Even more interesting is that it was the first portable with an OLED screen, at the time when the tech for OLED touchscreens was only two years old!
As much as the Vita was ahead of the time it’s the screen that was the main innovation, how they managed to put an absolutely cutting-edge qHD OLED into a 250$ console is still a mystery haha. Or rather, how much money did they lose on every Vita sold is the true question lol.
Or rather, how much money did they lose on every Vita sold is the true question lol.
I think the yield for a perfect screen was not too high. I got a Vita and decided to get a backup screen from Aliexpress for $10. There are a lot of these “new” screens, and they all have some kind of defect. The one I got has 1 dead subpixel that’s not really noticeable in a game, so I just kept it as backup.
The original model was indeed, I will never part with mine as it still looks amazing. Sony released a revised model in 2014 with an LCD screen which was nowhere near as good sadly.
TIL the Vita is OLED
First OLED screen I ever saw back in 2012!
Even more interesting is that it was the first portable with an OLED screen, at the time when the tech for OLED touchscreens was only two years old!
As much as the Vita was ahead of the time it’s the screen that was the main innovation, how they managed to put an absolutely cutting-edge qHD OLED into a 250$ console is still a mystery haha. Or rather, how much money did they lose on every Vita sold is the true question lol.
The Zune HD had an OLED screen in 2009, two years before the Vita came out.
I believe the Zune HD was another extremely early consumer device with an OLED display… Remember Zune…?
I think the yield for a perfect screen was not too high. I got a Vita and decided to get a backup screen from Aliexpress for $10. There are a lot of these “new” screens, and they all have some kind of defect. The one I got has 1 dead subpixel that’s not really noticeable in a game, so I just kept it as backup.
Also had a LCD model come out after the initial release, backwards to what we see now.
The original model was indeed, I will never part with mine as it still looks amazing. Sony released a revised model in 2014 with an LCD screen which was nowhere near as good sadly.