Since the screen will be getting a massive quality improvement will you be getting the 512gb glossy or 1tb Anti-glare etched glass? I previously went with the etched glass LCD and I’m now thinking of upgrading to the glossy oled for full screen clarity.
Also since the nits are higher with the oled model (1000 hdr), glare should be less of an issue when I do use it outside my home.
For anyone that owns an OLED TV (always glossy) and an OLED monitor (often matte/anti-reflective), this choice in configurations from Valve was a very, very strange one. With OLED being the primary, visual upgrade for the new Steam Deck OLED, you want to retain as much true black and color vibrancy as possible, and in no uncertain terms, any anti-reflective/matte coating will cause an appreciable hit to both.
As shown here by Dave2D, the 1TB configurations will suffer, visually, as a result of the etched display.
If you live with OLED on a day-to-day basis, you know that sacrificing color saturation and the absolute contrast ratio is a price not worth paying.
Wasn’t expecting such a drastic difference tbh.
Well, in my particular case (aka MY OPINION, for my needs, i’m not claiming to spit the universal truth), I need the etched glass display.
I’m spending half my job’s travelling Europe, can’t really control ambient light in a plane or train…) so… thanks, I don’t want to upgrade to Oled anymore!
To be clear, you’re still to perceive the vast majority of OLED benefits with that etched (semi-matte) layer atop the panel. It’s not as though the color vibrancy and absolute contrast are entirely lost once you go etched. The only downside will be that, during travels where you have strong overhead lighting, it’ll wash out some aspects of OLED. With that said, once you’re indoors and, ideally, in not-so-absolutely-bright ambient lighting, OLED will really come to life.
I never hear anyone mention the HUGE positive of the etched screen that it doesn’t scratch. My steamdeck original etched screen doesn’t have one single scratch on it despite a ton of use. Thats IMPOSSIBLE with any glossy screen.
Do you think using a glass screen protector on the 1TB model will restore the etched glass back to same high contrast as the glossy 512GB model?
Preach!
I have a switch oled, my pixel is oled, my sony tv is oled; none are etched and I’ve never had an issue with glare. I just want that transparent shell; might try and mod the glossy oled black shell, is that hard to replace shells?