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The DeckHD is a thoughtful but flawed screen upgrade versus Steam Deck OLED

The Steam Deck's display is a bit low-res - so can we upgrade it with a higher-res alternative? That was the thinking b…

You could of course upgrade to Valve's Steam Deck OLED, which comprehensively solves those issues, or opt for a full display replacement in the form of the DeckHD, which offers a higher resolution and higher-quality LCD panel. I'm not sure if this is a consequence of the display, or perhaps I just have an inferior SoC in my existing Steam Deck LCD model, but in any case I wouldn't expect a big power consumption divergence between the two systems. The Deck OLED offers a display with infinite contrast, better brightness, great HDR support, higher refresh rates, a larger panel, better colour reproduction and comes with a decent little performance edge as well.

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