• ReeferPirate@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      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

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      No, but I bought a third party one that stopped working, returned it and bought the official dock which is still working.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.