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worthless-trashtoday at 9:56 AM4 repliesview on HN

I remember reading that the screen is worse than v1, is that still true ?


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jezzamontoday at 11:24 AM

I have the originals of both, the screen is much better on the switch 2. Don't have any other similar devices or the OLED version.

In the Switch 2 Welcome Tour app they even have demos to highlight the improvement in the screen quality compared to the switch

schnitzelstoattoday at 10:07 AM

Yes, there is no OLED version like they later released for the original Switch.

OLED is probably better overall but it can be harder to use in bright sunshine and you have the risk of burn-in if you accidentally leave the screen turned on for hours or something.

nokeyatoday at 10:30 AM

Really? They released a second generation with screen being worse than installed in the first generation (even non-oled version)?

We have two switches in our family, both first gen, one usual and one oled. Standalone, usual screen is bearable, compared to oled it is quite bad, but if the new screen is even worse?? I can’t find any explanation for this except of greediness from Nintendo

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gambitingtoday at 10:16 AM

I have the switch 2 and an OLED steam deck and it's not even close - the switch 2 screen is just not very good. To a point where if you have grey on grey movement you can see visible smearing like it's some old LCD from 20 years ago. When an OLED version comes out I'll definitely upgrade(so I guess the joke is on me, because I'll end up buying the same console twice just to have the screen that it should have had from the beginning)