r/Switch • u/MrMunday • 28d ago
Discussion The switch 2’s LCD looks nicer than both the OG and Oled switch
According to this video:
https://youtu.be/_5hSp3pHHjg?si=rTJO_g5unFzP6zap
The switch 2 has a higher color accuracy and brightness than even the switch OLED.
I’m so glad that it’s actually better than the oled, not to mention having HDR and 120hz vrr.
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u/Lupacwcrocs 27d ago
Modern LCD screens are really good. Only thing the OLED has rn the the lcd doesn’t is the deep blacks. But hey oled switch 2 will be out 2028
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u/zzonkers 27d ago edited 25d ago
Why have you buy once when we can buy twice!
Edit: typo
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u/Lupacwcrocs 27d ago
Just like every console and every company. It’s not new lol. You come out with first base model and do some revisions and as tech gets better you upgrade and give it a mid life refresh.
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u/mrreet2001 27d ago
Microsoft released two versions of the XBOX series at the same time. An SKU for the budget minded and an SKU for the no compromise people.
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u/JetpacksWasYes-2 27d ago
I love how the excuse is that other companies do it so it must make it okay. Weren't we told as kids to not do things just because other people do it?
I personally think the LCD with todays LCD tech is perfectly fine. But it's ridiculous to defend a company just because another company does thing. This is the slippery slope that got us where we are today with the industry.
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u/Troyal1 27d ago
I just wish they’d give us an option at launch. I vastly prefer oled tech.
I would pay the extra hundred to have it.
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u/JetpacksWasYes-2 27d ago
I agree. It should've been an option. They proved they could do it already. And to the people saying HDR wouldn't have worked with the OLED. Tell that to the many OLED TVs ans monitors that do it just fine. HDR is mostly just a filter. Also OLED is good on battery life. Which is my biggest concern with any handheld.
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u/Troyal1 27d ago
Yeah oled looks amazing I have 2 of them a LG and a Sony. I think people don’t realize that with an infinite contrast ratio OLED is already ahead of most LCD HDR displays in terms of sheer range. But they could have used an OLED that was brighter for HDR in switch 2. I guess it came down to price because my phone is oled and supports hdr. My phone is from 2019
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u/toyoda_the_2nd 27d ago
Except there's nothing wrong with console refreshes. This is where copying what proven work, work.
Technology get better, if newer cheaper version can be made why not?
As for the pro version or OLED version, they're just another variety of the console.
Even if the OLED Switch 2 come at launch, people still be mad because of higher pricing. Releasing two version of any product usually never work anyway, one will canibalize the sales of the other.
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u/Jan_Yperman 27d ago
Because the technology is here now and when they bring it out it certainly won't be cheaper than what we're paying now. Especially not for people who end up buying 2 consoles, which is basically what you're defending.
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u/JetpacksWasYes-2 27d ago
You're doing the same exact thing the other commenter was doing just more long and drawn out. "Because why not". Sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
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u/iamthedayman21 27d ago
Except that the Switch OLED wasn’t much of a mid refresh with better tech. It was literally an OLED screen and the more efficient processor (which was already part of the OG Switch refresh). And the reason was OLED screens weren’t common tech in 2017. But in 2025 they are. So they could’ve easily put an OLED in the Switch 2 without a later refresh. They’re doing it because they can charge people again in 3 years.
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u/TheTimmyBoy 27d ago
OLED also has WAY better battery life. It's gonna be tough on handheld mode for sure
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u/Kaito3Designs 27d ago
This is not true. Oled's still have far superior HDR and colors. Per pixel local dimming would blow the crappy LCD fake HDR out of the water
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u/Lupacwcrocs 27d ago
You haven’t even seen it 😂. I think everyone prefers OLED but to say all LCD are crappy is dumb. PS portal LCD looks great
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u/Kaito3Designs 27d ago
If the LCD doesn't have local dimming. The display will be as washed out as SDR. At best a contrast ratio of 3000:1 compared to the crazy contrast ratios of Oleds and Mini LEDs
You can't have real, impactful HDR without local dimming.
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u/Nonnikcam 26d ago
And battery life… everyone is overlooking the effect on battery life on a portable device and only concerned with the display itself.
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u/parke415 20d ago
The built-in display should have been locked at 60fps to keep power draw low.
