Switch 2 display is slower than all modern LCD panels

Although the Nintendo Switch 2 brought some pleasant improvements that we discussed in a detailed article, the device has several significant problems. And, perhaps, the largest of them concerns the display. Of course, just the fact that this is a LCD -display means that this is an actual decrease compared to the OLED model of the first switch, but the display is associated with another significant inconvenience, and this is the answer. It was in this Tim Shisser from “without boxes -channel monitors”, which has long been dedicated to detailed testing of mainly gaming monitors, but this time made an exception and looked at the portable.

First of all, it must be said that it is an answer in general. Usually, in connection with the visualization device, it mainly says about the updated rat, resolution or support of VRR, all these are important aspects, but the answer also plays a significant role. Indeed, the answer, which is reported in milliseconds, indicates how much time it takes for a pixel on a monitor to turn one color in another.

In the case of a high response, the so-called ghost occurs, which is often caused by software, possibly due to poorly implemented anti-alists, but here is a purely hardware issue. Just a slow transition between flowers in a new image remains darker traces of the previous image. This can be seen, especially in quick objects that are left behind the “spirit”, hence the name of this phenomenon.

But this is not so simple, and the low answer does not have to win. The image of the images can also have the opposite problem, SO -reservation. This happens as a result of the fact that the monitor is trying to change a darker color as quickly as possible, but the color “turns off”, and then causes it to the desired level. This creates the so -called reverse ghost, which behaves very similarly to a classic ghost, but is characterized by a light color, so it can be even more noticeable.

Returning to switching 2, however, controlled tests on monitors showed that the display has an average response of 33.3 milliseconds, which is much larger than a typical LCD monitor that has approximately 6.3 milliseconds. The best are OLED panels, which usually have an answer below 1 milliseconds, but even the LCD -display is not so slow. Even the LCD -display on a very original switch, which was also held by Tim Shisser, has the answer “only” 21.3 milliseconds.

This means that the RATU 60 Hz update is required twice as one color, except for the frequency of the images themselves, which is 16.7 milliseconds with a stable 60 frames per second. In general, the Switch 2 display is the slowest in history. The result is a distinctive ghost and blurring of fast -pronouncing objects, as shown in a well -known UFO test.

But how is it possible? Schiisser suggests that Nintendo has not used a single overload mode, which is usually used for LCD monitors to achieve a lower response, although in extreme cases this can cause interception. But the overload causes higher consumption, and this may be why Nintendo decided to leave the display without it. Even without overload, the answer should not be so high, but it is possible that Nintendo has chosen a particularly conservative voltage for the maximum possible increase in the endurance of the device. However, the overload mode must be potentially possible to update the firmware.

As for other aspects of the display, Schieser praises a higher update frequency, VRR support, a large color palette or a higher maximum brightness. But even this is not enough to support the real HDR, which practically does not need from the absence of any dark zones and, therefore, low contrast. As a result, HDR will basically only increase the overall brightness of the image than to bring the real advantage of this technology, that is, the contrast between the darker and lighter parts of the image. In any case, this is a problem that all the classic LCD panels of the IPS without expensive areas.

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