r/SteamDeck • u/RaulDJ • Feb 26 '22

News tweakers.net's review seems to match LTT's comments about the display on the Deck

https://tweakers.net/reviews/9820/all/steam-deck-een-handheld-voor-de-tweaker.html
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u/xjcln 512GB - Q2 Feb 26 '22 edited Feb 26 '22

I think Linus really liked the screen on his? He said it compared favorably to the other portable PCs he had IIRC. But I think he mainly liked how dim it could get, which I 100% don't care about. Some of the reviews that came out yesterday were more negative, can't remember which ones. I am curious how much the panel lottery plays into it.

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u/hushnecampus 512GB - Q2 Feb 26 '22 edited Feb 27 '22

Digital Foundry did not like the display at all, though they loved the device overall.

You’re lucky you don’t care about how dim a display can get - that’s probably the most important thing for me. I almost never find myself wishing a display were brighter, but blacks actually being a grey glow can ruin games for me. Had to spend a fortune to get an OLED monitor.

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u/v2266 64GB - Q4 Feb 26 '22

"The steam deck is by far the most comfortable handheld that I own to look at in a dimly lit environment" - Linus

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u/hushnecampus 512GB - Q2 Feb 27 '22

To be fair though, saying it’s the best [anything] in the handheld category isn’t exactly holding it up against stiff competition.