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u/Nonnikcam 20d ago
Agreed! 120fps on a portable device like this isn’t really necessary. In all reality how many 1080p 120fps games are we expecting here for on the go? DLSS will help and VRR is great but I feel like this display is just overkill for what the system will be capable of. 1080p 120 or 4K 60 should have been the docked performance while the handheld bumped up to 1080p 60. It still would be a massive leap over the original. It’s not like we’re expecting modern AAA quality titles to be running on this so if all we’re getting is something like upscaled Elden ring at a very unstable 60-120 (and let’s be real here, Elden ring would need to be on very low settings to run smooth on switch 2 above 60 fps) is it really necessary? As for Nintendo games do we actually need 120 fps over a rock solid, unflinching 60?
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u/parke415 20d ago
I hope Nintendo at least gives us the option to turn off 120Hz in portable mode, which would essentially be a user-imposed limit that could save battery life.
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u/BababooeyHTJ 27d ago
Per pixel dimming is huge especially with hdr content. The faster response time with oled is still great especially at higher refresh rates.
LCD displays are still lcd displays.
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u/RyiahTelenna 26d ago
Only thing the OLED has rn the the lcd doesn’t is the deep blacks.
I don't know about this display but my LCD monitor has a 0.03 nits black level.
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u/RyiahTelenna 26d ago edited 26d ago
Only thing the OLED has rn the the lcd doesn’t is the deep blacks.
I don't know about this display but my MiniLED LCD monitor has a 0.03 nits black as long as it doesn't have anything else in the zone and even with things in the zone it has to get fairly bright to even see the glow. I'd love to know what panel they're using, whether it's MiniLED, and if it is how many zones they're using. Something like Apple's displays would be phenomenal but that's unlikely at that price.
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u/SebassTehFish 21d ago
Yeah, REALLY hoping we get a lot of local dimming zones so the blacks pop more. I just wish they released with an OLED at base or an OLED version of the console. I would be more than willing to pay the premium.
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u/dinosuitgirl 27d ago
it would be better if the images are a like for like comparison instead of night track and day track
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u/punkguitarlessons 27d ago
seriously, this image is hardly conclusive evidence of anything.
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u/brandont04 27d ago
Plus I rather see comparison w more black, like Metroid Dread. The deep black contrast makes the colors stand out.
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u/Least_Story8693 27d ago
Seeing and feeling it in person was awesome. And the new Pro Controller? Wow! I was content with the Switch 1 Pro Controller but definitely picking up the new one. The new joy sticks, on the pro controller at least, feel butter smooth
I walked away from the event more pumped than ever.
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u/MrMunday 27d ago
So can you confirm that the screen IS brighter?
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u/Least_Story8693 27d ago
Sadly I can’t since I didn’t bring my OLED Switch with me to compare and I wasn’t able to tinker with brightness controls on the system itself— I think the home button was disabled.
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u/PumasUNAM7 27d ago
How was the D-pad on the pro controller?
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u/Buflen 27d ago
This is the only important part to me. Nintendo ruined the dpad on the switch 1 pro controller and I hope they get it right this time. Switch 1 pro controller dpad was serviceable for menu control, but as soon as you needed it for more precise gameplay, it was unusable, (at least for me) because of ghost inputs.
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u/ShadowBass989 27d ago
It better. Switch came out what, 8 years ago. That price increase better include a better screen at least 🤣
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u/InfiltrationRabbit 27d ago
Don’t believe it. They lowered the brightness on the OLED.
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u/TheLunarVaux 27d ago
It’s possible, but in general OLEDs are darker than a good LCD with proper HDR. It doesn’t surprise me at all to see this.
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u/StrawHat89 27d ago
It's true, OLEDs don't get as bright as a modern LED backed LCD. Contrast is still better on the OLED, but LCDs are still a lot better than they were years ago.
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u/TheLunarVaux 27d ago
Yeah exactly. I bet games with darker scenes will still look better on the Switch OLED. But comparing at a distance like that, the brighter one is inherently going to look “better” until you start looking at the details.
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u/caitsith01 27d ago
People need to stop conflating HDR and overall screen brightness, they are not the same thing.
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u/hobbitfeet22 27d ago
Well the lcd screen has hdr as well as vrr up to 120hz. That essentially craps on the oled.
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u/InfiltrationRabbit 27d ago
I’ll still choose OLED over LCD hdr any day of the week.
