Comment on Decksight, an OLED screen replacement for LCD decks, is now in crowdfunding
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
I was about to say “look interesting, but I’m going to wait for reviews”, but it seems that I need to do that anyway:
[…] for the initial launch, CE compliance will not be pursued and DeckSight will not be available in EU countries that conform to CE
meh
sanpo@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Also, why do these replacement screens always insist on increasing the resolution?
The low res is one of the main reasons the Deck holds up as well as it does.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
It’s easier to source a screen with a particular size that has standard resolution.
The steamdeck has a super awkward resolution that doesn’t fit into any standard aspect ratio. Which creates problems with some games.
If you want to play games on a lower resolution for performance reasons, you can always just to that. Games don’t need to run on the native resolution.
Playing a lower resolution on a screen that has a higher one will generally also make the image look nicer, as the DPI is higher. (just be careful and don’t scale to some weird fractional scales)
proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
1280x800 is 16:10, a standard aspect ratio, and isn’t far from 16:9 at all. 720p (HD) is 1280x720
Yeah they don’t. The Deck’s resolution is fine. Do you have any examples of games that don’t run well on the deck?
Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Upscaling is available, and especially if the higher resolution is a clean 2x then doing it with minimal artifacts it’s quite easy
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
My main laptop is literally 16:10, same res as a deck, pretty sure most Macbooks and productivity monitors are 16:10 too, my gf even snagged a 30" 16:10 monitor
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I believe it has to do with availability of pre-existing screens. I don’t think a startup can afford original deck exclusive OLED panels, these were probably mass produced for another device and are just being refitted for the Deck.