Angle of inclination of LCD display

  Is there a standard angle of inclination for LCD displays to get the best
definition and color?

My wife insists on having the screen vertical but I like to have it facing
me squarely.

 
LCD screens do have a figure for the viewing angle, go outside that
and
you'll lose colour & definition etc.... it depends on the make/model/
type of LCD too.
It probbaly isn;t that important on a camera as you usually use then
as you say facing you squarely.


There is a horizontal and a vertical angle of view and it will depend
on the LCD.

  Paullie wrote:

There are different kinds of LCD panels. This one is relatively
insensitive to head position.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116421

    Viewing Angle       178°(H) / 178°(V)

    Panel  IPS Panel   [ In Plane Switching ]

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And this is a cheap TN panel, with a lower viewing angle range.
Here, you have to be careful, where you position yourself with
respect to the screen.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009210

    Viewing Angle  160°(H) / 160°(V)

    Panel TN       [ Twisted Nematic ]

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It doesn't answer the question, of whether the preferred head
position is slightly off perpendicular or not. If you read
the descriptions, the panel should be symmetric. But I find
arranging my head to be below the horizon, with a TN, works
best. On my laptop, that means "tilting it back".

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mgu/LCD/tn.htm

YMMV,
    Paul

 wrote:


I was sure this is no more a problem with modern displays.

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 Manuel wrote:

As Paul said above; IPS type [In Plane Switching] are better at odd
angles, though his data shows a pretty minor difference, I thought it
was more than that. You can check by moving your head way up & down like
a dork <g> and see if it gets darker or not. My old laptop is really bad
about that, and side to side. Colors can change too, just test to the
extreme and you'll see the effect, then judge where it matters to you.