussed... The mine its TN or IPS? My console its an O3DS XL Blue/black.

Photo:

(If you need it,i will take another photo.)

I think it's TN.

 

[Procyon]

Im confussed... The mine its TN or IPS? My console its an O3DS XL Blue/black.

Photo:

(If you need it,i will take another photo.)

Think TN that's what they said about my pic, which screen looks the same

 

[Jayro]

My 2DS seems to be TN. Bought it April of 2015.

 

[Pereb]

both the DS lite and DSi/XL got dual IPS displays

I'm 100% certain this is false, do you have any source for this?

 

[NekoMichi]

I'm 100% certain this is false, do you have any source for this?

Hmm, I might have remembered incorrectly. Just checked, found a DSi with a TN display but a DSi XL with an IPS display. Or at least, the XL doesn't seem to lose colour when viewing the top screen from extreme angles. Will update the article accordingly.

 

[Pereb]

Hmm, I might have remembered incorrectly. Just checked, found a DSi with a TN display but a DSi XL with an IPS display. Or at least, the XL doesn't seem to lose colour when viewing the top screen from extreme angles. Will update the article accordingly.

Can you post pics please? Keep in mind some TNs are better than others.

 

[NekoMichi]

Here's a reference photo I copied onto both DS units:

This is the overview of both consoles, viewed from a 90º angle:

And here are angled views of both the upper and lower screens:

The XL seems to have slightly better colour saturation and contrast when viewed from 90º, and colours don't get washed out even when viewed from very slanted angles. This would seem to fit in with Nintendo's idea of having wider viewing angles on the XL for spectators standing around the player.

(As a side note, I also tested taking photos of the same objects under the same lighting at the same angle with both units, the DSi XL camera has far better colour saturation than the standard DSi, which not only couldn't capture colours accurately but also seemed to overexpose them too. But that's a story for another time.)

 

[Pereb]

Interesting, that has to be an IPS screen. Thanks.

 

[NekoMichi]

Interesting, that has to be an IPS screen. Thanks.

Just remembered something - The original DS Phat used frontlit displays that had washed out colours and poor contrast while the DS lite and DSi used dual backlit displays. I must've mistaken the difference in image quality being due to IPS rather than the lighting method. My bad.

 

[Pereb]

Just remembered something - The original DS Phat used frontlit displays that had washed out colours and poor contrast while the DS lite and DSi used dual backlit displays. I must've mistaken the difference in image quality being due to IPS rather than the lighting method. My bad.

The DS Fat displays are backlit, it's just that they used an LCD layer similar to that of the GBA (excluding AGS-101).

 

[elBenyo]

My O3DSXL(black) has a TN and my ladies N3DSXL(black) has an IPS, the difference is very noticeable. The IPS has deeper colors, doesn't wash out, and holds its vibrancy better in sun light. It hides compression in Netflix better than the O3DS with deeper blacks too. (The N3DS already has better speakers, they're much clearer, fuller and a pinch louder) I frequently find myself jealous of the IPS displays, not even the fact the N3DS is faster.

 

[NekoMichi]

After examining various N3DS and N3DSXL units, it looks like the regular sized one comes with TN displays while some XL units have IPS displays. However, the TN display inside the N3DS seems to be better quality than the O3DS.

 

[Procyon]

How can I tell it without changing themes? Got themehax N3DS 10.5.0-30E

 

[aos10]

Some n3ds xl has dual ips screen

Hyrule edition new 3dsXL.

 

[Excelsis]

Last I checked, TN panels will completely invert colors when viewed at an extreme angle from the bottom, like here; http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/features/tn-display-angle.jpg
To me it doesn't look like any 3DS use TN, even the o3DS/XL, of all the pictures I've seen in various threads. Just wanted to point this out, although I'm sure other people have brought it up at some point.

 

[Procyon]

TN or IPS:

 

[SomeGamer]

TN or IPS:

TN (I think).

 

[Procyon]

TN (I think).

Me too... N3DS sadly enough

 

[SomeGamer]

Me too... N3DS sadly enough

Don't worry. I haven't come across a single small N3DS with IPS.

 

[Procyon]

Don't worry. I haven't come across a single small N3DS with IPS.

Kay then it's good. First I wanted to buy N3DS XL, but those were sold out.