Next Steam Deck should have a 16 by 9 screen

[D. Flame]

Even if it is only a 1600x900 screen, the next deck should go 16:9. Since docking is a huge feature of the deck, and most people are connecting them to TVs, it would make more sense for the deck screen's aspect ratio to match a TV's.

[ReBoot]

You can dock the Deck with its 19:10 screen. Speaking from experience, my Deck works fine when docked.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

You can dock the Deck with its 19:10 screen. Speaking from experience, my Deck works fine when docked.

It's also a pain to manage.

If you could find one set of settings that worked well with the Deck's hardware at 1600x900, then docked it with those same settings, you could have one set of settings that worked in bot situations.

Currently, you have to set the settings once for hand held, then find another working config when you connect it to the TV, if you want to get the most of both. That would not be an issue if the deck screen had the same aspect ratio as the TVs most people are docking them with.

1600x900 isn't much larger of a resolution than what the Deck already has natively anyway.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

You can dock the Deck with its 19:10 screen. Speaking from experience, my Deck works fine when docked.

It's also a pain to manage.

If you could find one set of settings that worked well with the Deck's hardware at 1600x900, then docked it with those same settings, you could have one set of settings that worked in bot situations.

Currently, you have to set the settings once for hand held, then find another working config when you connect it to the TV, if you want to get the most of both. That would not be an issue if the deck screen had the same aspect ratio as the TVs most people are docking them with.

1600x900 isn't much larger of a resolution than what the Deck already has natively anyway.

... except you can have one set of settings work now as well. 720p and 800p are almost exactly as many pixels. Are you imagining things or can you name one game where those extra pixels make a difference?

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by D. Flame:

It's also a pain to manage.

If you could find one set of settings that worked well with the Deck's hardware at 1600x900, then docked it with those same settings, you could have one set of settings that worked in bot situations.

Currently, you have to set the settings once for hand held, then find another working config when you connect it to the TV, if you want to get the most of both. That would not be an issue if the deck screen had the same aspect ratio as the TVs most people are docking them with.

1600x900 isn't much larger of a resolution than what the Deck already has natively anyway.

... except you can have one set of settings work now as well. 720p and 800p are almost exactly as many pixels. Are you imagining things or can you name one game where those extra pixels make a difference?

Sure, "Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart."

720p looks terrible on the big screen, especially at the settings you need to use to make the game playable on the Deck. Looks decent enough at 1600x900, but if you play at 1600x900 in handheld mode, you get black bars on the top and bottom of the screen.

[nicoper]

I'd rather see more desktop monitors go 16:10, it's a much nicer aspect ratio than 16:9 imo.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by nicoper:

I'd rather see more desktop monitors go 16:10, it's a much nicer aspect ratio than 16:9 imo.

I disagree, but that is neither here nor there, because most people are not docking their decks to PC monitor. They are docking it to TV for the console experience.

I have plenty of Monitors that I could connect my Deck to, but you know what my dock is connected to? My 55 (or was it 65) inch TV in the main room.

If I want to sit in front of a desktop monitor, then I will just hop on my 4060Ti(16GB) PC. When I am playing the deck, I want the console experience, aka the classic kick back on the couch with a controller experience.