stackyFACTSEver look at a cheap laptop screen from an angle and see the colors invert into a nightmare? That is a cheap Twisted Nematic panel. IPS screens fix this by aligning liquid crystals horizontally, meaning the image remains perfectly colorful and readable even if you are staring at it from a nearly sideways angle.
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