text: tft-lcd compared to lcd? are tft-lcd monitors better than lcd monitors? just lcd, and tft lcd are in fact different.  tft stands for thin-film transistor. basicly what his means, is you should be able to view it from all angles wthout the weird glare and color change that some older lcd's(in labtops a lot) have when you look at it from the side. with a tft it should look normal from any viewing angle.