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[Itchy Tickles]

Steam Deck OLED screen is a 800p 90hz fixed refresh rate display.
Not comparable to the Switch 2' 1080p 120hz VRR OLED display it would need...

I mean its not exactly a massive jump is it? I still don't see it would cost anywhere near the price being guessed at for an OLED Switch 2 panel, outside of the usual Nintendo pricing of course.

Again, the Deck just didn't get an OLED panel for the extra cost.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

playsing last three hour screen look armazing

Been watching some unbiased impression videos, the screen seems more then fine enough.

Bezels seems a bit large though, maybe a sign of what size the possible OLED version will be?

 

[MadchesterManc]

I guess its to be expected for an edge lit LCD with HDR, Should fare better with SDR at least.

That said, some of these comparisons to the previous OLED model are pretty stark. These days I carry a slim Vita instead of OG and I've never found the switch to LCD to be that bad with it, still manages to look pretty good with some benefits. Probably just come down to the quality of the LCD display used.

 

[Killer8]

This man putting in work

Anyways, I'll just play Switch 2 with HDR on my big screen. MKW looks very good on my TV

His recommendations on a C1 don't look that great.

I used HGiG to do the calibration and if I don't max out the brightness slider on the second screen then the highlight brightness sucks.

As soon as I maxed it out, Zelda went from dull and barely better than SDR to popping.

 

[Little Mac]

I'll wait for an oled model

 

[Bojji]

I feel like that is going to be pretty noticeable in 2D/sprite based games, when the background moves and nothing is clear/in focus.

3DS had a bad image retention / blur issue like that too.

Ughhh...

Or you can wait for a metroid patch.

 

[DenchDeckard]

More than happy with the screen to be honest. Sure it could be better but it seems fine to me.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Hdr is really becoming a joke.

When you try and make it look good on your shit pauper displays, sure.

 

[Kataploom]

This man putting in work

Anyways, I'll just play Switch 2 with HDR on my big screen. MKW looks very good on my TV

I was about to watch this video yesterday but I realized YouTube didn't upload the HDR version, he said in the comments that YouTube takes up to 24 hours for that so I'm waiting and will check today later again

 

[Minsc]

Steam Deck OLED screen is a 800p 90hz fixed refresh rate display.
Not comparable to the Switch 2' 1080p 120hz VRR OLED display it would need...

Why would it need a VRR screen? The system can't use VRR docked so all games have to run without VRR that way anyway, and I've yet to see anyone say they prefer the look of a game on the VRR screen handheld over playing it without VRR docked at double the frame rate or high res.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Hdr is really becoming a joke

What?

The only problem with HDR is people trying to run it on displays not meant for it and tv manufacturers advertising it on displays it's not meant for. HDR really needs 1 of 2 things to function well IMO. OLED for deep contrast or the very high brightness you get from something like Mini LED in order to bring out the highlights.

It's not HDRs fault that people try to pass off 400 nit edge lit panels as HDR and then people see it and go "this looks like shit".

That being said while I notice the lack of brightness on the SW2 I still think the display looks pretty good but I'm not out here analyzing every little tiny pixel and looking up statistics so I have something to complain about.

 

[Kataploom]

I honestly haven't felt this is a "poor" lcd display but some interesting points have been brought up.

Yeah I think the people crying at the man aren't crazy or something, one thing is how the screen feels and the other is how objectively it is by using specialized tools. If the screen looks good to them it's ok to just go with it.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Not comparable to the Switch 2' 1080p 120hz VRR OLED display it would need...

Everything I saw points at the fact that Switch 2 display is 8bit+FRC and baldy overclocked 75hz 1080p tablet panel at it's core. This shit costs literal pennies. Even by mobile LCD standarts that's cheap af. Hell, even ultra-budget phones like CMF 2 Pro are shipping with quite custom 6.77" 120 Hz AMOLED. And that phone costs like 249 USD/EUR ffs.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Everything I saw points at the fact that Switch 2 display is 8bit+FRC and baldy overclocked 75hz 1080p tablet panel at its core. This shit costs literal pennies. Even by mobile LCD standartr that's cheap af. Hell, even ultra-budget phones like CMF 2 Pro are shipping with quite custom 6.77" 120 Hz AMOLED. And that phone costs like 249 USD/EUR ffs.

Nintendo probably got a killer deal on some surplus tablet LCD panels that nobody else wanted, so they decided to hold off on OLED for now.

 

[Flabagast]

His recommendations on a C1 don't look that great.

I used HGiG to do the calibration and if I don't max out the brightness slider on the second screen then the highlight brightness sucks.

As soon as I maxed it out, Zelda went from dull and barely better than SDR to popping.

yeah but by doing that you risk clipping the highlights and losing details in the process. HDR advanced recommandations generally don't look to get to the maximum brightness or « pop » all over the screen, but the most accurate picture with the largest range of details possibles, both in dark areas and specular highlights

 

[DeepEnigma]

I feel like that is going to be pretty noticeable in 2D/sprite based games, when the background moves and nothing is clear/in focus.

3DS had a bad image retention / blur issue like that too.

Is he being sarcastic, or...?

 

[GymWolf]

That wont make the colors of the screen any better.

I know buddy, i was just parodying some of the bizzarre nintendo defence force in this topic.