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PS Vita 2000 LCD vs PS Vita 1000 OLED: Check Out a Five Minutes Long In-Depth Video Comparison

he internet has been ablaze with discussion both in Japan and in the west on the change from the OLED screen of the PCH-1000 PS Vita and the LCD screen of the new PCH-2000 unit. A video Shows a five minutes long in-depth comparison over multiple games.

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LOGICWINS3891d ago (Edited 3891d ago )

Fantastic comparison! I know people say u cant compare two screens via another screen (I watched via my Galaxy S4) but the difference is VERY apparent. Colors are more accurate on the OLED Vita. The LCD Vita has this weird green hue in certain situations.

1:53 is the smoking gun. Compare the white on both screens. That alone ends the debate in regards to which screen offers the most accurate representation of the game.

BUT the new Vita will likely last longer as it will consume less power, is slimmer, and lighter. Maybe good for people with smaller hands.

ErcsYou3891d ago

i noticed the blues looked a lil green on the lcd too but the whites looked better on the lcd. Also noticed the the OLED would show orange but the LCD would show yellow. Ill take either one to be honest.

LOGICWINS3891d ago (Edited 3891d ago )

The guy who shot this also moved the camera around to show the viewing angles. The OLED was the clear winner again. I dont think this version of the Vita will come to the US as it wouldnt do well. Vita 2000 is meant for impulse buyers in a country where handheld gaming devices are as common as smartphones. Hence for people who dont do research before buying and will buy something based primarily off of aesthetics.

In the US, portable gaming devices arent as popular and the Vita is one of the least popular handhelds at that. So the few people that do want a Vita in the West will do research and come across videos like this.

Not going to lie. In the parts that had Nathan Drake, they both looked pretty good. But the OLED excelled in most cases. I can see how someone whose never been exposed to the OLED version would like the LCD version.

ErcsYou3891d ago

i noticed the viewing angles too. OLED won that one hans down. I disagree ( without using the disagree button ) about the US getting it. The OLED version will likely be discontinued in the near future and Vita excitement is raising as we get closer to Nov 15th. If it can hit a $179 price range people will buy it just to use it with their PS4. Vita software is another story though. Most US gamers want the PS Vita TV too but not to play Vita games, most want it for the streaming ability.

GribbleGrunger3891d ago (Edited 3891d ago )

I'd have to agree with that, Logic. I think Sony are aiming this at Japan and emerging markets, especially emerging markets like China (although you wouldn't necessarily call that an emerging market. It's more like a dormant market at the moment).

I think it will make it's way outside of Japan but only as a trial run to see how accepting people are of it's new form factor and different colour saturation (I don't think viewing angle will make any difference to be honest). They're likely to keep the OLED version on the market in Europe and America and rely on the PS4 integration to help boost sales.

If it does do pretty well in the West, they're going to have to offer a decent price difference to incentify impulse buyers though: Perhaps $150 for the LCD version and $199 for the OLED version, with the LCD version dropping further in price much quicker. This is going to be a bit of a nightmare to advertise!

They're also likely to offer a VTV+PS4 bundle to the West in order to boost the sales of Vita games and so encourage more support from third parties, which 'should' have a knock on effect for all three units.

LOGICWINS3891d ago (Edited 3891d ago )

ErcsYou, you might be right. At $180, Sony may be going after the uninformed casual market looking for new gaming handheld to complement their 3DS or to upgrade from their DS. Since so few people in the US even know what a Vita is, Sony could discontinue the OLED Vita and introduce the redesign and it would be like the OLED Vita never existed.

@Gribble

Id be smart of Sony to keep the OLED version in the West and experiment with different colors, Im still waiting on that Red Vita KZ Mercs bundle lol.

And yeah, a $150 LCD Vita and $200 OLED would be a challenge to advertise. They might have to name the new Vita "Vita mini"

viveks863891d ago

I opened the comment box and realized ErcsYou, Logic and Gribble covered everything I wanted to say. Nothing more to add! :)

3-4-53891d ago

The OLED makes the colors look " True ", where as the LCD adds a yellow tint to it.

The Blue's look amazing on the OLED but kind of greenish on the LCD.

Either way, both good screens but the Original Vita with the OLED screen is just a better screen.

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CandyCaptain3891d ago

I think it's not so much that the colors are more accurate on the OLED Vita, as it is the games were designed around that screen. OLED screens have huge blue sub pixels. To compensate for the fact that they have the shortest lifespan. So on the vita original screen games' colors were adjusted as such. (Otherwise everything would be blueish.) When you run that same game on a completely different type of screen, you're gonna get issues like this.

The yellow white screen was pretty telling. But even so I'd say the original screen is better. Larger viewing angle, better color saturation(nature of the oled), and better blacks. Only downsides are the mura effect and the limited life span of the screen.

Even so, from previous comparison pics between the two, I'd say the lcd loses some detail, the image just isn't quite as sharp.

Though since my brother broke my oled 3g vita, I might get the revision. Mainly cause I know the lcd screen has a lower chance of dying, vs guaranteed oled death. (Though that wouldn't have saved it from how he broke it anyways.) Just that if I'm gonna be using it a lot, I want it to last a while.

For reference:

http://blog.javia.org/wp-co...

AbortMission3891d ago

You're scaring me with the "guaranteed oled death", what the hell do you mean? Are we talking about 2 years? 4 years of OLED screen life?

I don't want my Vita 1000 to die!

LocutusEstBorg3891d ago

The camera completely changes it's capture parameters dynamically while recording to accomodate the different screens. There is absolutely no way to compare them in the same video, let alone on another screen.

colonel1793891d ago

OLED wins hands down! I would have never believed that Sony would take away the OLED screen in a redesign. I thought that it was the selling point of the vita (as hardware). I don't get why Sony has been downgrading their systems since the PS3. If you look at the PS2, every version got smaller, but at the same time they were an improvement of some sort. The same with the PSP (except PSP Go IMO).

But with the PS3, and now the PS Vita, every remodel has been a downgrade in some way. The PS3 now doesn't even have a slot-load drive. It looks way too cheap to be a PS3 (it looks more like a cheap toy) The first slim, while still good, it was also a downgrade). Now the PS Vita gets a downgraded screen.

I know it is to cut costs, but aren't things supposed to get cheaper, so that they are allowed to cut the price, instead of replacing stuff for cheaper materials and components? It's a shame. I don't even want to imagine how a PS4 slim is going to be if this trend continues on Sony's part.

ZodTheRipper3891d ago

I actually thought that it depends on the situation - some pictures had much more Color on the OLED Vita while some scenes had more accurate and sharper colors on the LCD Vita. OLED wins in the end but the improvements on the new Vita make me regret buying mine last month ...knowing this, I probably would have waited for the new one - I also prefer the Vita in white :D

clrlite3891d ago (Edited 3891d ago )

Any word on when that sexy white Vita is coming to the US/EU, etc.?

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OlgerO3891d ago

I Think that both screens look pretty good. obviously the OLED is a little better, but the LCD looks beautiful as well.

josephayal3891d ago

LCD is absolutely the future

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 14h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18218h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie9h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere11m ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin5h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere10m ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hereandthere14m ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

OtterX21h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno20h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno18h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii5h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno4h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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