I just bought the 256GB Deck at the beginning of this month and it arrived on the 10th for $529. On the 13th they announced the OLED Deck and dropped the price of the 256GB Deck to $399.

I wrote to Steam customer service and asked if I could return the deck and purchase the OLED model for $30 more and they wrote back with two options:

  1. return the deck, get a refund, and then buy the OLED model

  2. keep the deck I own and get $130 in my Steam Wallet.

I’m not sure which option to choose. On the one hand, $130 is a nice chunk of change to buy some games. On the other hand, a brand new, bigger, and nicer deck is worth waiting a couple weeks and $30.

Any advice?

  • SemperverusEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    The only thing putting me off of the oled model… is the oled.

    Oled objectively looks better - for 1 to 3 years.

    My wife’s name is burned into the top of my phone’s screen, which is oled.

    If they offered an improved LCD model with a higher color accuracy panel, refresh rate, and VRR/HDR like the oled panel, and all the other improvements, i would instantly be all over it.

    • Jackie's Fridge
      5•1 year ago

      How techy are you? I was eyeing up this screen and may give it a shot in the new year.

      Edit: odd Boost doesn’t show my linked text. Just in case - https://deckhd.com/

      • @[email protected]
        4•1 year ago

        Boost puts an exclamation point at the beginning of the link that shouldn’t be there. It’s a bug. Delete it and it will work.

        ETA: I checked the link, and 87% sRGB coverage isn’t very good. I’d want to see it in real life before buying one.

      • SemperverusEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        A friend of mine got the Deck HD and it looks good. I couldn’t tell too much of a difference between it and the stock screen’s color gamut but it was good regardless. The only thing I noticed off about it was that the pixels around the edge of the bezels seem to be underneath it a smidge, giving a weird effect of the edges getting cut off if you look at it at a weird angle.

        I’m fairly techy, though I’ve been trying to move away from a lot of it.

    • @c10l
      1•1 year ago

      On my previous 5 years old phone the OLED looks as good as it did when it was new.

      My LG OLED TV of 4 years looks as good as it did when new.

      I had a PS Vita for about 4 years and the OLED was good as new when I sold it.

      I’m not questioning your experience but OLED can last a lot longer than 1-3 years if it’s of good quality and the software has features to help preserve the pixels.