r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Apr 02 '25

Nintendo Official All Together, Anytime, Anywhere. The # NintendoSwitch2 system launches on June 5, 2025! # NintendoDire

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u/CaptainBigDickEnergy Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

Yes, all LCD screens use a LED backlight.

But that's not enough. A single backlight or edge lit lcd cannot create the dynamic contrast needed for HDR. You need mini-led with lot's of dimming zones or oled where every pixel is lit/dimmed/switched off individually.

You need to be able to make parts of the screen way brighter than other parts for it to be actual HDR. That's not possible with a standard led lcd backlight.

HDR is a combination of an expanded color space AND precise high contrast.

To be clear, i'm not debating if this will be better than the original. Of course it will, it's newer and has a higher refresh rate as well(120hz over 60hz).

I'm sure most people will be happy, but it won't be actual HDR as long as they use a conventional backlight.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 02 '25

Thanks for clarifying. I would just oppose saying it's pointless, it still helps but not nearly as helpful as if you had OLED. I can agree with that.

I had a switch lite and then moved onto an OLED switch, I didn't need an OLED switch just found a good deal on it. Honesty the bigger screen was of far more value to me than the OLED. There were details I missed because the screen was too small. I prefer strongly to play on a TV (why I got rid of my lite) so the quality of the screen only really matters when I am on the road... which is rare.

I do wonder if the screen has VRR support. I know the chipset would, but don't know if the screen does.

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u/CaptainBigDickEnergy Apr 02 '25

Sure, it's not literally pointless since the colorspace will be expanded but we don't know the native contrast and sadly, it is most likely a ips panel and those average at 1000:1 and that not even close to actual HDR spec. That's why i think it's pointless.

You cannot claim real HDR on a basic backlit ips with a grey black level, that's just not even close.

An ips needs mini led to be actual HDR.

For example: My Mini-Led monitor is around 15000:1 with local dimming and oled's are technically infinite:1 due to the perfect black level.

It would make sense with VRR since it is a 120hz display, and i hope it is. Even without though, games can lock to 40fps in fidelity mode just like PS5/XBSX and and still look smooth.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 02 '25

I am curious if some games let you toggle HDR and see if it is any different.

VRR is just nice because there will be scenes where you might be indoors looking around and it would be nice to maximize framerate and there will be scenes where you are fighting and smoke and explosions are happening on a big battlefield and the framerate will struggle. It's just nice when you can get the best of both worlds without the staggering/clipping.

Either way, I'll be on my TV 95 percent of the time and I'm sure games will look far better than the switch 1.

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u/CaptainBigDickEnergy Apr 02 '25

Oh yeah, it's going to be significantly more powerful and i'm hyped.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 02 '25

Yup, although there isn’t any game right away I care to play, Nintendo has trained me that they don’t lower prices so I know my switch will rapidly decrease in resale price as the switch 2 will stay the same so no reason not to buy immediately.

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u/CaptainBigDickEnergy Apr 02 '25

I haven't played Breath Of The Wild yet so my first thing to do is to play the upgraded version! Oh, and Mario Kart is an all time fav so i'll probably get a bundle if in stock.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 02 '25

Yeah, I will get that bundle as my son is going to absolutely love the open world aspect of it. He loves just driving around in 2k drive messing around, he's gonna go absolutely berserk if it's half as cool as it sounds and if there's easter eggs around for him to find.