I modelled and printed a custom mount for my portable monitor for my deck, it’s surprisingly comfortable to hold

    • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Not for low-vision people or older people who have issues with the smaller screen. Could be a solution if someone like that ended up with a Steam Deck and didn’t realize they’d have an issue with the smaller screen, and maybe they just have a spare travel monitor lying around.

      Also there’s a contingent of people out there who just enjoy modifying stuff because they can. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

      • naeap@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        4 hours ago

        Yeah, I usually have my external/portable monitor with me on business trips for work, and the Steam Deck for after-work relaxation. Using my external monitor with it, and don’t have to use my work laptop seems like a major plus in my book

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    2·
    1 day ago

    This looks to heavy. My solution was to hold up the screen with a tablet arm but i ended up giving it away cause I don’t game in bed.

  • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    I considered doing this for a bit, but with the power and link cable requirements for the travel monitor, I decided against it. It was too much cordage in too small a space.

    But glad it worked out for your needs OP!

  • DesertCreosote@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 days ago

    Any chance you’d be willing to share the STL? I have a 16 inch portable monitor as well and I kinda want to try this when my new printer arrives.

    • Really_long_toes@lemmy.worldOP
      21·
      2 days ago

      Honestly, I recommend hoping on tinker cad and tinkering with a design, I’m not 100% happy with how it is and I’d like to make some edits, that IMO is the best part about 3d printing…

      Hop on thingiverse, download a stl for a steam deck clip, upload it to tinkercad and build it off that initial model exactly how you need it, my monitor has some weird geometry on the back of it and I had to account for that…

      Tinkercad is a very easy and beginner friendly tool available online for free, it’s just shapes, and if you want to figure out how to do something there is always a short video on how to do it. Also as previously mentioned, you can download any stl file(s) and customise it how you need it… good luck fren

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Partially related, I do wish they had a Steam Deck SKU with 32GBs for heavy MC modpacks, as it stands the only way to get it is by replacing the soldered RAM, quite the risky upgrade…
    Oh well, maybe on the SD2

  • demizerone@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    I had to give up my steam deck bcz the text was unreadable. The zoom feature was too clunky to use. This is great.

  • Gregor@gregtech.eu
    2·
    2 days ago

    Fellow minecraft on the deck enjoyer, I see. I wouldn’t call myself an enjoyer tho lol It’s so hard, much better on desktop.

      • demoman@lemmy.oneEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        This is sick, makes me want to start playing minecraft on my deck. What launcher do you use?

        • Really_long_toes@lemmy.worldOP
          6·
          2 days ago

          Prism launcher, please for the love of god don’t use a controller mod, steam input is essential (mouse and keyboard emulation) then you get to use the trackpads as macros for any extra buttons you may need, and the controller mod feels way worse than the kB+mouse

      • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
        71·
        2 days ago

        That’s super cool. It took me a second to realize why the perspective felt so wrong, but once I realized what I was looking at I was amazed.