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AndryGate Oct 7, 2022 @ 8:49am

Steam Deck: Blacklight Bleed

How many have this problem with the screen? Have you evaluated an RMA?

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wundertunge Oct 7, 2022 @ 8:56am

What exactly is blacklight bleed?

AndryGate Oct 7, 2022 @ 9:03am

Originally posted by mrsanchito:
What exactly is blacklight bleed?

It would be an accentuated lighting on the dark scene of the screen. You can search YouTube for "Steam deck bleed" and you will find example.

davoto Oct 7, 2022 @ 9:17am

Everyone has some backlight bleed. IPS suck at doing black. If it's noticeably bad like that pic someone posted recently, then yeah, you should RMA.

AndryGate Oct 7, 2022 @ 9:28am

Originally posted by davoto:
Everyone has some backlight bleed. IPS suck at doing black. If it's noticeably bad like that pic someone posted recently, then yeah, you should RMA.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872359553

maximum brightness

AndryGate Oct 7, 2022 @ 9:33am

Originally posted by davoto:
Everyone has some backlight bleed. IPS suck at doing black. If it's noticeably bad like that pic someone posted recently, then yeah, you should RMA.

I don't think I will do RMA, if I see that Valve listen and improve the system, I will buy a 252 GB version I think it is a problem of the 512 versions.

darrenphillips666 Oct 7, 2022 @ 12:20pm

It's an IPS screen not an OLED, IPS can have some light bleed
Depends how bad it is really,
you can either live with it, or RMA and hope for a better one.
But it'll never be like OLED.
Mine has some light bleed, but it's not terrible and not noticeable on bright games, just the dark scenes.

AndryGate Oct 7, 2022 @ 3:42pm

Originally posted by darrenphillips666:
It's an IPS screen not an OLED, IPS can have some light bleed
Depends how bad it is really,
you can either live with it, or RMA and hope for a better one.
But it'll never be like OLED.
Mine has some light bleed, but it's not terrible and not noticeable on bright games, just the dark scenes.

You're right, I really like Steam Deck, plus you can connect it to an external monitor. So far there are 2 things I want. A quality screen and an easily removable battery or system that increases the life over the years.

LevelLord Nov 8, 2022 @ 7:22am

I have some minor light bleed more on top left and bottom right corners. Honestly I would not have noticed it if I didn't stumble upon this post. I'm not going to do a RMA you risk getting one worse. Like the previous post mentioned they all have this IPS is IPS no getting around it. This is a really good system being It's Valves 1st attempt at a handheld they definitely did there homework.

Haruspex Nov 8, 2022 @ 8:05am

It's there, but not awful. Honestly the best I can say about the Deck's display is that it's "fine". Perfectly serviceable. It doesn't excel in any category, but it does the job and I have no real complaints about it.

Spiegel Nov 8, 2022 @ 8:44am

When the screen is completly black i can see some but its never an issue or noticible when actually playing a game or watching a video.

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AndryGate Nov 8, 2022 @ 3:56pm

Yes guys. I was curious, I am very satisfied with my steam deck.

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Stellar Exit Nov 8, 2022 @ 4:31pm

My second 512gb deck was severe. Valve tried to tell me it was normal and that it's not visible during gameplay. Valve issued a refund today and I ordered a replacement.

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