big love to valve because its updates like this that make LCD decks feel like it is NOT being left behind. the FOMO was hitting me pretty hard a week ago with OLED announced. so to some who may not know, going into your deck game with windowed mode enabled and the display set to 720 resolution in the game settings will allow the quick access menu to slightly stretch out your game’s display with “stretch” option enabled on the new slider. this is new to the latest deck system update. it feels like a pure upgrade to a “larger screen” by taking out the black bars on the top and bottom. the stretch of the graphics isn’t noticeable neither after playing with it for a bit of time. the OLED looks really good and i may take the leap next year but for now my wallet feels secure with this fabulous update to push my LCD deck for better visuals. god bless gaben.
Whatever you gotta tell yourself /s
Those black bars can be quite annoying in some games, I’m curious to try out stretch mode!
OLED is very nice, but not necessary imo. I don’t play my deck is very light spaces so my brightness never has to be very high. OLED only looks significantly better to me when playing very dark games or when you have the brightness cranked up. And then my TV is OLED and I can play docked if needed lol
My Deck OLED is still in its box. I need to apply the screen protector to it before using it.
The Deck is a revolutionary work of art. I share your happiness with it. My wife and I fought hard to buy our original 512 LCDs on launch day and got them delivered FOREVER later. But waiting was made easier by the amount of people waiting along with us, the expectations, the algorithm (crazy) that was made to determine right around when each person would get it based on when their payment had gone through… It was an instant sub-culture that gor formed. And then when the Decks finally arrived, they surpassed any and all expectations. The fact that they run Linux, breaking the Windows stranglehold on PC games forever, the brilliant design that seems massive but is so comfortable. The sound, the constant support, the amount of 3rd party products, and the quality they normally have. Every aspect of the experience, let alone how well games run on it (Elden Bloody Ring, for crying out loud). Everything is unique, stylish, optimized and a true step forward. And that is what other handheld users do not get: The Steam Deck is a complete package. An experience. The specs do not even remotely reflect the whole story.
The oled is better by far. I’m playing my steam deck oled more than ever after upgrading