No dead pixels, no sub pixel weird colorations, just a totally fine normal Steam Deck with a fun color way. If you’re an owner of the LE waiting for it to arrive, freaking out about it because you’re seeing all the issues here, fear not there is a good chance your Deck is going to be fine.
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my LE just fine no issues The majority of the 99.99% who received the Limited Edition (LE) didn’t experience any dead pixels. It’s just that those who did have dead pixels are the ones talking about it here. It gives the impression that there are many cases when, in reality, it’s not the case because everyone who didn’t have issues didn’t come here to discuss it
Glad it’s not super common, have another LE on the way hoping it’s a good one
Got the LE deck. I don’t know or care what screen I have. I did the dead pixels test after gaming for several hours. Didn’t see anything. Screen looks absolutely stunning and crisp. Colors pop. All this chatter about different screens and glossy/etched glass is WAYYY over blown. I think the people who aren’t having any issues are mostly most posting because they’re playing their decks 😋
Sadly I got the reverse.
LCDeck Flawless and 0 issues aside from a bad fan bearing 1 year in. (I replaced myself. Normal wear and tear to me)
OLED LE - stuck and dead pixels.
If valve’s selling point on the refreshed model is the screen and I already have a steamdeck.
The screen you give me better be perfect or it will be returned for refund and I’ll use my existing steamdeck.
3-5 dead pixels on a NEW device should not, and will never be the norm for me. Nor tolerated.
They will 100% be RMAed until I get a fully working screen.
Dumb analogy:
if I buy a 1200x800 box of chocolates from the chocolate store.
Only to find 5 of them missing from a sealed container.
And I go to return the box because I clearly didn’t get what I paid for, and the clerk tells me. "Oh that’s normal, we don’t accept a refund for boxes of chocolates missing 5 or less pieces from a sealed package.
I would be pissed. I wouldn’t buy from that store again and I would never eat that brand of chocolate again because their quality control is shit.
So far valve is honoring RMAs for dead pixels so it’s not ALL bad yet. But damn dude. I spent 679.99 on a handheld device that was supposesed to be limited edition. Why was the QA, THIS bad?
Man, seeing all these good LE’s is making me feel worse about my dead pixel 😭
Indeed, and the apparent 3-week leadtime for a replacement unit
Where did you get 3 week lead time from?
Well, it takes:
2 days for RMA Approval and Label
10 days via UPS to travel to them
3 days for Processing
6 days for shipping of replacement unit
That would be 21-Days, keep in mind that you should not count Sundays as it doesn’t seem like the Steam Deck moved on Sunday at all (when first being shipped to me nor when being returned for replacement). Idk if their warehouse is open on Saturdays or Sundays, which might affect delivery, shipping, and processing.
Rma went in on Saturday, got a reply Sunday, package went out on Monday, is scheduled for delivery at steam tomorrow. Not sure how long the RMA processing will take, so we’ll see but 3 weeks seems fairly exaggerated. Granted I’m in the US, so international I could maybe see 3 weeks, but I would still expect between 2-3 weeks then.
LE here with a singular dead pixel somewhat centered on the screen. I’ve decided to overlook it given that everything else is top notch.
is it really dead (back) or just stuck a color? The last issue can be fixed.
Sad to say it’s a small abyss of a pixel, It’s currently black. I maintain some semblance of hope that it will one day wake up, not likely though.
Mine is perfect, too! No issues here; absolutely loving it. Far more than my Legion Go and ROG Ally.
What is the use case for having a Steam Deck AND a Legion Go AND an ROG Ally?
I don’t get it either, but some people have the money to burn and like collecting these things. I buy things for their usefulness, usually. Having three expensive things that do basically the same thing doesn’t make sense to me, but it’s his money so…