I just ordered a refurbished steam deck :D

Because of all the great reviews still, long after launch and because i’m very enthousiastic about being able to use it as both a handheld console on the train and as a full blown desktop at home. I’ve honestly long been waiting for such devices… And wonder why android phones still don’t really do that.

Now, regarding the docking station: the official one is quite pricey.

It does not matter at all that the charging of the dock is rated at 60W, which is more than the steam deck needs, right?

Would this thing do the trick? I’l need to connect 1 usb dongle for mouse and keyboard in the usb 2 port, 1 hdmi to screen, 1 usb 3 to external harddisk and then the charging. SD is nice to have, don’t really need it. I don’t care that the deck will be laying flat on a desk instead of being able to use it standing up as a tiny second screen.

  • Dandroid@dandroid.app
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    a year ago

    I have the JSAUX dock, and it works well about 90% of the time. I occasionally have to change the inputs on my TV back and forth several times because the steam deck gets confused when I switch inputs on the TV. And occasionally the steam deck stops recognizing input from the USB ports on the dock, and I will need to unplug everything from the dock (including the steam deck and power) and plug it all back in. I’m not sure if these issues are from the dock or the steam deck itself. The first issue could even be my TV, which I got back in 2010.