It's a shame they don't have per-game options for this (and for controller remapping).
It might be even better if the developer could set a preferred default.
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Switch OLED owners: Vivid or Standard mode?
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It might be even better if the developer could set a preferred default.
I have zero doubt in my mind that Nintendo uses reference quality monitors to master their games. How could they not?
That would be nice. Hell, letting us change between vivid/standard quicker by placing it as an option in the quick menu would be good enough for me.
I'd be equally surprised. Really any game from a major dev/publisher is probably being mastered on a reference monitor of some kind. Most indie games are probably not.
vivid is always overkill to me on the TV, will definitely try it when i get my switch oled but man it really blows out the saturation on a lot of stuff and ruins the image, kind of like some of those PC saturation mods that people love, when all they do is kind of shit up the image with excessive color. and i love color, but man. its likely really gonna depend but theres no way I would blanket keep it on i dont think
The problem is my iPhone 13 looks kinda dull after I've been staring at a Switch OLED set to vivid. But my iPhone display is not dull, it's perfect and vivid on Switch is oversaturated and the reds in particular are simply too vivid.
If that's what some prefer, that's fine, but I wouldn't want this kind of image to become the standard.
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Vivid is default, right? I don't think the comparisons to vivid mode on TV is fair. Nintendo is making a decision about what will be most impressive. Until I have proof otherwise, I'm going to trust their default selection. This isn't a must-stand-out-on-the-show-floor situation.
Yeah, it's default.
I'm on record in this thread saying that I prefer the Vivid Mode too, and it even inspired me to attempt to get a somewhat close match on my docked Switch input on my LG CX. I've since reverted things on my CX as blown up large, it struck me as quite gaudy on a large screen though I did seem to get a few hues matching. I think the smaller pixel density of the portable screen helps the more saturated look along.
The one fault I find with our line of thinking is that not all devs are necessarily trying to make their games match Nintendo's own ideals. That's not stopping my preference for now, but just something I've been thinking about as I internally debate whether or not I'm sticking to my Vivid preference.
Standard for sure. The Vivid mode looks good for some stuff, but for other stuff you can tell that the scene does not look as intended at all. Standard on the other hand looks good all the time.
Every single artist is going to target a calibrated display, and the Standard mode is the closer of the two to being calibrated. If you care about artist intent, use the Standard mode. No developer will target the Vivid mode explicitly. By definition, designing around the Vivid mode means that it isn't "Vivid" anymore. It's the default for the same reason that every TV has insanely bad default settings. Hard to sell a new product when you can only see subtle differences once calibrated.
if you don't want to take my word for it, take a physical copy of a game you have where the box art is the same as the icon on the system. Place it next to your switch and look at which mode makes it look identical to the print.
Every single artist is going to target a calibrated display, and the Standard mode is the closer of the two to being calibrated. If you care about artist intent, use the Standard mode. No developer will target the Vivid mode explicitly. By definition, designing around the Vivid mode means that it isn't "Vivid" anymore. It's the default for the same reason that every TV has insanely bad default settings. Hard to sell a new product when you can only see subtle differences once calibrated.
if you don't want to take my word for it, take a physical copy of a game you have where the box art is the same as the icon on the system. Place it next to your switch and look at which mode makes it look identical to the print.
Thanks! I must have not scrolled down far enough when I was looking earlier. I'm on board with standard. Swapped between both, and vivid is just a pinch too much for my tastes.
Same. I can't believe this poll. Makes me want to vomit almost at much as artificially boosted color saturation on an OLED display.
Nintendo seems to say the OLED just made the colors more vivid on their own and they included a standard option in case it was too much for people
Source: https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/d...oper-vol-2-nintendo-switch-oled-model-part-2/
Started playing with my Switch OLED yesterday and keep going back and fourth on this setting. Vivid looks way overblown but also pretty when brightness is a bit down. Standard looks just right with automatic brightness turned off and set to 100%.
I might use vivid in case I want to save energy with lower brightness.
I might use vivid in case I want to save energy with lower brightness.
When docked, I play on a reference-quality display, so when I look at vivid mode, it is disgustingly over-saturated. Hell, even standard on the OLED screen is a bit on the saturated side. I'm much more impressed by the contrast than the colors, honestly.