So i was browsing the internet deciding if I should buy an New 3ds or not and found out that the New3dsXl carries an IPS screen. But only on the big screen is. The touch screen is still a TN panel and both are a TN panel on the regular N3DS. I noticed this is only mentioned on the Japanese wikipedia and not on the English one. Although I can't read Japanese it obviously say IPS on the big screen:
This is a major difference, why did Nintendo not mentioned this anywhere? I tried to find a thread on gaf about this but saw none being mentioned. Maybe in the N3DS release thread? This makes me want to go for the XL more then the regular one with face plates. The viewing angles should be way better and the colours should pop more on the XL the only thing different should be the response time maybe? Input lag should not be effected since the screens are small. So anybody with both new 3dses can confirm any differences? And want to share any experiences with the IPS panel.
Here are some pics from reddit user Pereb27 for comparison:
edit2: It isnt sure the XL will contain an IPS panel from gaf user big_z:
To check out how your screen look do this:
It is a unit by unit thing. In short QC at the factory is shit. At first they were allowing fairly clearly tinted screens (in particular yellow) through but now it is like they don't bother to check if the colour calibration between top and bottom is consistent.
For people who want to test theirs get a DS game, on the 3DS screen of it booting up (or was it the black screen after) pull the cartridge out. Now you have two "black" screens to compare. It is best to do this in as dark a place as you can.
Whats the difference between an IPS and TN panel?
There are different techniques to create a screen TN stands for Twisted nematic and advantages/disadvantages are:
+ Inexpensive to produce
+ Fast Response times
- viewing angles as you can see on the photo
- colour accuracy: the colours look a bit more washed out compared to IPS
IPS stands for In-Plane Switching and advantages/disadvantages are:
+ Good viewing angles
+ Good colour accuracy: the colours look better more lively
- more expensive to produce
- response times are slower then TN
We are still not to sure if the XL and normal new one carry the same screen but reading the thread. But at least we can confirm there are 2 types of XL screens with one being better then the other.
edit3: Looks like the regular new 3ds could also contain an ips screen according to user LamerDeluxe:
edit4: Looks like the screen resembles a Sharp IGZO:
translated by google:
"The study of subpixels reveals a slab that closely resembles a Sharp IGZO , probably type IPS given the contrast ratio and viewing angles. One may also note the difference of maximum brightness of the sub pixels on these two pictures."
edit: 5 There are now dual IPS screens spotted in both the fire emblem n3ds XL and pokemon n3ds. It still comes down to luck if you are going to get IPS some people reported getting a double TN screen
It is also possible to get some backlight bleeding on your ips screen though.
It is also possible to install an IPS screen on your n3ds if you arent happy with it.
This is a major difference, why did Nintendo not mentioned this anywhere? I tried to find a thread on gaf about this but saw none being mentioned. Maybe in the N3DS release thread? This makes me want to go for the XL more then the regular one with face plates. The viewing angles should be way better and the colours should pop more on the XL the only thing different should be the response time maybe? Input lag should not be effected since the screens are small. So anybody with both new 3dses can confirm any differences? And want to share any experiences with the IPS panel.
Here are some pics from reddit user Pereb27 for comparison:
edit: comparison of an old 3dsXL and New 3dsXL to clarify
edit2: It isnt sure the XL will contain an IPS panel from gaf user big_z:
this is false, the new 3ds uses at least two variants of panels and once again nothing is calibrated properly to save money. here's an example of two panels.
the easiest way to check which you have is to watch and see if the wifi indicator washes out or remains readable.
panel A seems to be more common, but it also suffers from a scanline or pwm effect as mentioned in this thread.
panel B is clearly a tn screen. it does not suffer from the scanline issue however the super stable 3D is reported to be much worse with this screen than type A. this might explain why a small number claim the 3D is still crap or worse.
To check out how your screen look do this:
It is a unit by unit thing. In short QC at the factory is shit. At first they were allowing fairly clearly tinted screens (in particular yellow) through but now it is like they don't bother to check if the colour calibration between top and bottom is consistent.
For people who want to test theirs get a DS game, on the 3DS screen of it booting up (or was it the black screen after) pull the cartridge out. Now you have two "black" screens to compare. It is best to do this in as dark a place as you can.
Whats the difference between an IPS and TN panel?
There are different techniques to create a screen TN stands for Twisted nematic and advantages/disadvantages are:
+ Inexpensive to produce
+ Fast Response times
- viewing angles as you can see on the photo
- colour accuracy: the colours look a bit more washed out compared to IPS
IPS stands for In-Plane Switching and advantages/disadvantages are:
+ Good viewing angles
+ Good colour accuracy: the colours look better more lively
- more expensive to produce
- response times are slower then TN
We are still not to sure if the XL and normal new one carry the same screen but reading the thread. But at least we can confirm there are 2 types of XL screens with one being better then the other.
edit3: Looks like the regular new 3ds could also contain an ips screen according to user LamerDeluxe:
The display on my regular new 3DS looks more like an IPS display than a TN display. Vertical viewing angles show a slight loss of contrast, but not the extreme image degradation TN is known for with vertical viewing angles (colors shifting, almost inverting).
More than that, diagonal viewing angles are horrible and completely wash the image out, a typical trait of IPS displays, my IPS monitors do the exact same thing.
It does seem to have a bit of IPS glow as well (testing with Donkey Kong, white letters on a black background).
Blacks are not very deep, which is also typical for IPS displays.
Response time is pretty good, but I'm pretty sure this is an IPS display, not the best kind though.
EDIT: My N3DS display looks the same as in richisawesome's shots, check your diagonal viewing angles as well.
EDIT2: My N3DS viewing angles look exactly the same as on my IPS monitors, which are slightly worse actually.
edit4: Looks like the screen resembles a Sharp IGZO:
More info on the new 3DS screen here:
http://www.lesnumeriques.com/consol...-nintendo-new-3ds-a-sonde-a-loupe-n39641.html
It seems to be a Sharp IGZO.
Luminosity comparison:
new 3DS : 158 cd/m²
Oled Vita: 117 cd/m²
Old 3DS: 84 cd/m²
translated by google:
"The study of subpixels reveals a slab that closely resembles a Sharp IGZO , probably type IPS given the contrast ratio and viewing angles. One may also note the difference of maximum brightness of the sub pixels on these two pictures."
edit: 5 There are now dual IPS screens spotted in both the fire emblem n3ds XL and pokemon n3ds. It still comes down to luck if you are going to get IPS some people reported getting a double TN screen
picture by T0wRen
picture by bigkurz
It is also possible to get some backlight bleeding on your ips screen though.
credits to canon
It is also possible to install an IPS screen on your n3ds if you arent happy with it.
credits to gbatemp user the3dsguy