Not sure if it’s the same issue, but mine makes an occasional faint electric noise (like an old hard drive being read) every once in a while. Not sure if that’s the fan or some other component. I just know my LCD model never did this. It’s not causing any performance issues or stuttering at all though.

I’m thinking it’s not mentioned in reviews because a lot of units don’t have these issues, or it’s not a big enough problem to bother most journalists.

I don’t see the mura effect on my 1TB OLED at all. Nor do I notice any fringing. I mean I don’t play games with my face right up against the screen, so maybe that’s why. I guess I also don’t expect a device like this to have a 100% perfect screen either, esp. at this price point. I suppose if it was made for productivity like professional graphics work it would be a serious issue. Thankfully it’s not.

The buttons are a tiny bit loose on mine, but they don’t rattle like crazy when handled normally. No sticking X or B buttons either. Nothing feels overly mushy either. In fact the D-pad is noticeably clickier than my 512GB LCD. So I think we can chalk those up to defects, or being at the far end of allowable factory tolerances?

I mean if you’re not happy with your unit you can return it to Valve. And either take another shot at getting another one to see if these things improve, or just stick to the older model until the next major revision rolls out.

So would it be ideal to disable in-game frame limiters and just let SteamOS handle it, since the FPS cap slider is now tied to the refresh rate too?

but not worth the extra $150 to me over the 512gb.

Wait, why are these two even being compared? You realize there’s a non-LE 1TB model for $30 less, right? You’re basically just reducing your hard drive capacity capacity by almost 1/2 and getting a glossy screen. That’s why it’s much cheaper. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Apparently some people were complaining about the strap scratching up their screen. Not sure how that’s possible, but I always put the microfiber cloth on top before closing the whole thing and never ended up with any scratches. Either way they could’ve just changed the material to be less abrasive, like a silky ribbon. Would’ve done the same damn thing.

I’ll play devil’s advocate here in saying that there is some value added with such threads by reducing unnecessary RMAs, as well as gathering information from a larger sample size of affected individuals who have the same issue(s) to identify certain patterns and/or root causes. Both can potentially help Valve if users direct them to such threads and such.

I get what you’re saying and I know it’s annoying to have a million different threads about the same problem. Maybe weekly bug report/hardware issue megathreads can be created for this purpose. And any additional info gathering polls and such from affected users can also be posted with mod approval.

RED Launcher is buggy. Disable it by going into the game’s Properties menu in Steam and typing –launcher-skip here. It’ll stop the issues with the game freezing on startup, or launching multiple instances of the game (which will kill your framerates).

Lower on mine as well. Judging by all the replies it seems like it’s normal.

Gotcha. That’s definitely not normal behavior. I think they loosened the tolerances to prevent the some of the buttons from getting stuck or caught along the edges of the outer shell.

After a year of usage, the B button on my 512GB LCD has developed a nasty tendency to grind along the right edge if I play games that require quick, repeated presses (like dodging/dashing in Cyberpunk).

So far it hasn’t happened on my 1TB OLED. The buttons are definitely looser, but not in a way that feel sloppy or screws up any of my inputs. But I guess time will tell whether that’ll last.

Seems like common issue.

It’s not really an issue if it’s not causing any problems in functionality. It’s more about perceived quality (subjective) by the end user.