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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. Flick
by 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 agoThat 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 agoI don’t think you quite understand what a “source” is.
- wishfish 4mo agoI'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.