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Ultra-bright means higher burn-in risk, or am I wrong on this one?

Edit: thanks for clarifying

Only if you drive the display at the top end. If you end up driving in the middle, it helps prevent burn in

> By counting the time each subpixel is displayed and at what brightness, a "wear level" can be determined for each pixel, using an algorithm to estimate the luminance degradation this can be compensated for. However, to do this, you must have some spare luminance headroom that gets utilized as the display gets older. Or alternatively, if the display unlocks full maximum luminance when new without saving any headroom, the algorithm would dim the other pixels over time to bring them down to the level of the burned-in pixels, so the peak luminance of the display would diminish over time as the burn-in occurs.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/why-oled-monitor-bur...

Do we know if the steam deck has this feature?

Just about any OLED made in the past 5 years do.

Fortunately in case of Steam Deck it's possible to replace screen in case this become a problem in a couple of years and new parts wont cost like a new device.

I hope replacement is easier than with the OG Steam Deck because to replace the screen you have to completely disassemble the device, heat to unglue the screen...

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+Screen+Replacement/1...

They have made a number of changes to makebit easier to fix, not sure about the screen though.

> makebit

I make this same mistake on iPhone all the time. Is it just me or does Apple need to step up their keyboard and autocorrect game?

so this was actually on an open source android keyboard (florisboard) which is made by one guy and does, in fact, have terrible auto correct. hilarious that it is in the same league as apple.

It’s probably better than Apple’s at this point. Apple’s has gotten so bad I disabled autocorrect. Seriously it doesn’t autocorrect Im to I’m, it leaves it as Im. Where is the QC?

It's one of the improvements they listed regarding repair-ability

> Improved display repair/replacement to not require taking rear cover off

Does it still work as a very efficient SD card cutter though ?

It does.

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.

Higher brightness leads to faster wear. If the wear is uneven, this leads to faster burn at higher brightness.

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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