Okay friends, let’s check who has a Samsung OLED panel, and who has the BOE OLED panel inside his Deck.

Steps to check:

  1. Go to Desktop mode

  2. Open Konsole

  3. Paste the following command into the terminal:

cat /sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1/edid | hexdump -C

You will get the output like in this screenshot:

https://imgur.com/a/Y1jdjmr

The marked number is relevant and means the following:

01: 800x1280 @59.998545 (BOE, LCD)

02: No longer present

03: 800x1280 @90.003892 (Samsung, OLED)

04: 800x1280 @90.061454 (BOE, OLED)

So my results are:

Model: Steam Deck 512GB OLED

Panel: Samsung OLED

What’s yours? Please also don’t forget to post the model, so we can analyze if there’s some correlation.

  • th0myi@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Is there anyway to check? Would hate to open and return. I have the LE too, but kind of want the 512 with glossy screen after weighing my options some more.

  • Heavykiller@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    1 TB LE OLED with BOE screen - 1 dead pixel

    No dead pixels day 1 of owning. Checked day 2 and found it.

  • Rashimotosan@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I just got my LE today and I’ll be honest, not sure I love the shell as much as I’d hope. It looks nice but the lightness in weight makes it feel almost…idk cheap? Being lightweight doesn’t inherently mean cheap, of course. I mean my switch is light but it has a dense kind of feel to it that makes it feel sturdy and still high quality. The LE shell feels like if I’d drop it, it’d crack easily and my old deck feels much sturdier. I will likely keep it in my killswitch case when outside, which is unfortunate given I paid for the aesthetic appeal. Idk, I am thinking maybe of switching mine to a regular as well because this coupled with the screen issue is a little alarming. Reminds of the fan noise controversy in the LCD version that Valve never admitted to but eventually they just quietly phased them out in later productions and only sold the better fans on ifixit. I was lucky to have the quiet one but I don’t really want to go through replacing a whole screen down the line if it was a preventable issue to begin with. We are also talking about a much more expensive part. Weird to not use Samsung on the most expensive models. It really feels like they cut cost and charged the most with this one.

    • Cute_Cat5186@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Seen multiple comments about the plastics firmness from LE vs non le. Though those comments always get downvote bombed.

  • s1mbin@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    This reminds me of when they quietly downgraded Phison x4 NVMes to slower x2 models. I was fortune enough to win that lottery. Looks like I got unlucky this time, with the 04 BOE panel on a Limited Edition. While I don’t have any dead pixels currently, I’m not sure if I should have faith that no dead pixels will develop over time. How reliable is this manufacturer? I’ve never heard of them until now. BTW is everyone else getting the same horrible static buzzing noise, using 3.5mm headphones?

  • 7th_Jackal@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    2 questions. Aside from dead pixels are they the same picture quality? And the 2nd is that if yours doesn’t have dead pixels will potentially get them later/soon?

    • comedynurd@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Picture quality will be the same, and honestly, the people acting like Samsung is inherently the “better” of the two options is hilarious considering Samsung doesn’t exactly have a good track record for OLEDs. Their ghosting on the Galaxy S8 series was atrocious. It’s been quite ironic reading this thread on a Samsung PC monitor with a stuck red pixel on it though. Stuck and/or dead pixels happen to every brand and every type of LED display, and so many people here are overreacting to it big time.

      • 7th_Jackal@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Just got a dead pixel on my new Corsair Xeneon 240 Oled, luckily they have a warranty for that but ya its crazy.