Seen a guy unironically wanting handheld market to adopt Legion Go’s screen as a standard for future handhelds, and I couldn’t disagree more.
I’d love my future Steam Deck 2 to pack a 7+ inch 1080p bezel-less OLED (optional) screen that’s actually capable of keeping up with its APU for many years to come like the current Deck does without me having to sacrifice the native resolution from the get go.
People tend to talk shit about Deck’s 800p display, but it just made me realize how good of a idea it was in the first place. It ensured longevity and affordable price.
I just want a higher refresh rate with a better screen (oled), I don’t really mind the resolution
I like the 8+" screen on the Lenovo because the resolution is exactly twice that of the Steam Deck, which means it can either give you sharp UI and low power games OR half the resolution down to the Steam Deck’s 1280x800p. Both will be native without any scaling artifacts like you get going 720p on the Asus Ally’s 7" 1080p screen.
The higher framerate also diminishes the tearing even though it lacks the VRR of the Ally.
So yeah. Give me a Steam Deck 2 with the Lenovo screen size, resolution, and refresh rate. It’s just all add.
You will NEVER get everyone to agree, and the Internet of things has made many an idiot feel like a genius.
You’re right bigger is not always better. I’m behind valve and it’s decision making for the Deck.
I did love how a screen question broke off into which OS is better… y’all know the truth of it, really is, user preference.
Steam Deck for the win!
For me, VRR should be a standard feature, if we are talking screens.
Specially for battery powered devices. Legion lacks it. Deck lacks it. It would make tinkering less of a hassle. Dips are more bearable. Input lag too.
If we are talking resolution, 720p/800p seems enough I guess. But like some people pointed out, higher screen resolution with integer scaling seems like the best compromise.
I agree on all points. To my hands, even though I’ve got big lumberjack hands, it’s the perfect size and I don;'t need to squint OR stay further away from the screen ever. A higher resolution display would always mean worse battery life, and the one flaw with the deck as is would be just made worse. If you’ve seen teardowns of it, it will be very difficult to stuff in a much larger cell than it already possesses, and I will never be able to tell a massive difference between 1600p and 800p at that screen size. I agree that a 1080p OLED would be absolutely perfect and anything else would be overkill. Not a huge fan of 16:10 in general, I understand why they did it, but many games have those little black bars and it’sa bit annoying.