there is plenty wrong, they are all washed out. TN\'s are the cheapest LCD panels made. They cannot repoduce color fidelity and gray scale like an IPS panel can. Also they suffer from poor viewing angels. Once you have had something better there is no going back to TN.
You mention gaming, and this is true TN panels have the fastest response times, but this is of course at the cost of picture quality, besides IPS,PVA and MVA are all capable of fast enough response times.
It seems like in the smaller sizes 22" and under TN rules cause, price is king so these displays are directed towards the mainstream, who care little about quality while more concerned about price. I think all of this happened because they basically hit the ceiling on what they can do with LCD panels themselves, so instead of innovation we see the separation of panels into cheap, mid-range and high range, with prices set accordingly. Not much has happened in the consumer LCD market, other than improvements in the electronic driving engines for the displays. Companies move towards the market demands, and the market demands Large LCD screens at a cheap price, so Voila TN\'s spread like a disease. I even hear now some of the 24inch manufactures are quietly replacing there MVA/PVA panels with TN ones unbenounced to the consumer. Mainstream consumers are just not willing to pay the price tag for a quality LCD.
TN- Cheapest
PVA-MVA-mid to semi high
IPS-Most expensive(top class)
Of course there are specialty products(Professional Color Critical) that use Backlit LED but those cost in the thousands for just a small 20\'