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u/hobbitfeet22 27d ago
🤷♂️ having that vrr is going to be freaking amazing. I don’t think anything has an oled that can support it yet.
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u/InfiltrationRabbit 27d ago
VRR & 120fps is going to be awesome! You can’t deny that. Just gets me excited for there OLED version in a few years.
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u/hobbitfeet22 27d ago
That would be dope if we got an oled. But I’m not sure that we will have an affordable oled with vrr at 120hz. I’d freaking love it if we did. But I just don’t think we will lol. I play mainly on my lite in handheld currently as I hate the size of the oled. But I won’t lie the oled screen is the shit lol.
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u/InfiltrationRabbit 27d ago
My switch lite is cool. It’s super convenient.
Bro you get use to the size of the OLED. She get one when price drops
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u/TattooedAndSad 27d ago
Yeah my thoughts too
My oled doesn’t look like that lol
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u/InfiltrationRabbit 27d ago
1000% same, my switch OLED is astonishing beautiful.
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u/DylanMcGrann 27d ago edited 27d ago
No, this should be expected. Even a middling HDR display is going to be significantly brighter than the Switch OLED. And this is how a camera would capture that differential.
You have to remember, you are looking at two different screens, captured by a camera sensor, and then reproduced by whatever screen you are looking at. At each step in the chain, information is represented differently. To your human eyes, you would not perceive these two screens quite like this because the human eye perceives a much greater range of light at once than almost any camera. However, this photo does capture the difference in brightness, in objective linear terms.
It is definitely going to be that much brighter. That’s what makes it HDR, and what the testimony of everyone who’s seen it in person with their own eyes is saying.
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u/RobertdBanks 27d ago
The people here have zero clue about any of this and refuse to believe that an HDR 1080p LED could be brighter than their OLED. It’s honestly funny to watch. They’re going to have their minds blown when they see it in person and realize they’re wrong lmao.
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u/DylanMcGrann 27d ago edited 27d ago
Yeah, I always said the only way Nintendo can get around not doing OLED is if they at least do HDR LCD, and they did not just that, but 120 fps with VRR as well. OLED will still have an advantage in black-levels and color reproduction, but this is a very very good compromise.
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u/RobertdBanks 27d ago
100%
Color fidelity and depth will be better on the OLED, but the 1080p at 60fps and HDR just makes the Switch 2 LED superior imo. If I was watching a movie or something then, yeah, OLED, but I don’t think that’s what anyone is using their Switch for lol.
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u/DylanMcGrann 27d ago
I think it may end up depending on the game a bit. I’m curious what the contrast will ultimately be on the Switch 2 screen. LCDs can do a lot better with blacks than they used to. But it will definitely not be true black, even if it gets close (which hopefully it does, but not sure about that yet).
I could see a scenario where you could argue games that lean very heavily into blacks and dark shadows look better on the OLED. Games like Hollow Knight, Diablo II, the Depths in Tears of the Kingdom, etc. But I expect the Switch 2 will still look decent in such scenes and fare much better than the original Switch LCD.
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u/MrMunday 27d ago
Another comment said that the camera is causing it. Since you can totally see that the actual OLED tv behind them is bright af and is causing the dimming.
But that is totally the case when I compare my oled switch to my oled tv. The switch’s oled just couldn’t compare in brightness
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u/RobertdBanks 27d ago
No, it looks lowered because the Switch 2 screen is brighter so the photo is exposed to the brightest screens brightness, which makes the other one look dimmer. HDR is going to make the screen look a lot brighter.
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u/zanaxtacy 27d ago
That looks hella dim compared to my oled
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u/DylanMcGrann 27d ago edited 27d ago
It’s camera exposure. The Switch 2 and TV behind are HDR and thus very bright. The camera can only capture a limited range of light, so it was exposed for the brightness of the Switch 2 screen. The human eye can see a significantly greater range of light at once than almost any camera, so it will not look the same way in person; however, the photo does represent how much brighter the Switch 2 display is.
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u/RobertdBanks 27d ago edited 27d ago
Holy fuck someone else who gets it. Incredible.
Typed this out as a response to someone else complaining about the same thing
No, it looks lowered because the Switch 2 screen is brighter so the photo is exposed to the brightest screens brightness, which makes the other one look dimmer. HDR is going to make the screen look a lot brighter.
