James Bentley, Hardware Author
This week: I am watching the news of Nintendo Switch 2 with excitement and frightening with tariff news. Overall, a beautiful standard week.
One of the most memorable upgrades I had in my gaming rig was to change the OLED monitor. A high and clear contrast, but also more dynamic colors and dark black. It just makes the color pop, which is difficult to explain fully unless you see it bright in front of you. I have become so accustomed to my 1440p OLED screen that my secondary monitor does not feel so much to disclose basic information and browse the Internet. I have a hunker for another OLED monitor and my bank account is living for fear of that day.
Effectively, every pixel in the OLED monitor has its own light, which means you do not need any back lighting to see the panel. This improves ink calls and vice versa.
Of course there are some good reasons to choose the LED OOLD in the SET setup. The LED monitor is hungry with less power than his cool -looking brother, and he is less expensive. OLED burn has always been their fears (though a year long test has yielded good results) and, some expensive can choose for more than 1440p OLED 4K monitor. With a lot of good options, the cost of this opportunity is always there, especially when you consider that you need to get some time with the OLED monitor to see why they are so good.
Although I may not be able to go on the OLED screen in the setup of my home, I am disappointed that we do not have much OLED screen in the handheld gaming market. The strange thing is that while searching for the best handheld gaming PC, only a few of them are OLED screen: One X Player Strexpoint Les One X Flyf1 Pro and Valve’s own steam deck OLED.
Despite the change in almost no solid hardware, turning from the Nintendo Switch to the Nintendo Switch made me feel inadequate for me for the first time in 2021. I felt a unique pleasure to be able to watch the same game that I played just weeks ago but in a new light (or do I lack back light?).
I had the same experience to test the steam deck a few months ago. This is a great indio machine thanks to a screen, its price point, and a better battery life than a standard model. It loses against competition because you can get relatively more powerful tools for similar cash, but the screen is so beautiful that an argument can be made for it anyway.
However, the recent announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 has made me think that Nintendo has withdrawn one step with his LCD screen. Attended the recent round table interview IgnNintendo’s representative says: “There are now many developments that have been made in LCD technology during development”. He then says that Nintendo took a lot of consideration and decided on the LCD screen.
The announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 shows that it supports HDR, which Nintendo Switch and LED did not. Perhaps, with the additional cost of OLED screens and the abundance of LED panels, Nintendo decided that the HDR -improved LEDs are good enough.
OLED monitors lack the brightness of non -OLED selection and really need to crank the smaller to crank to the eye -to -view surface. HDR, or high dynamic range, allows the monitor to display a wide range of colors. OLED has dark black and non -OLED has bright screens so they have different considerations from their design point of view.
We have not yet seen the Nintendo Switch 2 screen in action so that it is impressive instead but when I put a hand on one, it’s one of the first things I intend to test. However, HDR screens may have a small hit or missed and OLED tech is also getting better during the day. LG and Samsung’s new OLED TVs have been told about the complete brightness of up to 400, which should only be an honor for HDR.
Exchange in OLED panels has been one of another memorable upgrade in the past few years, and although I think a sharp IPS panel with HDR and VRR can certainly make for a good trade, but I can’t help it but I can’t regret it as my central screen.
I can pick up a Nintendo Switch 2 anyway to play what I am making from the software, and I have definitely been lure with the performance of MSI Panj 8 AI+, but I can’t help but wonder if it will feel like an upgrade and like any side stop.
However, I’m not looking for the Old screens to look at all, I’m looking for more than them right now. OLED screens feel like a great partner for gaming handheld. They look incredible, and lack of backlight means they take less than the LED panel. It can leave more rooms in the thermal or high -performing battery LID. Even the steam deck OLED manages to offer a better battery than his predecessor.
The price certainly plays a factor why the OLEDs are less common and some of the X -Flyf1 Pro’s minimum $ 1,300+ price is due to its lush screen. It is worth noting that the Strexpoint Chip will be the biggest partner F1 Pro at this cost.
The Steam Deck’s OLED version is $ 150 higher than the Steam Deck, but the previous device has doubled the storage, which is more matched than you think. About $ 1,000 handhelds for a passionate level, I certainly understand why companies haven’t competed on OLED so they don’t hit more than $ 1,000. But Lashkar feels like the excellent opportunity for this screen with his Z2 Go processor.
The switch OLED, in return, is only $ 50 more than the Nintendo switch. A handful of devices have a secret weapon on their screens and I can’t wait to catch more devices.
I can always expect the OLED screen in the upcoming handheld of Microsoft. Unless Everything is an XboxAt least give it a fine panel.
