{"id":1204124,"date":"2023-11-17T13:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204124"},"modified":"2023-11-17T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:19:52","slug":"steam-deck-system-update-greatly-improves-older-lcd-displays-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1204124","title":{"rendered":"Steam Deck system update greatly improves older LCD displays, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/steamdeckcolor-800x500-1.png\" alt=\"Candy-coated color correction.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/steamdeckcolor.png\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"800\" data-width=\"1280\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Candy-coated color correction. (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1675200\/view\/5484882897552407488?l=english\">Valve<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2023\/11\/review-steam-deck-oleds-brilliant-screen-fixes-the-portables-biggest-flaw\/\">the release of the Steam Deck OLED<\/a> this week, Valve has greatly improved on the &#8220;ho-hum&#8221; screen that was <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2022\/02\/steam-deck-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-review\/\">our biggest complaint<\/a> about the original Steam Deck. But Valve hasn&#8217;t forgotten about users who are still stuck using that old LCD display. Thursday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1675200\/view\/5484882897552407488?l=english\">stable release of SteamOS version 3.5.5<\/a> offers a suite of free, system-level updates to improve and tweak the display performance on the original Steam Deck.<\/p>\n<p>The release notes for the new SteamOS boast of much-needed improvements to the &#8220;default color rendering&#8221; on the Steam Deck LCD, which should help the older hardware &#8220;emulate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/Graphics\/Color\/sRGB.html\">sRGB<\/a> color gamut, resulting in a slightly warmer and more vibrant color appearance,&#8221; Valve writes. Even better, a new &#8220;adjust display colors&#8221; option in the settings menu now lets users easily adjust both the color vibrancy and color temperature to best fit their preferences and the games they&#8217;re playing. Before the new update, these kinds of options were only available to users who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/v80w7u\/steam_deck_display_calibration_v2\/\">went to the trouble of installing third-party plug-ins<\/a>. Now, Valve has finally brought these basic adjustments to the Steam Deck-owning masses.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gallery shortcode-gallery gallery-wide\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"gallery-item-content\">\n<div class=\"gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_5864-980x735-1.jpe\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n            Native color vibrancy shows &#8220;the color rendering for Steam Deck prior to this update&#8221;                          [credit:<br \/>\n                              Kyle Orland \/ Valve                            ]\n                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The results, as you can see in the gallery of off-screen photos above, can have a dramatic impact on the look of in-game scenes. You can see a noticeable difference going from &#8220;Native&#8221; color vibrance (which Valve describes as &#8220;the color rendering for Steam Deck prior to this update&#8221;) to the new &#8220;default&#8221; sRGB rendering. There&#8217;s an even bigger change when you crank the vibrance slider all the way to &#8220;Boosted,&#8221; which Valve says should &#8220;emulate a wider-gamut display appearance, resulting in increased apparent vibrance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984849#p3\">Read 3 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984849&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1984849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam Deck system update greatly improves older LCD displays, too<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Candy-coated color correction. (credit: Valve) With the release of the Steam Deck OLED this week, Valve has greatly improved on the &#8220;ho-hum&#8221; screen that was our biggest complaint about the original Steam Deck. 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