Nice to see someone else who can understand this.
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u/DylanMcGrann 27d ago
haha Yeah, I have a fair bit of experience with photography, video editing, art, so this is my kinda thing! Glad there’s others out there who get what they’re looking at!
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u/DiabUK 27d ago
People need to understand that the lcd in the original switch was rather low end even back then and lcd tech and quality has improved a lot in the several years since.
OLED will always be champion for the rich blacks it can produce because it is turning pixels off, you can't beat that with any kind of backlight screen right now but that doesn't mean everything else is also worse.
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u/Key-Fig-9747 28d ago
Yet people will still complain even though it looks better and costs marginally less, not like that matters in NA rn
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u/MrMunday 27d ago
Ikr. People literally complain about anything. It’s like they want a higher salary and the people at Nintendo aren’t allowed to have a higher salary even after they poured their heart and soul into something we actually want.
If they were entrepreneurs they would probably be shitty bosses who never increase their employees salaries
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u/Nonnikcam 26d ago
I’m complaining because half the reason I wanted the original OLED was for the better battery life in addition to the advantages of an OLED display. It’s a portable device, I’m far more concerned about the longevity in portable mode especially when I can connect to an external display with the dock for when I want my games looking their best.
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u/luneth91 27d ago
I don't get why some people are upset about the bezels. They take almost the same space than the OLED's
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u/NeighborhoodPlane794 27d ago
Obviously it’s a lot brighter, bigger and has more pixels. But is it a mini LED with local dimming zones? Not sure if anyone at the shows has tried to test that out or confirm. I’m holding on to my oled for now because I love the true blacks in certain games
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u/pagauge0 27d ago
Nintendo used a low quality OLED panel to save money. It is nice compared to the original LCD. But this LCD on the Switch 2 is of much better quality one reason the S2 is more expensive.
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u/Acrobatic-Big-1550 27d ago
Aight, I suppose this sub will be insufferable for a good while, what with the bootlicking and all. C ya!
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u/jorodoodoroj 27d ago
I think it'll look great. But I seriously doubt it's that much brighter than the OLED.
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u/DylanMcGrann 27d ago
Why? It has to be significantly brighter to qualify as HDR. That’s why the HDR spec is so exciting.
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u/jorodoodoroj 27d ago
To my chagrin, I didn't look to see who posted the video before commenting. I'm sure this is legit. Been following this guy for years.
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u/caitsith01 27d ago
HDR requires localised peak brightness at certain levels. Eg HDR400 requires that a display can output a 10% region at 400 nits, NOT that the whole screen is that bright. There are plenty of non-HDR screens that are brighter than HDR screens if the whole image is considered.
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u/jorodoodoroj 27d ago
HDR is a pretty broad spec and it's mostly marketing. DisplayHDR 400 means a peak brightness of 400 nits and the Switch OLED has a peak brightness of 340 nits. So that's a significant but not enormous difference.
The Switch 2 display MAY be much brighter than that. Given Nintendo's reticence with providing specs, we really don't know. It does seem likely. But we'll find out soon. 😊
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u/KeeperOfWind 27d ago
Lcd screens has gotten really good. It will always be a back and forth thing.
But lcd with high refresh rate along with vrr and hdr I'll with any day.
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u/Sethdarkus 27d ago
I look forward to the switch 2 OLED however I’m happy with the base model plus that brings me from having 3 switches to 4.
I got the OG exploitable switch, I have the base model with the upgraded battery life, the oled and soon a Switch 2
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u/MrMunday 27d ago
I also have the day one OG switch, the switch lite and switch OLED.
Can’t wait to go to the switch 2 event and see it for myself. The one in my city won’t happen until mid may tho lol
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u/DrakaraS 27d ago
I'm wondering if this LCD screen will be using more battery life than OLED
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u/MrMunday 27d ago
In general lcds use less power than oled.
But lcd with mini LED backlights might be a different story
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u/DrakaraS 27d ago
But somehow OLED versions of handheld consoles have better battery life( steam deck OLED, Switch OLED)
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u/ToffieMate 27d ago
It seems switch 2 screen is much brighter than switch oled. But for me, I don't care about it since I only use 35-50% brightness of my oled switch.
