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Steam is giving me options for a return and I'm hoping for advice (self.steamdeck)

submitted 11 months ago by MostRegularPeople to c/[email protected]

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I just bought the 256GB Deck at the beginning of this month and it arrived on the 10th for $529. On the 13th they announced the OLED Deck and dropped the price of the 256GB Deck to $399.

I wrote to Steam customer service and asked if I could return the deck and purchase the OLED model for $30 more and they wrote back with two options:

return the deck, get a refund, and then buy the OLED model
keep the deck I own and get $130 in my Steam Wallet.

I'm not sure which option to choose. On the one hand, $130 is a nice chunk of change to buy some games. On the other hand, a brand new, bigger, and nicer deck is worth waiting a couple weeks and $30.

Any advice?

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[–] semperverus 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The only thing putting me off of the oled model... is the oled.

Oled objectively looks better - for 1 to 3 years.

My wife's name is burned into the top of my phone's screen, which is oled.

If they offered an improved LCD model with a higher color accuracy panel, refresh rate, and VRR/HDR like the oled panel, and all the other improvements, i would instantly be all over it.

[–] JackiesFridge 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

How techy are you? I was eyeing up this screen and may give it a shot in the new year.

Edit: odd Boost doesn't show my linked text. Just in case - https://deckhd.com/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Boost puts an exclamation point at the beginning of the link that shouldn't be there. It's a bug. Delete it and it will work.

ETA: I checked the link, and 87% sRGB coverage isn't very good. I'd want to see it in real life before buying one.

[–] semperverus 2 points 11 months ago

A friend of mine got the Deck HD and it looks good. I couldn't tell too much of a difference between it and the stock screen's color gamut but it was good regardless. The only thing I noticed off about it was that the pixels around the edge of the bezels seem to be underneath it a smidge, giving a weird effect of the edges getting cut off if you look at it at a weird angle.

I'm fairly techy, though I've been trying to move away from a lot of it.

[–] c10l 1 points 11 months ago

On my previous 5 years old phone the OLED looks as good as it did when it was new.

My LG OLED TV of 4 years looks as good as it did when new.

I had a PS Vita for about 4 years and the OLED was good as new when I sold it.

I’m not questioning your experience but OLED can last a lot longer than 1-3 years if it’s of good quality and the software has features to help preserve the pixels.