| Pemalite said: Oh boy. You are going to engage with the goal-post shifting logical fallacies, huh? You stated that you have never seen VA for a mobile device, I provided literal evidence to the contrary. |
My original question was about VA panels in mobile devices, and a Switch 2 sized one. Which you still haven't provided. You provided sub-HD screens (some released 15 years ago) that are being used in industrial and medical devices mostly and likely not suited for gaming at all. So let's not talk about moving the goal posts here. You know what we are talking about and why it is disingenuous to share a 5 inch screen not targeted for gaming use-cases. Go to the 8 inch or 8.4 inch category in the database you shared and page after page you find IPS(-like, AHVA and WVA are IPS-likes) or TN panels.
The reality is that you are holding Nintendo to a standard you're not holding any other manufacturer of mobile devices. Literally no mobile device released in 2023 to 2025 has a VA panel. Not handheld gaming PC's that cost twice as much, not cell phones, not tablets, etc. The best Gaming-targeted VA panels are produced by Samsung and even they are mostly releasing IPS/PLS and AMOLED screens for their mobile devices and laptops.
Why is that the case? If VA is clearly better and there are no costs and risk why aren't we seeing them in mobile devices? Forget Nintendo, why do the Rog Ally, even the ones releasing this year, and original Steam Deck have IPS displays?
And no - most VA displays, even its modern form, still do have limited viewing angles compared to IPS and OLED. I have two mid-ranged VA gaming monitors, and their viewing angles are visibly worse compared to my OLED and IPS displays. But if you don't want to go off my anecdotal experiences,
6:50 "VA Panels have much better viewing angles than TN panels but don't reach the level of IPS or OLEDs in our experience. Relative to the best monitors, VA's tend to suffer from contrast or gamut shift when offset to angles, but the best spot for viewing is much larger than TN LCDs. Most IPS panels are better with an even wider sweet spot and less color and brightness shift at more extreme angles. This does vary between IPS panel manufacturers. Generally I describe the IPS panels I have tested as having excellent viewing angles."
This video was released in November 2024 and the VA monitor they used as an example is from March 2024 with an MSRP ~ $300 USD (so representative of what is middle of the line then.) That is the time-period when Nintendo would have to peak its production of Switch 2's for launch.
The reason why Nintendo likely opted for IPS is because literally every other mid-end mobile device that doesn't use an OLED display uses IPS(-like) LCDs. If VA were common (or even extant really) in this market, they might have opted for a VA display.
Last edited by sc94597 - on 24 July 2025