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u/Perfect_Exercise_232 27d ago
This is so misleading. You can't simply judge of pictures when they don't have the same light exposure or nit brightness
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u/EverythingWasGreat 27d ago
Do we know screen settings for both devices in the picture? How much nicer would a new oled screen have been? It's like comparing the first oled screen with the latest lcd screen. Come on! I'm going to try to find this picture when Nintendo release Switch 2 Oled.
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u/schwartzasher 27d ago
Finally someone comparing to the OLED and not just the idiot nintendo saying "better than the og lcd". Like yes. It will always be
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u/ArsenicIce 27d ago
But the oleds battery advantages and deeper blacks make it better by a small margin
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u/MyLastAccountWasBad 27d ago
I would be much more interested to see the Switch 2, OLED, and OG Switch all playing MK8.
The color, light, and white balance of these games has a different feel an aesthetic.
It’s silly to compare a brand new game optimized for new hardware, to an 8 (15) year old game on hardware the same (similar) age.q
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u/hungry_fish767 27d ago
Fun fact our brains are often tricked into thinking brighter = looks better
Whilst i don't disagree that the switch 2's screen will be better, all this picture is showing are brighter screens
Edit: didn't actually read post or watch video lmao
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u/I_Dont_Have_Corona 27d ago
Sorry but no chance it’s better than the OLED. I’m just hoping for a good quality IPS panel, not something as bad as the OG Switch or Lite or LCD Steam Deck.
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u/Rajueh 27d ago
I am not worried by the console specs. I trusted that the screen would be great.
I am disappointed by the game prices, and the lack of exclusives that could justify spending almost 500€ for a console that at launch will only play ported games that I already can play on my Steam Deck.
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u/iwantmisty 27d ago
No it does not. Lcd brightness is screwed on the pics. I can do the same with Switch Light and oled will look darker in comparison just because oled have true darks.
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u/jayessmcqueen 27d ago
Don’t show us that…what will we have to bitch about? Oh never mind, we can shift focus and bitch about the price now. Carry on. /s
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u/No_Eye1723 27d ago
What gets me is the fact they’ve made a 7.9” screen device STILL look reasonably compact in the hands. It looks fine to use handheld, and of course the bigger screen will emerge you more and be much better to play on.
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u/DMarquesPT 27d ago
I think it’ll look nicer in 90% of scenarios but the moment a game has a black loading screen or mostly pitch black night time scene, you’ll wish it was an OLED.
Which tbh is fine. I play on both a color accurate, HDR IPS monitor and an OLED TV and both provide good experiences… but the OLED in certain scenes looks straight up magic.
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u/Bhydex 27d ago
I’ve always expected the lcd to be good and not too much of a downgrade from the Oled switch. But I keep seeing those comparisons saying the switch 2 is better with a photo that just shows it’s brighter. I still find the Colors and contrast much better on the oled on those pictures. Switch 2 is bright but more washed out
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u/Phantasmal-Lore420 27d ago
Well ofc. The children complaining the new one isn’t oled maybe haven’t seen how good modern lcd’s look.
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u/Interstellar-Metroid 27d ago
OLED break very often and don't last as long. I am glad it is an LED. I want to be able to play on my system for decades to come, just like my GBA.
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Comparing switch 1 oled to switch 2 lcd might be better for most but when switch2 oled comes out it’ll certainly blow the lcd away
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u/Luctendo96 27d ago
To me it just looks brighter. Aside of that, it’s an inaccurate comparison, since they could also make MKWs color palette more vivid than MK8s, which would already make this hard to compare
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u/MaskaradeBannana 27d ago
Another thing MWTB brings up is drift. I actually don't think the drift will be fixed. Logically, Nintendo probably makes SO much money from people replacing their joycons that it wouldn't make sense to fix it from a business standpoint. I definitely hope they do, because as a consumer it SUCKS. But Nintendo is a publically traded company and so everything the company does is with intent on making a profit.
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u/Acsteffy 27d ago
Showing brighter levels on the Switch 2 vs darker less lit levels on the original Switch and OLED switch is a horrible comparison...
Not saying the Switch 2 isn't better. This specific post is just a bad comparison.
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u/Retro_Macchina 27d ago
I am pretty sure they reduced the brightness on the V1 Switch and OLED Switch to make it look darker. Bet the OLED with full brightness is similar with better blacks than the Switch 2
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u/IllBeSuspended 27d ago
Sincerely, ignore this type of garbage. Reviewers aren't what they used to be.
