I have got my OLED Steamdeck today and made a picture with my old one side by side. The display is a little bit bigger, the touch screen is way better (more like a smartphone).
Honestly can’t tell the difference 💁🏼♂️
Normal and OLED side by side.
Submitted 5 months ago by draigoch@discuss.tchncs.de to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 5 months ago
DontMakeItTim@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can definitely tell that they are next to each other.
BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world 5 months ago
…needs the, “they’re the same picture” meme treatment.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Diablo is bigger on the top one
Overzeetop@kbin.social 5 months ago
It took me searching the blacks to notice. Where I play there's usually enough glare I wouldn't get good blacks if you swapped the LC layer for vantablack.
CJOtheReal@ani.social 5 months ago
Yeah the biggest difference is inside
jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I guess the problem is looking at your picture on my LCD smart phone. :)
I can tell the machine on the left is the OLED version because the screen is just a touch bigger.
Telorand@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Or maybe they’re only marginally different. I have an OLED screen on my phone, and there’s only a slight difference between them (one on the right is slightly duller, like the contrast is turned down a slight touch more).
I’m going to be getting the OLED version, but LCD tech has come pretty far, so I’m not surprised it’s still a viable contender.
9715698@lemmy.world 5 months ago
On my OLED phone, both screens look great!
bleistift2@feddit.de 5 months ago
The blacks seem a little blacker even when viewed on an LCD screen, I believe.
Schmeckinger@feddit.de 5 months ago
Because its been through 2 cycles of washing out the blacks.
verysoft@kbin.social 5 months ago
On LCD and can see the richer colours on the OLED version, it's a picture so the differences will still show. I think there's some LCD panel quality and/or colorblindness coming into play for ones who can't see a difference.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Unless I also have an OLED screen I’m not going to be able to tell the difference, but the bottom one looks slightly better so I’m guessing that’s the OLED one?
charliegrahamm@lemm.ee 5 months ago
The screen is also larger
Freestylesno@lemmy.world 5 months ago
OLED has black thumb sticks.
rooster_butt@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Left looks like it has blacker blacks but that’s may be camera lighting. Anyway I’m guessing left is the oled. Looking at image from my phone which is oled.
averyminya@beehaw.org 5 months ago
One is downloading which I assume is the deck lol
guyrocket@kbin.social 5 months ago
Serious question: Is the difference more apparent IRL (not a picture)? I'm not seeing a big enough difference that I'd spend much more for OLED.
TheBSGamer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
In person it’s very noticable. If you play games in the dark a lot it can be “night and day” difference going from LCD to OLED imo.
The best description I can give it is the colors are just so much more punchy and strong as well as the light bleed being completely gone. 90 Hz is just icing on the cake when navigating menus.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I saw a huge difference going from a Switch to a Switch OLED, namely in the contrast in scenes. Greys and blacks can almost look inky in comparison to LCD, and glowing lights (think neon signs) pop out a lot more.
That being said, the topic is the Deck OLED, which I haven’t seen in person, so your mileage will vary.
Mkengine@feddit.de 5 months ago
I didn’t try this out on my OLED steam Deck yet, but dark scenes are a bit of a strain on the eye on the LCD one. I played mark of the ninja on my and the black and darker stuff (which the game has a lot of) is illuminated like any other color, which feels a bit unpleasant. With OLED black is the absence of light, which feels much more natural.
blackbarn@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I say so. Screen looks great in person. Be gone light bleed!
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Nice! Is it weird that I prefer the more white details on the buttons instead of the new gray?
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’m with you. The white stands out more, adds a little flair to it. The grey just kinda blends in.
Of course, I’m the weirdo who gets attached to their controllers, so take that as you will.
lucas@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Frankly, the low-contrast gray is a usability nightmare.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Is it so you can see them while you play?
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yeah, a bit. I’m really bad at remembering Xbox-style controls since I only ever had Playstation as a kid/teen, so it’s nice to be able to look and see at a glance which one is x and which one is y. It’s mostly just a petty aesthetic thing, though. Not a deal-breaker, just a preference when looking at them side by side
Cosmocrat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
As an avid nighttime gamer, I wish they added lights to the controller/navigation buttons to the new version.
