Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display
In-Plane Switching (IPS)
Columns: Name | Nickname | Year | Advantage | Transmittance/ contrast ratio
Super TFT | IPS | 1996 | Wide viewing angle | 100/100 Base level | Super-IPS | S-IPS | 1998 | Color shift free | 100/137 | Advanced Super-IPS | AS-IPS | 2002 | High transmittance | 130/250 | IPS-Provectus | IPS-Pro | 2004 | High contrast ratio | 137/313 | IPS alpha | IPS-Pro | 2008 | High contrast ratio | ||Next generation of IPS-Pro | IPS alpha next gen | IPS-Pro | 2010 | High contrast ratio | ||Technology transfer from Hitachi to Panasonic