x220 TN screen?

Has anyone seen TN screen on x220? Is it good enough? I'm not concerned about watching movies or fancy graphics. I just need a screen for programming. Ergonomics and eye strain is important to me. I have only seen Thinkpads with TN screens before and they look fine, but I haven't used them for a long period of time. There's not much info on the internet about ergonomics of TN vs IPS screen. What do you think?
Thanks!

 

For $50, it seems like a no-brainer.

 

If you're worried about eye-strain, the IPS screen will actually help alleviate that.

I can use screens with extremely tiny text at 170 DPI with no eyestrain, but once you start dropping the contrast then it gets to be uncomfortable to try to use.

 

Actually, I beg to differ. I have the T410i with the regular screen and it was the most comfortable screen to stare at. When my X220 with the IPS came, I thought it looked great initially but when I began to use it for extended periods, it more stressing to the eye. I thought it was due to the size of the screen but when I recently got to use a X201s for almost an entire day, it was decidedly much better.

Now that I think of it, I would've bought the X201s instead because of the following reasons:
1) Bigger screen
2) Less eye-stressing screen
3) Better keyboard
4) Better trackpad
5) No Lenovo logo on top (minor point, but you have to admit that it looks so awful...)

In terms of battery power, processing power, the two aren't much different. The X220 is only better in terms of the upgraded intel graphics and mSATA.

So my advice would be: go take a look at both models before you make a decision. The screen is probably the most important thing that comes with the laptop because you stare at it most of the time.

 

fraushai, why do you think keyboard and trackpad are worse on x220? I haven't seen them side by side. And regarding eye strain, do you think resolution is a bit large on x201s?

 

After reading the various threads regarding image persistence on the X220 IPS displays I'm kinda worried about going ahead with my purchase. Especially since I'm going to be getting an imported unopened X220, meaning there is no way to check for the problem before purchase...

How is the TN screen compared to the IPS one? Obviously, viewing angles are going to be worse. However, according to notebookcheck, the X220's IPS screen covers only 67% of the sRGB gamut. That seems a little low, doesn't it? Is there a review of the TN-equipped X220 online?

 

Trackpad:
the two buttons below the trackpad are now 'integrated' so when you have to push either button the entire pad goes down. This is done to reduce the size of the laptop but in reality it doesn't work that well. There are lots of threads about the problem already.

Keyboard
1. the palm rest is so small that it cannot support the whole wrist, making typing for extended periods less comfortable.
2. maybe it's just me, but i found the X220 keyboard less clicky than my T410i.

Screen:
I'm not sure why actually. The resolution is certainly lower, but I doubt if that accounts for the difference in eye strain. It just came to me that it's more comfortable looking at a low-quality TN screen on the X201s/ T410i

 

I think you'd be in the minority on this one, but it does point out that everyone is different. I think most users would find the 140 pixel density on the X201s to be too high. That's been my experience anyway.