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

[leonmagnus99]

Neither of the two in front are IPS at all.

EDIT: which funnily enough I pointed out in my post that people assumed one was IPS while the other TN

that is just so weird.. to be honest i am still confused.

my og3ds'es both screens are ips and my n3ds xl top screen only is ips and the thing is, my n3ds xl top screen looks 2x better than my og3ds'es screens.

i think it is just because it is a newer ips panel on the n3ds xl and because it is the 'new' 3ds haha.

and btw. i dont know if it is just me, but my og3ds (small version) the top screen looks somehow clearer/smoother/crispier than my og3ds xl's top screen.
and i think this is mainly because the smaller screen of the og small 3ds.

 

[anonynom]

The smaller system will always look "sharper" than the XL because they usually have more PPI than the XL. The resolution is the same on both. I've also never read of an IPS old model 3DS at all. It could be that you're just seeing a warmer screen tone and confused it with IPS, just as you did with my photo from earlier

 

[~Poke~]

Does the IPS screen look better in 3D? I have n3ds dual TN right now, and I'm ok with it mostly, but it'd be worth replacing if the IPS screen had less colour bleeding in 3D.

 

[wg93589]

I have an N3DS + Dual IPS and a O3DS + Dual TN

 

[Mikemk]

Does the IPS screen look better in 3D? I have n3ds dual TN right now, and I'm ok with it mostly, but it'd be worth replacing if the IPS screen had less colour bleeding in 3D.

Much

 

[Deleted member 42501]

Anyone got a link to the program that checks the hardware manufacturer tag of the screen?

Also where do you get IPS screens from to do a replacement?

 

[H0thTr0n]

Does the IPS screen look better in 3D? I have n3ds dual TN right now, and I'm ok with it mostly, but it'd be worth replacing if the IPS screen had less colour bleeding in 3D.

Yes, the IPS tracks and adjusts better with the new 3ds systems, my eyes were always fighting the camera and 3D when they were TN panels on my first pokemon Lunala 3ds XL. With the IPS panels on my Fire Emblem N3dsXL, it's much better

 

[~Poke~]

Yes, the IPS tracks and adjusts better with the new 3ds systems, my eyes were always fighting the camera and 3D when they were TN panels on my first pokemon Lunala 3ds XL. With the IPS panels on my Fire Emblem N3dsXL, it's much better

In a low contrast scene (like one of the coloured default Home Menu themes) the 3d works fine for me, on my n3ds with TN panels. When there's higher contrast, some of the brightness that should be shown to one eye "bleeds" onto the other screen, so the other eye sees it too. Do the IPS screens improve that specific issue, do you think?
I guess a simple test is on the home menu icon of the AR games default app. If you turn your 3d all the way up and look at the spinning card, the white edge of the card is doubled onto the black middle, no matter how you look at it (particularly the part that's further away). Does the IPS improve that?

(Sorry for being so specific, but this issue makes the 3D near unusable in any game that suffers from it. I'm happy to hold my 3ds at specific angles or whatever, but it's just annoying when the screen itself isn't actually capable, no matter what you do!)

 

[Mikemk]

@~Poke~ those issues are caused by your eyes, not the screen type. In fact, that's why there's a depth slider.

 

[~Poke~]

@~Poke~ those issues are caused by your eyes, not the screen type. In fact, that's why there's a depth slider.

Other kinds of 3D don't do that though. I hooked my computer up to my 3D tv one time to check it out and had no issues.

My eyes are focusing correctly, and if there's not much difference in brightness/contrast then the 3D looks perfect.
In this high contrast situation, even if you close one eye the other eye can still see parts of that image. It happens no matter where the depth slider is set, though of course on low settings there's only a very small area where the bright and dark overlap.

I'm starting to wonder if I've just got faulty screens, but, I'm pretty sure this happened on my o3dsxl too...

 

[chrisph]

Very informative, thanks, I didn't realise 3DS was built with both kinds of panel

 

[Nyanko-sensei]

Can someone help me? Is my N3DS LL have IPS sceen?

 

[ov3rkill]

Can anybody tell me if this is ips screens? It's the Galaxy style new 3ds xl

TN top, IPS bottom.

 

[Mikemk]

Can someone help me? Is my N3DS LL have IPS sceen?

It's impossible to tell if you don't take the picture at a significant angle. Run screeninfo.3dsx to find out for certain.

 

[hyprskllz]

It's impossible to tell if you don't take the picture at a significant angle. Run screeninfo.3dsx to find out for certain.

Or by using 3DSIdent.

 

[Nyanko-sensei]

It's impossible to tell if you don't take the picture at a significant angle. Run screeninfo.3dsx to find out for certain.

Is this picture okay? I hope it have a top IPS.

 

[Mikemk]

Is this picture okay? I hope it have a top IPS.

Run screeninfo.3dsx and then you tell me. Since soundhax is available, you have no excuse not to.

Or by using 3DSIdent.

Let's not confuse the noobs. screeninfo.3dsx gives a simple answer, 3dsident gives a bunch of extra info.

 

[Nyanko-sensei]

Run screeninfo.3dsx and then you tell me. Since soundhax is available, you have no excuse not to.


Let's not confuse the noobs. screeninfo.3dsx gives a simple answer, 3dsident gives a bunch of extra info.

I'm not know much about 3DS so I don't know where can I run sceeninfo.3dsx. Is there any way to tell by eyes?

 

[H0thTr0n]

Is this picture okay? I hope it have a top IPS.

Its simply impossible to tell unless you post pictures in the dark and proper angles like these

 

[Mikemk]

I'm not know much about 3DS so I don't know where can I run sceeninfo.3dsx. Is there any way to tell by eyes?

Go to https://smealum.github.io/3ds/ and download the homebrew starter kit. Unzip it to the root of your microSD card.
Go-to https://gbatemp.net/threads/n3ds-exclusive-screeninfo-3dsx-by-sciresm-check-ips-or-tn.440510/ and download and extract to the 3ds folder on your sd card. (Not the Nintendo 3DS folder)
Go to https://gbatemp.net/threads/soundhax-a-new-primary-3ds-entrypoint.454753/ and follow the instructions