I have been going back and forth the past few days and I just cannot decide, the limited edition is just too cool looking, but I really wish it had a glossy screen. Anyone else having the same dilemma?
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I’m surprised with there still isn’t a video on comparing the glossy to the etched yet given people have them both already. I ordered both and still debating on which to keep after seeing a true comparison of the 2
Nope, glossy all the way baby.
Let’s be honest. There’s no debate to be had here. None of us can get our hands on the LE.
Will they just sell out quickly on Thursday?
I’m pretty sure scalpers will go for the LE, and use scripts to get it as soon as it opens.
Now it really depends how many of the LE Valve manufactured.
They are limiting OLED purchases to 1 per account per week.
Of course this doesn’t help if there are a million bot accounts, but I’m hopeful real people will be able to place orders (assuming we don’t overload their servers).
Same dilemma for me. Hard to know from all the discussion so far whether the matte degrades the oled quality a small, but acceptable amount, or a large and unacceptable amount. I’m still leaning towards the limited edition as I’m willing to take a small compromise on the oled screen, as it’ll still be much better than my 512 lcd etched screen, and I do use it outside as much as inside.
I don’t particularly care about the limited edition but I’m having a lot of trouble regarding glossy vs etched. I really want to maximize the picture quality. I’m coming from an etched 512 model which I did enjoy. The screen was never good enough for me to care about whether the anti glare affected the picture quality. Now that it will be OLED I want it to look as good as possible.
I think this has been blown way out of proportion. There’s a trade-off being made between a tiny bit of saturation in exchange for significant improvement in terms of glare/reflections.
If you know you really want the ultimate image quality and don’t care about reflections, then glossy is for you. If you do care about reflections or take your Deck to environments where you don’t control the lighting, the etched glass will be great.
The majority of people won’t care and will be happy with whichever you get but the culture created around “always having the absolute best” has created a ton of stress (for lack of a better word) and concern for people.
Really it boils down to “do you want greatly improved glare reduction and slightly less saturated colors (and contrast) or do you want the best possible saturation/color accuracy in exchange for glare when you’re in certain environments” and all the side-effects that come with that choice. Personally, I’m going for the 1TB deck since I prefer the trade-off of slightly less saturation for less glare when traveling or in a place I don’t control the lighting in.
Don’t forget the improved durability of etched. Anything I ever have with a glossy screen gets small scratches no matter how careful I am. And that drives me insane. I took a really close look at my original steamdeck with etched glass and not one single scratch. That’s after a year of heavy use and even dropping it multiple times. To me, that’s one of the biggest benefits
Get glossy, and you can always add a matte screen protector.
Buy glossy, if glossy annoys you, buy etched screen protector.
Only buy etched OLED if you need the 1TB.
I think it’s that simple?
100%. I pretty much only play indoors with indirect lighting, so the limited edition is just for pure looks for me.
I think I’ll try to snag the limited edition, but if I’m unlucky, I’ll just go with the 512 GB glossy version and upgrade the ssd.
Mine too. I want the transparent shell and I’ll try for that. Idc that much about storage or the screen glass. I’ll be fine with the 512 gen if I don’t get the limited edition. Can always put an anti glare screen protector on if I hate the reflections.
I’m stuck between getting the OLED or getting the 64GB now and upgrading the ssd to 2TB.
I really think the etched screen is a modicum of difference. If you like the look of the special edition, that will make a much bigger deal to you than diff the etched screen makes
not torn anymore, alot of people like to spend the least possible on storage and add their own. There also seems to be good after market support for decks, many of which may look cooler. This limited edition I am assuming will be a door stop in no time. Grab the glossy and put whatever protection you want on it.
Nope. It’s easy. Glossy. No screen distortion for me.
Reflection are also distortions of the image.
Have you ever used an oled glossy screen? The reflections are easy to ignore… having shittier blacks isn’t
I’m going for the limited…if I can’t get it the 1tb with etched glass
I hate glossy screens. I put a matte screen protector on my Switch OLED, it still looks great. I can take the little loss of quality to not have reflections. I hate seeing my face in glossy screens.
Russ from retrogamecorps mentioned that he might buy the glossy version too and compare screens from the 1tb to the 512gb. Then we can see if a screen protector “fixes” the image
I want the etched, 100%.
The solution I see is, if u want the bundle, choose an etched screen. If it doesn’t matter, pick the glossy screen because there are matte screen protectors that u can put on later if u dont want reflection.
Nah I’m perfectly happy with my old device.