I think the 1tb screen is better unless you constantly play in the dark. Adding a screen protector on top of the screen has many implications, it's hard to tell too until you install it yourself. Too many no-name companies putting out bad products. You need keep in mind that this is a 800p screen. A lot of OLED benefits are slightly nicer colors, reduced input lag, and not having these horrible borders when playing content that doesn't use the full screen.
Are you trying to suggest that there's a difference?
I checked it out and most of the posts with any response are just comparing the etched to non-etched screens or saying they got a subpar product because their screen isn't the Samsung one but the Chinese company (Apple uses the same two manufacturers for their iPhones iirc). Or misery posting about how they're mad the OLED makes their LCD Deck useless. This is the saddest form of consumerism. The entire self worth is dictated on the screen on a 2021 GameGear and how they were robbed by getting an etched on on the LE.
Part of it is social conditioning and astroturfing. You get some message or social programming like "race mixing" or "gay marriage" and now you need to figure out a way to spam and promote it in every area of public life. So you make every single commercial on television filled with niggers, race mixed children, and fag couples. And every television show or movie has its token representation. But how do you get that garbage into social media for everyone to see?
It is now imploding because of a tranny getting their tits chopped off's thread got deleted and everyone is shrieking about transphobia.
I'm just assuming, but that's probably an easy thing to swap out, isn't it? Supposedly it's easier to open the OLED systems too.
It is a mushy directional pad. I would not say it's top tier, but it's good. It's comparable to the SNES and I haven't had much issue with it. I saw some retro youtuber being annoyed by it because he was trying to play fighting games.
Since I looked for some Steam Deck info on YouTube. I had a few channels recommended to me, some of which have made multiple Steam Deck videos.
The great majority of the D pads you see in the wild are membrane, and they feel like that unless you specifically find one that has the kinda mechanic version, i have see some chinese companies selling the mechanical versions but never picked my interest
Brand slaves, they are probably going to die very fast when VALVE just dont update the hardware in like 5 years or so, still dont know why they said that there is no tech to upgrade the Steam deck when the absolute big ass scene of third party upgrades, in my uneducated opinion they were probably sidelined by AMD when they released the Z1 just for the Ally
If I use a guide its typically a written one but the video guides I've used are ohnoitsalex's guides https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMVW9kBhJJjI3PuvRcDaWuVWQcfA5Phwz
My guess is going to be cost, engineering, or a combination of the two. They didn't say there was no tech, but rather that there's no tech on the market that satisfies what they want to do at the moment.
I already set up emudeck. I was surprised at how smooth the process went.
This was my ultimate conclusion as well when looked at rationally. I wanted to wait for the Lenovo Legion Go before investing in this new crop of more refined portable PC gaming platforms and in the end the Steam Deck ticks most of my boxes. In addition to the really competitive entry price of just $350 USD, the refined OS that's not Windoze really makes the Deck a compelling package. I'm sure Linux can be used with varying degrees of usability on the Ally and Go, but for an out of the box Linux gaming experience, the Deck just plain wins.
