So maybe I’m asking a stupid question, but I never had an OLED screen before. I recently got my 256gb steam deck (less than 2 weeks) and I’m not sure if I want to refund and get the new OLED or just get the difference back (as the the old decks are discounted). I remember always hearing about burn in when OLEDs are mentioned, is it still an issue (specifically for the steam deck)?
Bob Wulff has a video for you. OK, switch oled but still oled.
Burn in is caused by leaving a single static image on and OLED screen for a long time; as long as you don’t make a habit of leaving your Deck running idle for hours at a time I wouldn’t worry about it.
Burn in is always a concern for OLED but it requires hours and hours of the same image to be an issue. For gaming, OLED burn in is not really a huge concern because the image changes all the time, and if you’re gaming it’s only for a few hours at a time, not all day.
OLED is mostly an issue for productivity, like if you are using an OLED monitor for work. You’ll probably have burn in on the task bar and other places that have static stuff. Also could be an issue if you have a TV and just run the same channel all day in the background, like a news network where they have their logo in corner and order stuff.
But panel technology is a lot better than it used to be and the pros outweigh the cons by a wide margin for OLED. I’m dying to get my hands on an OLED monitor for my PC, and will pull the trigger when I can afford one lol
Can you get burn in ? Yes but it literally takes hundreds of hours on a static image in new O,ED tech.
I wouldn’t worry too much over it
It’s just not an issue you need to worry about. A YouTuber recently made news for finally ruining the screen on his Switch OLED after two solid years of displaying the same static image. Just don’t do that.
Exactly the reason I won’t be upgrading. Not a fan of having anxiety over screen being inherently temporary on top of SSD and battery already being temporary.
It seems the new Deck uses the same OLED screen as the Switch OLED.
There was a Youtube video by wulff den about a 2 year burn in test on that and Digital Foundry commented on it in their recent podcast.
It looks to me like there is nothing to worry about with this specific display. It seems extremely robust.After reading all the comments and searching stuff up on the Internet, the answer to my question is that it will take a very long time to get burn in, and by that time the screen won’t be the only thing to worry about. It’s just like anything else, it will degrade over time, but that will be years and shouldn’t stop you from buying it (just like lithium batteries degrading doesn’t stop you from buying electronics).
Also as others have recommended, this video helps: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=gt8qBV6i42xrFZFj&v=Po8jAQjvd88&feature=youtu.be
For a such small screen, I doubt it. There are cases for OLED phones getting burn in of the static image the menu layouts (the tree controlling Android dots). For example playing a game for hours upon hours with a menu layout may bring a burn in. But I believe when you reach that point we will probably have Steam Deck 2 Oled