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Decksight, an OLED screen replacement for LCD decks, is now in crowdfunding(www.crowdsupply.com)

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DeckSight is a 1080P AMOLED display panel that drops into an LCD model Valve Steam Deck with no major modifications. DeckSight surpasses the stock LCD in almost every specification, making your games look sharper, more colorful, and with perfect black levels.

$130-140 for the screen

  • Display Technology: AMOLED
  • Size: 7” diagonal, 16:9 aspect (slightly shorter and wider than stock)
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (up from 1200 x 800)
  • Color Depth: 10-bit, 1.07 billion colors (up from 8-bit, 16.7 million colors)
  • Brightness: 800 nits
  • Surface Options: Matte: Anti-glare and anti-fingerprint etched glass (similar to highest end stock LCD) Gloss: Anti-fingerprint coating (similar to 64 and 256 GB LCD models)
  • Refresh Rate: 60 Hz (currently), may be improved in before release or with BIOS patch (likely 80-90 Hz)
  • Contrast Ratio: > 1,000,000:1
  • Compatibility: Valve Steam Deck (LCD models, 64 GB/256 GB/512 GB)
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woelkchen@lemmy.world
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A drop-in low power OLED display upgrade for LCD model Steam Decks

DeckSight requires a custom BIOS

future updates may temporarily disrupt DeckSight functionality until re-flashing is performed.

So, not drop-in after all.

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MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world
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Yeah it’s a huge pain in the ass to replace the screen too.

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