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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Sharp To Begin Production Of LCD Panels For New "Game Console" This Fiscal Year (Switch 2?)

Cobretti2 on 14 May 2023
Soundwave said:
Cobretti2 said:

Samsung use to made great OLED for their phones, then I ended up with a Note 8 which apparently used a new form of manufacturing and that has been terrible and suffered screen burn. I haven't kept up as I haven't bothered upgrading my phone yet mainly cause they removed the micro SD slot. 

Hopefully they ironed out the issues and the Switch won't suffer like my phone as I recently upgraded to a OLED model.        

I've had the OLED Switch since launch ... the screen is still great ... light years away the best screen on a Nintendo portable ever. Just makes the device feel so much more premium. It's actually kinda jarring going to a Steam Deck and seeing it has a non-OLED display, it's one of the rare times in modern history where a Nintendo system (in one respect anyway) feels much more high tech than a newer device. 

So it's going to kinda suck if Switch 2 goes back to Sharp LCD, though not entirely surprising. LCD is probably cheaper and that likely matters as the Switch 2 chipset is probably going to be a bit pricey. But again, Sharp has just recently started making OLEDs themselves (and something called XLED which I believe is even better more akin to mini LED?). So maybe OLED from Sharp is still possible. 

Yer I was reading about XLED after your first post and not sure what it is from a Sharp perspective. however this is what I found.

However, XLED is an acronym used by Vizio to describe its range of smart high-definition TVs. Technically, it's the term used by Vizio to describe the Full-Array Local Dimming (FALD) displays which have lighting zones all around the screen of the television

From other reading

It appears OLED still the best in terms of black rangers and working in dark spaces, but can get screen burn easiest.

QLED, ULED, XLED use LCD all seem to be similar but the way they are backlit  and light filtered.

On a side note, New Samsung phone used something called AMOLED now, which is still OLED but extra filters added. So not sure how this holds up compared to the bad experience I had with Note 8.



 

 

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Soundwave on 18 May 2023

The other thing about this that makes me go "hmmmm" is Sharp apparently erased all references to "new game console" after the presentation ... sounds like Nintendo maybe told them they said too much, which sounds exactly like something Nintendo would do.

If this was just like some random PC maker wanting to make a new game machine, don't think they'd care about Sharp talking about something new vaguely, but you know what company totally would? Nintendo. 



TheBraveGallade on 19 May 2023
Soundwave said:

The other thing about this that makes me go "hmmmm" is Sharp apparently erased all references to "new game console" after the presentation ... sounds like Nintendo maybe told them they said too much, which sounds exactly like something Nintendo would do.

If this was just like some random PC maker wanting to make a new game machine, don't think they'd care about Sharp talking about something new vaguely, but you know what company totally would? Nintendo. 

pretty much.

and yeah, OLED is decently expensive and can have burn in issues, which could potentially be an issue for a console with a expecting 6+ year life cycle. not to mention cost.
LCD with some local dimming zones might make more sense here.



haxxiy on 19 May 2023

Quantum dot LED would actually look better than OLED in well-lit rooms. And with local dimming, the only downside in low lighting conditions is the blooming really. That being said, I don't know if Sharp has the technology.



 

 

 

 

 

Soundwave on 19 May 2023
TheBraveGallade said:
Soundwave said:

The other thing about this that makes me go "hmmmm" is Sharp apparently erased all references to "new game console" after the presentation ... sounds like Nintendo maybe told them they said too much, which sounds exactly like something Nintendo would do.

If this was just like some random PC maker wanting to make a new game machine, don't think they'd care about Sharp talking about something new vaguely, but you know what company totally would? Nintendo. 

pretty much.

and yeah, OLED is decently expensive and can have burn in issues, which could potentially be an issue for a console with a expecting 6+ year life cycle. not to mention cost.
LCD with some local dimming zones might make more sense here.

Probably Sharp is also potentially giving Nintendo a whale of a deal I would imagine. 

Because Nintendo has all the leverage here "we can just stick with this Samsung OLED screen" and there goes your Switch business bye-bye Sharp.