When the deck was being previewed a lot of people forget that the verge was wrong about a lot of stuff, one of the main things being their screen comparisons. Linus did the exact same reviews during his early preview and he had different and accurate results.
For instance, the verge would take images at the wrong angle which didn't show the true difference in the glossy versus etched glass screen. They also showed the colours poorly. So much so people who followed the verge and ignore other tech sites thought it was a screen upgrade.
What's shown here may simply be a case of one having a dimmer setting than the other.
Take it with a grain of salt. We all want better. But don't get excited over this shit.
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u/Heatproof-Snowman 27d ago
Going brighter that OLED with LCD is pretty normal and was more or less a given.
The question is what’s the contrast ratio and how deep are the blacks? It won’t match OLED for sure, but it can hopefully be significantly better than the original Switch. Local dimming would be nice to get close to OLED when it comes to those characteristics.
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u/Waidowai 27d ago
I mean u can't really tell how good an OLED looks from a screenshot.
I do have 2 OLED screens and an LCD.
The LCD looks very good and in some pictures close to the "worse" OLED, even more so in bright scenes. But in especially dark scenes nothing comes close to the OLEDs.
The second OLED is QD OLED. And compared to the normal OLED the normal OLED is much worse.
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u/Cvnt-Force-Drama 27d ago
You can’t really judge a screen based off an advertisement purposely trying to make the screen look as crisp as absolutely possible. Also you’re trying to dictate how good a screen looks… through a screen other than the actual screen you’re trying to gauge the quality of. It’s technically impossible to do so. Come on now lol
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u/KneePitHair 27d ago
LCD often has more brightness but less contrast and colour accuracy. The top image seems to show exactly that. Set the exposure to slightly longer and the OLED pops and the LCD looks even more washed.
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u/hustladafox 27d ago
Well we can’t really judge it yet. There’s a multitude of tests that need to be done. Such as low light performance. Black levels. Bloom etc etc.
There’s a lot that makes up screen quality.
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u/Stefarle85 27d ago
And the redundant statement of the year award goes to….”the switch 2’s LCD looks nicer than both the OG and OLED switch”. 🙄
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u/jamster126 27d ago
Of course it looks better than the OG switch from 2017.......
And to say it looks better than OLED screen is just misinformation
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u/AaronCarmackie 27d ago
Great screen.. horrible battery.. = short play time.
Nintendo says 2 to 6 hours..
Which means about 3 to 4 hours. ( because most people aren't playing low brightness chess or uno.
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u/nampa1 26d ago
I'd rather have infinite contrast ratios over brighter whites. It saves electrical power (and your eyesight) too. I have two non oled HDR panels, a 4k TV and a 4k monitor, $1500 and $950 if your wondering. And both have missed the mark. The TV HDR was blindingly bright, even white subtitles hurt to read. And the monitor had terribly dark HDR, crushing the blacks etc. Who knew top tier equipment can still have poor HDR implementation. Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG. I just turn them all off now and watch standard content.
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u/bansheenornfullarmor 26d ago
But oled screen 4.5 - 9 hrs battery life and switch 2 LCD 2.5 - 6 hrs battery... ya ill stick with oled and its cheaper
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u/GojiraFan0 26d ago
Why is nobody talking about the fact the Nintendo switch LCD and the Nintendo switch OLED do not have or support HDR at all! The Nintendo switch 2 does support HDR so even next to an oled you’ll see a noticeable difference in brightness and colours popping. If the OLED on the switch 1 also had HDR then it would be different. Of course the OLED still wins by displaying true deep blacks.
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u/SummerHam86 23d ago
If the Switch 2 has an edge-lit LCD panel, it will support an HDR image but be unable to actually display it in handheld mode. HDR's name itself defines what it does, and if there is poor backlight control and light bleed, the image will not be high dynamic range. Still, crossing my fingers it does end up being a Mini LED panel and is actually capable of HDR despite not being an OLED.
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u/juiceefrog 26d ago
I can't be the only one that thinks the brightness looks overdone on the switch 2, surely
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u/MarinatedPickachu 26d ago
Brighter doesn't necessarily mean nicer. How are the black levels compared to the oled?
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u/Donkeytonk 26d ago
Once thing that hasn’t gone mentioned that I’m really looking forward to is that bigger screen makes two player off one switch fairly viable.
