I’m gonna get downvoted to oblivion for this…
I just got my new OLED and weirdly enough, upon booting it I saw something that I didn’t even think of till now. With the new OLED, the sub-pixel arrangement is slightly different than the LCD, and it’s causing white edge (specially on text) to have this green/magenta fringing. It’s extremely faint, and it’s not particular to the Steam Deck since I know of other OLED panels that have the same fringing. However I have heard zero mention of this and I have to say that although this matters close to nothing while playing videogames, it’s something I do see with subtitles.
With this out of the way, the screen looks amazing and I’m more than ready to sell and replace my LCD deck now. I hope the technology gets there where this isn’t an issue anymore!
I feel like it really only comes up with OLEDs that are physically close to your eyes. Handhelds, VR headsets, etc.
The pixel fill rate is another thing. I noticed right away that my OLED Deck had more “black space” between pixels than my LCD Deck did. It’s not something you notice without comparing them side by side, but it definitely contriubes to a grainy-er look in some instances.
In the original Oculus Quest, it caused noticeable screen door effect.
People act like OLED is the second coming of Christ, but it has tradeoffs just like every other type of screen. Overall, OLED produces the best picture quality, IMO, but it’s not the king of all aspects of picture quality.