The fact that for less than $100 you could get a refurbished OLED model with the same amount of storage as highest storage LCD model (512GB) is insane. If the OLED model was out and had verified refurbished models on sale back when I bought my deck, I would have absolutely done it. Not upgrading any time soon if I can help it since I love my deck, but damn it would’ve been cool to have the OLED model.
Nice! Hopefully more people will be able to enjoy these. While i loathe the “consumable” nature of OLED, it definitely looks nicer for the first year.
you can argue the “consumable nature” of li-ion batteries is likely to hit earlier than the consumable nature of oled realistically speaking.
An outdated idea that oled burns in quickly.
Modern oled technology is amazing, but some people forget LCDs also burn in (albeit slower).
I have LCD displays that are old enough to vote with absolutely zero burn in sitting in my house right now, and a 1 year old OLED that has noticeable burn in, with several friends who also have ~1 year old OLED screens (including phones, monitors, etc) that have extreme burn in.
Anyone who tells you that its an outdated idea is doing free marketing.
Ya, burn in isn’t as big an issue now. For TVs what’s more likely is if you only watch movies with bars on the top/bottom due to aspect ratios that you might not use up the OLEDs there and they start wearing out at a different speed than the content. Then you start seeing bars watching full screen content.
But it’s not actual burn in, you would just need to play something special that hits those areas and not the center to even it out.
It’d take quite a long time to cause this though.
What people describe as “OLED burn-in” isn’t comparable at all to what you say “LCD burn-in” is (which doesn’t really exist in a permanent way). LCDs are way more durable than even modern OLEDs, it’s not even comparable to be honest.
That being said, it’s improved over the early days as you said and I doubt the average Steam Deck OLED will have problems over its normal lifespan. I still wouldn’t recommend OLED for heavy office use though, as you’ll be able to see degradation within months of first use.
Seems like they don’t sell replacement OLED screens yet either, which is a shame. Especially since they’ve been so good with replacement parts.
OLED screen replacements already exist on iFixit who is the repair partner for valve.
Dumb question, but where is the buying button or even the price for these? I’m curious to see how much cheaper it is refurbished.
Near the top of the page that this post is linking to.
- 512 GB: 569€ > 459€
- 1 TB: 679€ > 549€
Oh? I don’t see that on my page, must be a regional thing.
We only got the Steam Deck released two weeks ago here in Australia. So I guess maybe a few more years we can get a refurb.
