Hacking Users reporting screen burn in from HBL - advice from Pluto

[whateverg1012]

New something like this would happen so I bought a launch model switch. At launch new 3DS XL models were IPS and then they switched to TN later, Switch situation doesn't seem as bad but still, the fact there is burn in issues on a LCD screen in 2018 is sad.

Getting launch models is the way to go for Nintendo if you want the best quality.

 

[leon315]

can't see the image.

 

[yardie]

New something like this would happen so I bought a launch model switch. At launch new 3DS XL models were IPS and then they switched to TN later, Switch situation doesn't seem as bad but still, the fact there is burn in issues on a LCD screen in 2018 is sad.

Getting launch models is the way to go for Nintendo if you want the best quality.

its not burn in if it goes away
you "new" nothing

 

[D34DL1N3R]

Isn't burn-in normally less visible than that and not a bright red color.
What on the Switch even displays a pattern on the left side like that for extended periods of time?
Doesn't look like any burn-in I've ever seen.

I agree. I don't think that is even image retention or burn in. Unless that's what the HLB screen looks like on the left side. I don't know as I don't have a Switch and haven't watched any video. But it doesn't even look like either of the two to me.

 

[BORTZ]

I dont think that's how software works lol

 

[whateverg1012]

its not burn in if it goes away
you "new" nothing

Later screens use the cheaper Sharp panels instead of the Japan Display Inc. screens, and it seems that the new screens are the ones having these problems. Nintendo nerfing their later hardware is nothing new and they are doing it again as I correctly predicted.

I got my switch a week or so after it came out, how are we able to tell if our screens are good or cheap? Or is it impossible without taking it apart and checking screen models and such?

If you bought it that early you should be fine.

 

[Garrincho]

Is there any way to tell which screen/panel your Switch has?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Is there any way to tell which screen/panel your Switch has?

Open it and look for any writing on the back of the screen?
Homebrew isn't quite at the point where we have a system info tool but once we do maybe you'll be able to check in software.

 

[Astoria]

Can anybody explain how a software fix can prevent burn-in? (without changing brightness or moving colors on the screen)

 

[GerbilSoft]

Can anybody explain how a software fix can prevent burn-in? (without changing brightness or moving colors on the screen)

https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/commit/e25aae5a974a6fc300b217f32bcca2f1f812af85

The "fix" seems to be adding more buffer swaps. I'm guessing this somehow tricks the Sharp panels into adjusting the pixels just enough to prevent image persistence from occurring.

 

[Imancol]

And here are the consequences of Hacking the console. Usually Nintendo does this to spoil Switch hacked ...

 

[kumikochan]

It’s called “Image Persistence” for LCDs and it’s not permanent.

Crappy lcd's like he also stated in the tweet. Like back in the day you had crappy cheap lcd tv's and the more expensive tv wich had that problem less

 

[WiiUBricker]

Crappy lcd's like he also stated in the tweet. Like back in the day you had crappy cheap lcd tv's and the more expensive tv wich had that problem less

That's just a one man's opinion and crappy could mean anything.

 

[SylasMc]

It wasn't the screens fault it was the Homebrew.

 

[kumikochan]

That's just a one man's opinion and crappy could mean anything.

If you say so, crappy lcd screens causing burn ins are a fact tho and cheaper tv's that used cheaper lcd panels suffered from this compared to more expensive LCD screens. Plus it is as already stated in this topic that later revisions used a cheaper LCD screen then the ones sold at launch

 

[sarkwalvein]

It wasn't the screens fault it was the Homebrew. Fact.

If you write fact at the end of a sentence it becomes a fact, and your post is dumb. Fact.

 

[leon315]

THX TO ALL HBL beta tester who burnt ur Switch for us.
Thanks for ur generous SACRIFICE!

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Later screens use the cheaper Sharp panels instead of the Japan Display Inc. screens

This intrigued me--

"...The above numbers are only estimates.
Edit 2: The above graph is all LCD screens being manufactured for Nintendo gaming systems.

Sharp does 3DS/2DS screens.
JDI, Innolux, AUO does Switch screens.

Edit: In case the above graph goes down, for 2016 it shows around 4 million screens produced from JDI, it estimates (for 2017) around 1-2 million screens produced from JDI, around 13 million from Innolux, and around 5-6 million from AU Optronics.

Japan Display Inc initially supplied LCD screens for the Nintendo Switch in 2016. But in 2017, Nintendo expanded LCD suppliers for the Nintendo Switch by having Taiwanese companies Innolux and AU Optronics to manufacture LCD screens for the Nintendo Switch...."


https://www.resetera.com/threads/ni...o-longer-major-lcd-supplier-for-switch.15184/


There's a Wall Street Journal article backing this up.


For us, I imagine the "not-now-but-right-now"-answer would be: estimate when your Switch was manufactured (with that Firmware by serial thread....or just look at your mfc. date) and hope for the best.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Well, I'm loving having bought my Switch on the release week, I guess?

PS: Oh yeah? Tell that to both your joycons with the shittiest wireless stability ever.

 

[leon315]

THX TO ALL HBL beta testers who burnt ur Switch for us.
Thanks to ur generous SACRIFICE!