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The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by depr »

gumballindie wrote: post #19

I am continuously amazed at how awesome valve is and what awesome products it makes. Also steam supporting linux single handedly advanced adoption of that os. Apparently the best types of companies are those founded by deeply technical people, still owned and run by them, no venture capital. In an ideal world we would favour such companies over toxic ones.

Without taking away from the great things they are also doing, I'm mostly amazed at how bad and laggy the Steam app is, and has been for years, on all 3 platforms I've used it on.

(I'm sure there are loads of people who have never had any issues but to me that's like people saying there are no problems with Linux on the desktop because they don't have any problems.)

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by pdpi »

bigyikes wrote: post #8

Gorgeous! It's a shame that CGI is so prevalent, because without context I would totally assume this was CGI. Some of the shots would fit right in with a Portal cutscene. Imagine playing on the one in the center of the orb. It's the ultimate Steam Deck gaming throne.

> Some of the shots would fit right in with a Portal cutscene.

The music really helps sell that idea.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by rstat1 »

redundantly wrote: post #28
charcircuit wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Also steam supporting linux single handedly advanced adoption of that os. Android using Linux is what single handily advanced the adoption of Linux among consumers.

Saying Android is Linux is like saying macOS is BSD.

No it isn't.

Android is as much a Linux distro as any other.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by tomcam »

When I see things like that I always think about their lifecycle. The frame will be stripped of the devices for another display. It'll still hang around in some honored spot, then they'll get new staff and it will be shunted into storage. In 3 years it will be disassembled and tossed into the dumpster because no one will have room for it at home.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by bitwize »

lukevp wrote: post #6
pawelduda wrote: post #5

Ultra-bright means higher burn-in risk, or am I wrong on this one? Edit: thanks for clarifying

Burn-in on OLEDs is really just uneven wear. I don’t think it really matters how bright they get for that, unless panel heat is an issue at higher brightnesses.

Burn-in on CRTs was just uneven wear, too, but still a pain in the ass.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by ancientworldnow »

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #16
JCharante wrote: post #13

This is awesome. Video production just takes so many hours for each second and I don't think people know how much work it takes until you help out on a shoot.

I do a lot of YouTubing and the consensus is that every minute of video takes at least 1 hour of work - and this is just amateurs messing around.

In the pro world it's common for one person to spend hours on seconds, multiplied over dozens of people working on those same seconds.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by gumballindie »

depr wrote: post #31
gumballindie wrote: post #19

I am continuously amazed at how awesome valve is and what awesome products it makes. Also steam supporting linux single handedly advanced adoption of that os. Apparently the best types of companies are those founded by deeply technical people, still owned and run by them, no venture capital. In an ideal world we would favour such companies over toxic ones.

Without taking away from the great things they are also doing, I'm mostly amazed at how bad and laggy the Steam app is, and has been for years, on all 3 platforms I've used it on. (I'm sure there are loads of people who have never had any issues but to me that's like people saying there are no problems with Linux on the desktop because they don't have any problems.)

It could be improved yes, but that’s an acceptable kind of issues. Steam’s important functionality works well and is reliable - package management for games. It doesnt spy on me, doesn't push crap, doesnt use dark patterns. We need more apps like steam tbh.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by gumballindie »

randyrand wrote: post #30
gumballindie wrote: post #19

I am continuously amazed at how awesome valve is and what awesome products it makes. Also steam supporting linux single handedly advanced adoption of that os. Apparently the best types of companies are those founded by deeply technical people, still owned and run by them, no venture capital. In an ideal world we would favour such companies over toxic ones.

And they only take a 30% cut! Practically altruism.

That’s messed up indeed.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by macNchz »

bitwize wrote: post #36
lukevp wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Burn-in on OLEDs is really just uneven wear. I don’t think it really matters how bright they get for that, unless panel heat is an issue at higher brightnesses.

Burn-in on CRTs was just uneven wear, too, but still a pain in the ass.

I remember encountering CRTs burnt in so badly it was hard to read stuff in the worst areas (e.g. the taskbar clock or login prompt) but I haven’t encountered anything remotely close to that with current OLEDs. My iPhone and TV have no signs at all, and the last device I used that had legitimately easy-to-detect burn in was a Nexus One test device that sat on my desk with the screen on all day every day while I built an Android app in 2012.
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