THE new model of the Nintendo Switch is launching next month, but there are concerns about its OLED display.
An OLED screen specialist at US retailer Best Buy flagged the potential issues on a Reddit post a couple of months ago.
The TL;DR version is that OLED screens differ from LED displays in that they can suffer from screen burn.
For those who haven’t seen it, screen burn is when some of the image is left on the display even after it is turned off.
If you leave an OLED-screen gadget on for hours, with a home page or game playing at high brightness, the ghostly shadow of the same image will still be visible when it is turned off.
Image retention occurs when the image is retained for a short time and then disappears. Screenburn is when the image retention is permanently.
For more information, you can refer to the thread. However, gamers considering upgrading to the Nintendo Switch LED don’t need to worry.
Nintendo has spoken out to ease concerns of prospective buyers.
“We’ve designed the OLED screen to aim for longevity as much as possible, but OLED displays can experience image retention if subjected to static visuals over a long period of time,” the company told T3.
“However, users can take preventative measures to preserve the screen by utilising some of the Nintendo Switch console’s included features, such as using auto-brightness to prevent the screen from getting too bright,” it explains.
It also recommends “enabling the auto-sleep function to put the console into ‘auto sleep'” as well as “[turning] off the screen after short periods of time.”
So as long as you utilise the hardware features and a modicum of common sense, your Nintendo Switch OLED model should be just fine!
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