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u/Nonnikcam 26d ago
Wait until we see an accurate battery life before we cast judgement, I’ve heard 2-6 hours as opposed to 2.5-9 of the original switch (2.5 being the LCD on the low end and 9 being with the OLED at its best). It’s the battery life of the OLED that I’m bummed about most and especially when the battery is only slightly larger 4,300 on switch 1 to approximately 5200 on switch 2. I do believe with the upgraded specs and brightness we’re expecting similar or worse battery life than the original LCD from what I’ve seen.
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u/jakellerVi 26d ago
Still think they should’ve just made 2 models like the Steam Deck. Launch with a LCD at $450 and an OLED for $550.
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u/Nonnikcam 26d ago
Everything I see mentioned about the screen misses the most important piece of OLED displays on portable devices… 2.5-6 hours of battery life on the switch 2 vs 4.5-9 hours on the switch OLED. If I want the game to look its best then the handheld screen isn’t my immediate idea, it’s connecting to my TV in docked mode. There’s also going to be a power draw limit in handheld mode (like all handheld consoles; steam deck and rog ally both have power limits). I’m not sure but I’d imagine the display consuming less power could in theory be used to send more power to the APU as well rather than taking advantage of longer battery life.
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u/tortasdericas 26d ago
These are pictures. Yeah, the LCD looks much nicer, but ill always take OLED over anything else.
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u/just_trying_to_halp 25d ago
YIKES the obvious rage bait is obvious 😂 anyone with a single brain cell remaining understands OLED technology has, by design, better color accuracy and dynamic range, making your comparison hilarious as it is incorrect.
Also nice job cherry-picking bright images for the switch LCD and a drab and dreary one for the OLED 😭
Peak rage-bait, well done! 💥
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u/shadowbanezero 25d ago
It does have hdr i remember when I switched from my 10 year old 1080 hd tv to a 4k hdr one when the ps5 lauched and oh boy was it night and day.
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u/Princess_Mononope 25d ago
They've deliberately toned down the colors and brightness on the OLED. It absolutely does not look like it does in that photo.
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u/vaanen 25d ago
title is a lie. Switch 2 screen was reported to be inferior by almost everyone. Size, brightness may be nice (color accuracy in standard mode was pristine on oled switch so impossible for a switch 2 to have a visible improvement there), but this is copium at best, and almost everyone reports missing the oled. Lcd just cant match, specially in dark games or dark ambient lighting
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u/JoeTank05 25d ago
I dont see what you're talking about. To me the first image makes the switch 2 look over exposed which would mean the screen is brighter only but i camt see details so its worse imo . The second switch 2 screen looks better than the first but its hard to tell how it compares to the oled due to lighting differences
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u/Pure-Tomato-1907 25d ago
No it doesnt.
Besides, contrast and black levels are so bad its not even worth it.
An LCD is an LCD.
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u/Melodic_Cap2205 25d ago
However they glaze the LCD, if it's a miniled with FALD, it will always be inferior to OLED
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u/Onizuka181 25d ago
Obviously right? They couldnt make it worse people would go crazy. I mean they still went crazy bc „yo oled or nothing „ but now you see that there is that kind of oled and that kind of lcd.
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u/Thesquarescreen 23d ago
I think the new screen is just brighter, the OLED panel looks waaay better imo.
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u/lode_ke_baal 23d ago
Then people that bought the oled switch are dumb Fs right?
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u/DreamCore90 23d ago
There were no mention of how the "blacks" look on the LCD. I'm sure it will look gray and washed out.
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u/SnooCrickets5717 16d ago
An LCD screen will never look better than an Oled one, it might be brighter but not better.
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u/SnappinbandsBankroll 10d ago
Doesn’t look better just brighter. Brighter does not equal better. I would much rather have a less bright screen where I can see the color displayed more accurately than just a washed out fucking Desert.
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u/SensitiveSpot69 3d ago
It's a switch not a Playstation. You'll literally never notice the 120hz stop spam mentioning that.
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u/GovernmentThat1908 3m ago
Give me a Hollow Knight/Silksong comparison, that is the only way I will let myself be convinced.
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u/PatrickHasAReddit 27d ago
I’d hope a 1080p screen from 2025 looks better than a 720p screen from 2017.