I have got my OLED Steamdeck today and made a picture with my old one side by side. The display is a little bit bigger, the touch screen is way better (more like a smartphone).
For anyone who can’t tell the difference: The OLED is the one that’s next to the other one.
Honestly can’t tell the difference 💁🏼♂️
I guess the problem is looking at your picture on my LCD smart phone. :)
I can tell the machine on the left is the OLED version because the screen is just a touch bigger.
Or maybe they’re only marginally different. I have an OLED screen on my phone, and there’s only a slight difference between them (one on the right is slightly duller, like the contrast is turned down a slight touch more).
I’m going to be getting the OLED version, but LCD tech has come pretty far, so I’m not surprised it’s still a viable contender.
The blacks seem a little blacker even when viewed on an LCD screen, I believe.
Unless I also have an OLED screen I’m not going to be able to tell the difference, but the bottom one looks slightly better so I’m guessing that’s the OLED one?
Left looks like it has blacker blacks but that’s may be camera lighting. Anyway I’m guessing left is the oled. Looking at image from my phone which is oled.
Serious question: Is the difference more apparent IRL (not a picture)? I’m not seeing a big enough difference that I’d spend much more for OLED.
I saw a noticeable difference going from a Switch to a Switch OLED, mainly in the contrast in scenes. Greys and blacks can almost look inky in comparison to LCD, and glowing lights (think neon signs) pop out a lot more.
That being said, the topic is the Deck OLED, which I haven’t seen in person, so your mileage will vary.
In person it’s very noticable. If you play games in the dark a lot it can be “night and day” difference going from LCD to OLED imo.
The best description I can give it is the colors are just so much more punchy and strong as well as the light bleed being completely gone. 90 Hz is just icing on the cake when navigating menus.
I didn’t try this out on my OLED steam Deck yet, but dark scenes are a bit of a strain on the eye on the LCD one. I played mark of the ninja on it and the black and darker stuff (which the game has a lot of) is illuminated like any other color, which feels a bit unpleasant. With OLED black is the absence of light, which feels much more natural.
