Thank you for sharing that. It seems its not always the case that the BOE will have a reduced mura effect or perhaps my Samsung panel is a bit worse than yours. I am curious about what you described as seeing the etched glass in bright scenes as I have not noticed this (though I do not have a 512 glossy to compare to). Is your non-LE a 1tb version with etched glass?

I think it’s kind of stupid that all Steam Deck Oled content MUST be in this beast of a megathread where 99% of the content will be buried. For the 1-3 people who see this before it vanishes into the abyss, here is a quick summary from my post that was taken down by the moderators and redirected here:

My Steam Deck Oled Special Edition weighs approximately 20g less than my Steam Deck Oled Regular Edition

My wife and I received our Oled Steam decks today. One is the special edition and the other is the regular edition. Both are the 1tb model.

I unboxed both to do the setup and I noticed the special edition felt lighter. I assumed it was just because the material feels a bit different but I kept noticing it even after an hour or so of use. I grabbed our kitchen scale and weighed both and was surprised to see a 22g difference between the two. Maybe there is something I am overlooking but I’m surprised the case material could make that much of a difference. I had not read this elsewhere but thought others might find it interesting.

And a quick follow-up that I posted later:

So, I have been investigating and it seems Valve is shipping 2 different display panels in the oled version of the deck. I used the info here to determine that my special edition is using a BOE panel while the regular is using a Samsung panel. This is very likely contributing to the weight difference.

Some initial observations about the panels:

They are quite visibly different even when off. The BOE panel has less of a gap between the glass and the display and its harder to distinguish the display from the bezel. Also, the BOE display has a less noticeable mura effect which makes it look quite clean on dark grays. I also think the BOE looks better off angle with almost no color shift. The Samsung appears to have slightly better contrast but it’s hard to tell without a proper tool for measuring. I have not done any real comparisons of games or motion testing yet. I have never had a BOE oled panel so while I think it looks great, I am a bit concerned about longevity and burn-in (for which I think Samsung is better established). However, the weight difference is quite noticeable and might be worth the risk.

Both panels look very, very good and my wife cannot tell the difference between them. I will play around with them later tonight and try to post a better comparison.