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[Review] DeckHD: 1200p Screen Upgrade (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Interesting review IMO, with colour accuracy comparison and benchmarks of DeckHD vs. original screen (and other "known good" screens).

I would be more tempted by an OLED screen upgrade, but colour accuracy looks pretty good tbh. Pricing is in line with an official (matte) screen replacement from ifixit - $99 USD.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There is zero chance I’m flashing a bios from a third party company onto my Steam Deck in order to install a different screen.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And without doing a better GPU what's really the point? Slower frame rate and a bit more resolution? Not what's important in a portable console for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you stream a game from a PC with a stronger GPU, a better screen makes a difference, and you can still run lower resolution when away from home.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, completely fair.
They mention:

How long will DeckHD support the custom BIOS firmware?
We plan to continue providing BIOS firmware support for the foreseeable future. We are also optimistic about having the opportunity to work together with Valve to release official BIOS which natively support the DeckHD screen.

Which sounds to me like they haven't reached out to Valve and there's pretty much no chance of that (EDIT: official BIOS support) ever happening.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It'd be cool if coreboot supported the Deck. Hopefully OpenSIL will help with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the dealbreaker for me. I was looking at earnestly upgrading the screen despite the effort/patience needed to do the swap, potential battery drain, etc. But the fact you need a third party bios flash is the bridge too far. I just want to make sure I don’t run into a situation where they stop support and now I’ve got to swap the screen again.