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).
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
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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.
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.
I saw a noticeable difference going from a Switch to a Switch OLED, mainly 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.
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 it 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.
I say so. Screen looks great in person. Be gone light bleed!