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user_7832yesterday at 6:45 PM3 repliesview on HN

One pro of the LCDs is that I'm moderately sure they don't flicker (PWM) as (bad) as the OLED ones would.

Source: 99% of oleds cause terrible eye strain. Flicker affects people even when they don't realise it (studied for office workers during the CFL era iirc.)


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wishfishyesterday at 9:13 PM

I'm someone who's fairly sensitive to PWM. Have tried and returned iPhones, Pixels, and similar. Steam's OLED doesn't bother me. I think it's the same screen as the Switch OLED which also doesn't bother me. Wish Apple and Google would buy from that supplier.

But in general you're correct. When given a choice, I'll generally buy IPS when I can.

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zeeveeneryesterday at 7:05 PM

That must be a small percentage of the Steam Deck userbase that's impacted by this as I have the OLED model and it does not flicker or cause _me_ eye strain, even when at the absurdly low brightness levels it can reach.

clipsyyesterday at 7:49 PM

I don’t think you quite understand what a “source” is.