Is "IPS RGB LED-backlit LCD Panel" worth the extra money?

I'm speccing up a new laptop. Am planning to buy a top-end M6600.

The "IPS RGB LED-backlit LCD Panel" costs GBP408 extra instead of the "LED-backlit LCD Panel".

Is it worth the money? What are the differences?

Thanks in advance.

 

Yes it is if you can afford it. IPS Panels has a high Adobe, NTSC and RGB color gamut (100% Adobe and sRGB, 105% for NTSC), giving you a huge, vibrant color palette. Therefore, all the colors being displayed and richer, vibrant, sharper and more naturally realistic than convectional WLED TN panels. On top of that you also get good viewing angles.

Basically IPS LCD Panels in general give you a good array of naturally vibrant colors in contrast to the cheap TN Panels. IPS also allows the preservation of the display while looking at it in an angle, while TN screens will end up having a white-washed displayed when viewed in an angle. However with an RGBLED backlighting on top of the IPS, it can also allow the IPS Panel to display richer RGB colors for NTSC (normal gamut for daily use and gaming) over a standard WLED, which has to rely on a while color base for the gamuts. With RGBLED, you can display up to 1.2 billion different colors over a WLED, where a white base can only produce a couple million.

If you are into photo and video editing, the IPS is definitely worth every penny.

 

What is the IPS panel Hardware infos?
Anyone know if I can change my normal screen to the IPS panel?

 

As Star Forge mentioned, if you do any kind of Photoshop, color accuracy is of utmost importance, RGBLED or a high color gamut LCD is highly recommended. Also IPS allows for almost 180/180 viewing angles and allows for clearer images at all angles.



This is a good comparison of IPS vs TN. On the left is the X201 ThinkPad with TN panel and X220 ThinkPad on the right with IPS.

Also owning an RGBLED laptop (my Alienware M17xR2) it is MUCH more vibrant than a standard WLED LCD. The colors are much more rich. Even in games and movies, there is a noticeable difference (coming from semi-IPS 23" Samsung monitors).

 

I would note that not all IPS panels are created equal. For instance, read the threads on the HP Envy 15, which has an IPS option with only a 60% gamut and an inability to properly produce red.

I agree however that an RGB-LED IPS should be great. (i have an RGB TN panel on my Dell XPS16 and it is better than the IPS on the Envy that i tried).

 

Here is a review of the M6600 with the 'regular' 1920x1080 WLED display- LINK

You may already know this, but the IPS RGBLED Display requires an upgrade to one of the NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards also. So the cost to upgrade is at least $765 ($465 for the display, $300 for the graphics card).