| Display Type | TN LCD | HTN LCD | STN LCD | FSTN LCD | |
| Advantage | cheapest | cheaper | a wide view angle | have all the advantages of STN | |
| widely used | a wider view angle than TN | diversity of display mode | a better background color | ||
| easy to produce | easy to produce | It can realize multi-channel drive and large amount of display information | |||
| best effect in displaying Black and white | |||||
| Disadvantage | a narrow view angle | a narrow view angle | a few more manufacturing process | have all the disadvantages of STN | |
| simple display mode | ordinary display effect | a high requirement for raw material | a higher cost than STN | ||
| low contrast ratio | low contrast ratio | a high requirement for manufacturing process and equipment | |||
| The liquid crystal molecules twist angle | 90 degrees | 110 degrees | 210-255 degrees | 210-255 degrees | |
| Contrast ratio | acceptable | good | better | best | |
| Bios | statics-1/4 | 1/8-1/16 | 1/16 above | 1/64 above | |
| Display | positive | grey background and black letter | grey background and black letter | yellow and green background and black letter (yellow and green film) | grey background and black letter |
| negative | grey background and white letter | grey background and white letter | blue background and white letter (blue film) | grey background and white letter | |
| Price | cheapest | cheaper | cheap | high | |
