I didn’t know that about crowdsource, I definitely thought it was just another of the same. Glad to hear it isn’t.

I didn’t think about the increased resolution making the RAM increase more relevant.

Good note about the preheater, I honestly haven’t looked deeply into the procedure. Looks like you can get into a crappy preheater on Amazon for not too much. For a one off thing its not so bad 🤷‍♂️

Hey thanks for the write-up!

Glad I had it kind of almost correct 😬 Sorry if I implied that you weren’t popular enough to make it work. I really was just guessing based on the numbers and a vague idea of “I guess he needs x amount of money to make it happen.” I’ve been burned on a couple kick starters, so I was a bit pessimistic on what might constitute “success”.

I really do like the project, and my buddies kid heard about your project and bought it as well, he found it organically by himself, I was amazed.

I’m glad you’ve taken this personal project and put it out into the world. I’m excited to get my kit, I bought a clear shell and I plan to leave my LCD in the old shell, so I don’t rush destroying it.

An install service is a nice idea, to give more people access. But that also sounds like a lot of work, depending on how popular it is.

I’m fairly handy with a heat gun and soldering iron. I’ve kicked around the idea of the RAM increase, but I’m not convinced the performance boost is worth the effort and risk.

Anywho thanks again! Looking forward to more cool stuff from your way!

They just announced EU/UK availability!

Thanks!

Recommendations?

Thanks, I hope you can buy one too. Is this something you could buy and have forwarded to you?

If you need a US address, and someone to forward it to you, feel free to PM me 👍

The only cred I have on here is from a guy I met in Canada to sell some phones to. But I promise I’m trustworthy haha

It takes money to make money. The whole project is a bit of a gamble. While paying for CE certification would probably pay off if this thing got popular, if it flops as a whole, then it would flop even harder.

Basically, because it costs more to do, it’s an even bigger gamble. Even though it could work out, they must’ve done the math and said, hmmm, let’s wait and get some legs under us first.

Heck, interest stalled out already and they barely made their funding. I feel like everyone who was gonna buy one, in the US anyway, has bought one. So how much bigger would Europe be for them? And how much does it cost to get CE certification? I don’t know the answers to these questions. But it’s foggy enough that I can see why they might not want to do it just yet.

For the record I bought one 🤷‍♂️

Hey just an update for you, I ended up modding my WiiU. Works great!

We’ll see how long I keep using it, the resolution leaves a lot to be desired…

https://sh.itjust.works/post/31371757

Hey just wanted to update you, I ended up modding my WiiU, works great!

https://sh.itjust.works/post/31371757

I agree with you on this point completely. The article is pretty garbage. But that’s not what your original comment seemed to imply. It seemed like you were saying everyone should know this stuff so why should any article exist on the subject.

I think that’s why everyone is so worked up.

Everyone has to learn something for the first time. Today’s 10,000 and all that.

That’s what I said the second I saw it. Too big to be practically portable, for me anyway. So it’s basically a bigger steam deck that you only use at home. Not a bad idea, but not worth what they are charging for it, not for me anyway.

Lately I’ve been using an 8 year old 13" Chromebook and an old xbone controller to stream steam games from my PC to my couch.

No it’s not portable, but it’s all I would use it for anyway, and it cost me nothing but the parts I had laying around. Anyone else could probably do the same thing for just $100-200. Not $1000+.

I’m not against buying new stuff, and new technology. But it’s not always needed. For me anyway 🤷‍♂️

Thanks. I’ll look into it, I’ve got plans to repurpose an old wiiu into a deck-like couch gaming machine.

Right now my wife is using the Deck pretty heavily, so I’m using steam to stream a game to my old Chromebook, it’s working pretty well actually 🤷‍♂️

Is this better than steams built in streaming system?

Honest question, never used anything else

Hmm maybe I’ll have to look into it again. I remember trying it once a year or two ago, and running into some known bug where it looked like it was gonna work, but never did. Updates happen though. I’m fine with doing it from desktop mode, if it works. Kludgy, but I can understand it’s not a priority to implement.

Have they still not fixed or properly implemented adhoc Wi-Fi yet? Seems like a fairly big deal. Especially if you and your spouse are on a plane or train or something.

I mean, you could always use one of those pocket Wi-Fi routers. I keep one in my travel bag at all times for hotel Wi-Fi that tries to limit the number of devices, and to bypass the Wi-Fi login screen for my Chromecast that I also keep with me.

I remember. I was like, wait, people paying for this? Good times though, definitely fun.

Turns out it was my resolution settings. I updated the OP to explain, but basically steam was using my crappy low res auxiliary monitor as primary somehow 🤷‍♂️

All my stuttering and audio issues went away when I switched to gigabit LAN, FYI

Finally started horizon forbidden West, I like it so far