[HN Gopher] The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck...
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The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs
Author : neffo
Score : 270 points
Date : 2023-11-12 15:20 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| Do we know who's the supplier of the OLED panel? Samnang? LG?
| BOE?
| PrivateButts wrote:
| Last I heard, it's the same supplier as the Switch OLED; that's
| why it uses MIPI over eDP. Samsung is the manufacturer I think
| Hamuko wrote:
| That's what I've heard too. And yeah, Samsung makes the
| Switch's panel according to iFixit's teardown.
|
| https://www.ifixit.com/News/53272/nintendo-switch-oled-
| teard...
| pests wrote:
| (GP)> "same supplier as the Switch OLED"
|
| > That's what I've heard too
|
| Is any of this confirmed or just rumor from the LTT video?
| smileybarry wrote:
| The other comment chain (2 levels above but in the same
| first-level thread) links to this tweet with a code
| screenshot that seems to confirm it: https://twitter.com/
| SadlyItsBradley/status/17227592388066431...
| if ((vendor_product->product == GALILEO_SDC_PID) ||
| (vendor_product->product == GELILEO_BOE_PID)) {
| // ...
|
| I'm assuming SDC ("GALILEO_ _SDC_ _PID") is Samsung
| Display [Corp?] (a search seems to confirm that's their
| acronym).
| Philpax wrote:
| Samsung, but BOE may be dual-supplying it:
| https://twitter.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/17227592388066431...
| pawelduda wrote:
| Ultra-bright means higher burn-in risk, or am I wrong on this
| one?
|
| Edit: thanks for clarifying
| lukevp wrote:
| Burn-in on OLEDs is really just uneven wear. I don't think it
| really matters how bright they get for that, unless panel heat
| is an issue at higher brightnesses.
| jdiff wrote:
| Higher brightness leads to faster wear. If the wear is
| uneven, this leads to faster burn at higher brightness.
| bitwize wrote:
| Burn-in on CRTs was just uneven wear, too, but still a pain
| in the ass.
| SXX wrote:
| Fortunately in case of Steam Deck it's possible to replace
| screen in case this become a problem in a couple of years and
| new parts wont cost like a new device.
| eloisant wrote:
| I hope replacement is easier than with the OG Steam Deck
| because to replace the screen you have to completely
| disassemble the device, heat to unglue the screen...
|
| https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+Screen+Replacement/1.
| ..
| mdhen wrote:
| They have made a number of changes to makebit easier to
| fix, not sure about the screen though.
| dumptruk wrote:
| It's one of the improvements they listed regarding repair-
| ability
|
| > Improved display repair/replacement to not require taking
| rear cover off
| upon_drumhead wrote:
| Only if you drive the display at the top end. If you end up
| driving in the middle, it helps prevent burn in
|
| > By counting the time each subpixel is displayed and at what
| brightness, a "wear level" can be determined for each pixel,
| using an algorithm to estimate the luminance degradation this
| can be compensated for. However, to do this, you must have some
| spare luminance headroom that gets utilized as the display gets
| older. Or alternatively, if the display unlocks full maximum
| luminance when new without saving any headroom, the algorithm
| would dim the other pixels over time to bring them down to the
| level of the burned-in pixels, so the peak luminance of the
| display would diminish over time as the burn-in occurs.
|
| https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/why-oled-monitor-bur...
| MaximilianEmel wrote:
| Do we know if the steam deck has this feature?
| bigyikes wrote:
| Gorgeous! It's a shame that CGI is so prevalent, because without
| context I would totally assume this was CGI. Some of the shots
| would fit right in with a Portal cutscene.
|
| Imagine playing on the one in the center of the orb. It's the
| ultimate Steam Deck gaming throne.
| pdpi wrote:
| > Some of the shots would fit right in with a Portal cutscene.
|
| The music really helps sell that idea.
| quasarj wrote:
| Damn, no call out to DeckMate by name in the thread? Sad
| JCharante wrote:
| This is awesome. Video production just takes so many hours for
| each second and I don't think people know how much work it takes
| until you help out on a shoot.
| iamflimflam1 wrote:
| I do a lot of YouTubing and the consensus is that every minute
| of video takes at least 1 hour of work - and this is just
| amateurs messing around.
| ancientworldnow wrote:
| In the pro world it's common for one person to spend hours on
| seconds, multiplied over dozens of people working on those
| same seconds.
| gumballindie wrote:
| I am continuously amazed at how awesome valve is and what awesome
| products it makes. Also steam supporting linux single handedly
| advanced adoption of that os. Apparently the best types of
| companies are those founded by deeply technical people, still
| owned and run by them, no venture capital. In an ideal world we
| would favour such companies over toxic ones.
| charcircuit wrote:
| >Also steam supporting linux single handedly advanced adoption
| of that os.
|
| Android using Linux is what single handily advanced the
| adoption of Linux among consumers.
| wiseowise wrote:
| Not as a desktop.
| redundantly wrote:
| Saying Android is Linux is like saying macOS is BSD.
| rstat1 wrote:
| No it isn't.
|
| Android is as much a Linux distro as any other.
| fckthisguy wrote:
| Adoption on desktop is 100% more related to Steam support, at
| least in the gaming segment.
|
| Anecdotally, among friends and colleagues, people are only
| staying with Windows for gaming support.
|
| People generally dislike Windows but are forced to stay their
| for gaming. As support for Linux improves, they'll be less
| willing to put up with Windows' BS.
| randyrand wrote:
| And they only take a 30% cut! Practically altruism.
| gumballindie wrote:
| That's messed up indeed.
| depr wrote:
| Without taking away from the great things they are also doing,
| I'm mostly amazed at how bad and laggy the Steam app is, and
| has been for years, on all 3 platforms I've used it on.
|
| (I'm sure there are loads of people who have never had any
| issues but to me that's like people saying there are no
| problems with Linux on the desktop because they don't have any
| problems.)
| gumballindie wrote:
| It could be improved yes, but that's an acceptable kind of
| issues. Steam's important functionality works well and is
| reliable - package management for games. It doesnt spy on me,
| doesn't push crap, doesnt use dark patterns. We need more
| apps like steam tbh.
| extraduder_ire wrote:
| I love how each of the decks being a proper computer made this
| much easier to pull off. Like, driving a display in a dummy
| device would probably get you the same effect, and take longer.
| But that's likely the route a third-party production company
| would take.
| tomcam wrote:
| When I see things like that I always think about their lifecycle.
| The frame will be stripped of the devices for another display.
| It'll still hang around in some honored spot, then they'll get
| new staff and it will be shunted into storage. In 3 years it will
| be disassembled and tossed into the dumpster because no one will
| have room for it at home.
| karaterobot wrote:
| I got pretty excited that it was Jake Rodkin posting this on
| something with the Idle Thumbs name.
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