Dear fellow SD users,

A trivial, point-blank question. Are you going to upgrade?

As I have the (former) top-of-the-line and non-modded model, I wonder if the improvements of the OLED version justify the price. I believe they do, especially in the long run. What’s your take? Will you hold on what you have or bite the bullet?

Thanks for your replies :)

  • GilBatesHatesApples@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    You know what? I fired up my deck for the first time in awhile last night amidst all this hype over the OLED model, and the LCD screen still looks beautiful and vivid to me, the colors really pop, and that’s with the factory settings. Clearly an OLED screen is “more vivid-y” but when immersed in the experience, who’s going to notice? Are you going to be playing a game, constantly evaluating color saturation and thinking “wow, that OLED sword sure is vivid!” Doubtful. I’ve never once had any complaints about my deck screen and there’s no reason to start now. As far as battery life goes, I’ve never played my deck long enough to be concerned about having to stop to charge it. I play it so infrequently I can go weeks without needing to charge it. So for me, I would gain very little by upgrading to the OLED. Obviously if you play your deck for like 8 hours at a time, the bigger battery would be a benefit. I’m an adult with a full time job and a family so the time I have to spend on video games is very minimal. Whether or not the upgrade is worth it depends entirely on your gaming habits and practicality. I’ll buy the deck 2 when it gets released.

    • clothing_throwaway@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      As someone who switched to OLED for my PC monitor for the past year, I’m never looking back at LCD. You really don’t have to “look” for it to see the difference. It’s just obvious and apparent from the get-go and never fails to look amazing.