For premium displays on the computing market, it has always been the case that you had to choose an IPS display, and for good reason, because for years IPS was the only display technology that was vastly superior to the inferior TN panels that dominate the monitor market for years.

That was the case until we featured the Series 8 S27A850D from Samsung back one month ago in September. That model featured and presented Samsung's first foray in competing with IPS technology with their very own continuation of the technology dubbed Super PLS (Plane-to-Line Switching) technology. ModSynergy was highly impressed with the Samsung S27A850D as it left a lasting impression with what it offered as a full package.

Samsung hopes to provide consumers an alternative to IPS, and believes their Super PLS is the superior technology providing even better viewing angles, better image quality, and better brightness while somehow reducing manufacturing costs by 15% over their IPS counterparts. For now Samsung is the only manufacture for Super PLS because they own the majority of the patents relating to the technology. This is off-topic, but I hope someday we can see a Samsung AMOLED monitor on the market.