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Personally, the amount of effort to swap a screen wouldn't be worth it unless my deck's screen was ever broken - but it is cool to see projects like this in the community.
Even if my screen broke I'd go with official instead of higher resolution, because of the performance penalty. Many games I play are already at low framerates, so sacrificing performance for resolution isn't worth it.
Then use FSR and run the game at 800p. Honestly the pixel density isn't THAT much higher with this screen. I'd say the ~~fact that it's OLED is the biggest upgrade;~~ improved contrast and color accuracy is very noticeable.
Having said that, I'm not in a hurry to void my warranty by trying this relatively difficult hardware upgrade. Maybe if my screen breaks I'll consider it.
Edit: not OLED apparently, but the screen has better colors according to everyone that's used it.
Yeah, the improved contrast and color accuracy is the main reason why I even considered swapping out the screen. The simulated color vibrancy mod (which is coming "soon" to stock SteamOS 3.5 anyway) ended up being good enough for me though as long as I just want pretty colors.
If I really care about the visual experience, I'm doing it on my desktop w/ a proper monitor anyway, not on the dinky little 7" screen.
That said, if I ever broke the screen though, I might do it since I'd have to replace it anyway.