Ecksell@lemmy.one 5 months ago
Why? Your fingers are on top of them, and games often show you the button placement, shape, or both, and some even point to it during tutorials or idle moments.
And who looks at their own buttons anyway? Lemme ask a quick question: Can you type on a physical keyboard in the darkness? That is far more complicated (though most of us don’t even think about it), but nobody gets caught looking at their keyboard, unless it’s a meme.
Cosmocrat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
It was a missed opportunity for RGB lighting, not necessary but would be very nice to have.
magikmw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I swear I saw somewhere those adhesive low light stickers you could probably use as a stopgap. That or 3D printing caps and sticks with fluorescent plastic.
Ecksell@lemmy.one 5 months ago
Looks great on my mini LED screen. Honestly, why do we keep doing this?
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 5 months ago
People like to show off, sometimes subconsciously.
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It remembers me the ads for dvds on vhs.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I refunded the LCD and got the Oled yesterday. To be honest is not a “game changing experience” but the improvements are definitely notable. The monitor is notably larger and smoother and the battery is something else, playing metro last light at 45 fps 10w I had more of 4 hours of estimated gameplay. And the indi looks amazing on the screen.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I think the combined improvements is game changing. It all runs longer, cooler, lighter, larger screen and brighter, and the screw changes for improved repairability is huge.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can tell by the joysticks which I’d prefer.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I didn’t know what you got downvoted. There’s definitely a better one.
Mambert@beehaw.org 5 months ago
If I didn’t already buy the 512, the oled would be worth it imo
I’m in the same boat with my switch as well.
ursakhiin@beehaw.org 5 months ago
I left the decision to wether or not my wife would want the old one.
ulkesh@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Yep, that’s what we “early” adopters get for adopting so early. I’ve hardly even played my Steam Deck and certainly not enough to get its value yet, I’m not upgrading to an OLED one. I have played my Switch a ton, but I’m waiting on a Switch 2 (which hopefully would have OLED from the beginning, like all these devices should have had at the start) before I bother upgrading.
Mambert@beehaw.org 5 months ago
For getting your value out of it, I highly recommend emulation.
Mambert@beehaw.org 5 months ago
I think seeing how well the OLED versions of consoles sells, Nintendo will release their new switch with OLED, then make a cheaper non-oled version like the switch lite / 2ds /etc.
David_Eight@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What’s the brightness set at for both? Does the steam deck have auto brightness feature, can you take a photo in a brighter room?
kadu@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I love OLED blacks and gamut.
Unfortunately, I’m super sensitive to the “grainy” look created by the different tresholds for the green subpixels, and the matrix itself. On some devices, like my Galaxy S23, the panels are purposely made to avoid this at the expense of extra cost. In some others, like the Switch OLED and the Steam Deck OLED, both issues are unfortunately present. There’s also the unfortunate black smearing.
Perhaps in the future.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I have some samsung oled tab and I know of what you’re talking but on the Steam oled I didn’t notice anything like that and I’ve played a quurlte dark game like metro last light all yesterday.
kadu@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Perhaps your Steam Deck isn’t using the Samsung panel, but the BOE one.
TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Absolute game changer for me, as I expected it would be. I’ve gone from picking up the deck monthly to picking it up hourly.
luci_tired@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can’t stop looking at it, HDR with oled’s black levels looks sooooo damn beautiful.
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can see the edge of the screen at the titlebar on the right steamdeck, but not the left one. True black instead of dark grey.
fox@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Which model of the original Steam Deck did you have?
draigoch@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
The 512gb one.
Swarfega@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I ordered my first Deck yesterday. It still shows it hasn’t packed yet.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
For anyone who can’t tell the difference: The OLED is the one that’s next to the other one.
Zorque@kbin.social 5 months ago
Ohhhhh, I thought it was next to the other one.
Russianranger@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s a subtle difference, but one has trackpads and analog sticks, while the other has analog sticks and trackpads.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
You can tell by the way it is.
Vedgytones@lemm.ee 5 months ago
That’s pretty neat!