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I bought two LCD models before the OLED came out and have constantly bounced between buyer's remorse (I only use one of them) and feeling okay about this decisi

by branon 4mo ago

I bought two LCD models before the OLED came out and have constantly bounced between buyer's remorse (I only use one of them) and feeling okay about this decision. Currently, I'm feeling like it was a pretty wise move.

user_7832 4mo ago
One pro of the LCDs is that I'm moderately sure they don't flicker (PWM) as (bad) as the OLED ones would. Source: 99% of oleds cause terrible eye strain. Flicker affects people even when they don't realise it (studied for office workers during the CFL era iirc.)
- zeeveener 4mo ago
  That must be a small percentage of the Steam Deck userbase that's impacted by this as I have the OLED model and it does not flicker or cause _me_ eye strain, even when at the absurdly low brightness levels it can reach.
- clipsy 4mo ago
  I don’t think you quite understand what a “source” is.
- wishfish 4mo ago
  I'm someone who's fairly sensitive to PWM. Have tried and returned iPhones, Pixels, and similar. Steam's OLED doesn't bother me. I think it's the same screen as the Switch OLED which also doesn't bother me. Wish Apple and Google would buy from that supplier. But in general you're correct. When given a choice, I'll generally buy IPS when I can.
  - tredre3 4mo ago
    > Wish Apple and Google would buy from that supplier. Apple and Google could do something about it if they wanted, even without changing supplier. They clearly don't think it's worth it. That's not surprising coming from Google but I admit I am surprised that Apple has no driver option to reduce flicker. Most Chinese phone makers nowadays offer settings to reduce OLED flicker greatly, usually at the cost of color accuracy and/or a locked framerate.
SXX 4mo ago
There is a good reason not to buy OLED deck. Once you play on OLED screen you will certainly want your laptop and or deaktop screen to also be OLED. That's it. Never had such issue with a phone, but after Deck started feeling I missing that screen quality elsewhere.
- dlcarrier 4mo ago
  I've had the same problem since owning a Samsung Galaxy 2 phone.

by branon 4mo ago

user_7832 4mo ago

One pro of the LCDs is that I'm moderately sure they don't flicker (PWM) as (bad) as the OLED ones would. Source: 99% of oleds cause terrible eye strain. Flicker affects people even when they don't realise it (studied for office workers during the CFL era iirc.)

zeeveener 4mo ago
That must be a small percentage of the Steam Deck userbase that's impacted by this as I have the OLED model and it does not flicker or cause _me_ eye strain, even when at the absurdly low brightness levels it can reach.
clipsy 4mo ago
I don’t think you quite understand what a “source” is.
wishfish 4mo ago
I'm someone who's fairly sensitive to PWM. Have tried and returned iPhones, Pixels, and similar. Steam's OLED doesn't bother me. I think it's the same screen as the Switch OLED which also doesn't bother me. Wish Apple and Google would buy from that supplier. But in general you're correct. When given a choice, I'll generally buy IPS when I can.
- tredre3 4mo ago
  > Wish Apple and Google would buy from that supplier. Apple and Google could do something about it if they wanted, even without changing supplier. They clearly don't think it's worth it. That's not surprising coming from Google but I admit I am surprised that Apple has no driver option to reduce flicker. Most Chinese phone makers nowadays offer settings to reduce OLED flicker greatly, usually at the cost of color accuracy and/or a locked framerate.

SXX 4mo ago

There is a good reason not to buy OLED deck. Once you play on OLED screen you will certainly want your laptop and or deaktop screen to also be OLED. That's it. Never had such issue with a phone, but after Deck started feeling I missing that screen quality elsewhere.

dlcarrier 4mo ago
I've had the same problem since owning a Samsung Galaxy 2 phone.