cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5056325
Both the Steam Deck and official Dock are on sale to celebrate Valve’s 20th anniversary.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5056325
Both the Steam Deck and official Dock are on sale to celebrate Valve’s 20th anniversary.
The dock is really expensive even on sale. Does it offer anything over the many third party docks?
It’s just a usb hub thats shaped to hold the deck. I was really underwhelmed with the dock, and would recommend a cheaper 3rd party one
No, but I bought a third party one that stopped working, returned it and bought the official dock which is still working.
I’d say its biggest strength is that this is the only dock you can guarantee will continually have firmware updates to support the Steam Deck.
my official dock likes to not recharge it often. I have to look and replug in the usbc to the dock to and check to make sure its charging. I actually now just plug the usbc directly to the deck as then I don’t have to fuss with it so much.
It includes an additional charger, wich costs 25$ in the ifixit store, + has both hdmi and Displaylink, both of wich can reach 4k 120hz. Also 1Gb/s ethernet port and 3 usb 3.1. Also firmware updates and support from valve.
I bought a 3rd party dock but soon realized it doesn’t pass ARC signals over HDMI… so when the dock is plugged into my receiver it fucks up all the auto-power on and volume control stuff. I believe the official dock has this supported in its firmware.