Dave2D’s latest video showed a good point I wasn’t thinking about during my excitement for the OLED announcement: the etched glass dulls the OLED pop and black levels. So it seems, the cheaper revised version is actually the better option. I wish the limited edition didn’t have the etched glass now. What do you folks think? Still getting the top tier?
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You can still buy a limited model and just put a protective glass cover to fix that, though.
Adding the clear coating protector improves the contrast, but doesn’t completely fix it.
I want the limited edition so bad but I might just get the 512gb old version just because the etched feels like such a misplay. I have a non etched rn and got a 35$ matte screen protector and I was so disappointed with how it looked I went back to a glass screen protector. Then I saw my friends 512gb with etched and he asked me why my screen looked better 💀. Can’t imagine the difference with OLED. Feel like you’d be losing fidelity of the big thing you’re paying for. :/
Maybe Dave2D is a bit overiacting about something he observed, that you can only observe if they are side by side and he isn’t considering the benefits enough. We need more reviewers before we make any conclusions.
I allways go for the TOP TIER version. I absolutly HATE the glare on my colleaques deck
All these discussions on the display made me go and revisit the anti-glare protector that I had on my 256 GB Deck. The moment I took it off, I could immediately tell the difference in contrast and text clarity. Sure there’s more glare, but the colors just pop so much more and the blacks are so much better. This re-affirms my decision on going with the 512GB OLED Deck. If the reflections bother me for some reason, I can just add an anti-gloss coating in the future, but it is impossible to get the clarity of the non-coated screen if I want that. Based on my experiences with my LG C2 OLED, it is hard to go back from true black levels I’m used to seeing and you can never get that with the etched screen and applying any sort of glossy protector on top.