Even MORE invites for Steam Deck purchases will start going out now

Got on list for the 512G version on Nov 23.
Got invite on Aug 29.
Tracking says it should be here Sep 6.

Got on list for the 512G version on Nov 23.
Got invite on Aug 29.
Tracking says it should be here Sep 6.

Got on the list on March and got the invitation on Nov 25.
Not saying I hate you, but... ;)

I got mine on the first... they didn't ship it out until Sunday... PSA they ship from CAROL STREAM, IL and they use super slow FedEX. So if you're like me and live in CA it's a week+ long wait from ship to get. Won't get mine until the 12th, so that's almost 2 weeks from payment to receive.

On the + side got a record low priced 512GB SanDisk Extreme and a good price on a USB-C dock with good reviews for working on the SteamDeck due to Labor Day weekend sales.


Last edited by PixelDrop on 5 September 2022 at 6:09 pm UTC

Maybe they want a million units sold by the end of the year to have something to announce :D

Whew, I just misread the term "updated shipping windows", which scared the hell out of me. Maybe I should just go to bed...

Whew, I just misread the term "updated shipping windows", which scared the hell out of me. Maybe I should just go to bed...

Yeah lol, I had the same reaction! Also when I hear "let's open the windows" in my house

I received one :)

You know what since I got my deck in July, I kind of miss checking my emails every Monday and Thursday for a steam deck email.

Kinda takes the fun out these announcements when you already have you deck.

Anyway, I'm off to play Crash Bandicoot on my Steam Deck

PixelDrop what brand USB-C dock you buy? i still trying decide what one choose...

This is the dock I decided to go with https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TVSLDND?psc=1

since it had all the feature I wanted and I found a couple people online saying everything worked great on the steam deck.

For me the big ones were VGA + 3mm + Ethernet + at least 2 USB and of course a high enough pass through power rating to keep the deck charged while docked. It also has HDMI and and SD + micro SD card support which could be nice for future proofing/data transfer in case I ever need them.

There's a couple other options out there that trade the VGA + 3mm for an extra USB port if they aren't of use to you. Though watch out for the ones with only USB 2.0 ports... unless you're sure your only going to use USB for Mouse/keyboard and not storage/video..etc

I want one USB port for a wireless mouse keyboard combo and the other for an external SSD so USB 3.0 was quite important to me.

For me the big ones were VGA + 3mm + Ethernet + at least 2 USB and of course a high enough pass through power rating to keep the deck charged while docked.

For what use case are you still using VGA? Old projector?

Meanwhile in Australia, sound of crickets...

Meanwhile in Australia, sound of crickets...

If you start an open petition, I promise I will sign it.

Meanwhile in Australia, sound of crickets...

Will likely get on a waiting list after steam deck 2 comes out

For me the big ones were VGA + 3mm + Ethernet + at least 2 USB and of course a high enough pass through power rating to keep the deck charged while docked.

For what use case are you still using VGA? Old projector?

I and the people I know still have a lot of VGA monitors and TVs. I don't like polluting the world unnecessarily either, so until things stop working to the point I can't fix them or I actually have a truly good reason to move on I'll keep using them too.

Though VGA isn't even dead. A lot of even newer 1080p TVs and screens still have theme. Which there's quite a lot of people who don't like above 60hz or care about over 1080p, and generally most things that are 1080p and 60hz come with VGA ports. It's funny to really think about how fast 1080p took over as the common standard, once it became widely available and how long it's taken 2k~4k combined to even make up 16~% on steam despite being easily and affordably obtainable for over a decade. When you look at the steam hardware survey this month 1080 lost -1.36%, but it wasn't 2k~4k gaining that lost % [in fact they all lost too except 2560 x 1600 which went up only 0.01%] it was all sub-1080, and yet there's never been a cheaper time in history to pick up a 2k~4k over 60hz screen price wise.

I and the people I know still have a lot of VGA monitors and TVs. I don't like polluting the world unnecessarily either, so until things stop working to the point I can't fix them or I actually have a truly good reason to move on I'll keep using them too.

That's a good thing of course.

Though VGA isn't even dead. A lot of even newer 1080p TVs and screens still have theme. Which there's quite a lot of people who don't like above 60hz or care about over 1080p, and generally most things that are 1080p and 60hz come with VGA ports.

My trouble with VGA is neither resolution nor frequency, but that it's analogue. I left analogue graphics transmission and display for computer signals 20 years ago for good.


Last edited by Eike on 6 September 2022 at 5:41 pm UTC

Got on list for the 512G version on Nov 23.
Got invite on Aug 29.
Tracking says it should be here Sep 6.

I got my notice the same day but it took a week to ship out and I'm getting quoted the 12th 🙃

My trouble with VGA is neither resolution nor frequency, but that it's analogue. I left analogue graphics transmission and display for computer signals 20 years ago for good.

You know one of the weirdest things to me is that a lot [not all but a lot] of TVs that have VGA ports if you connect computers to them they will render better than the HDMI ports. I've never had that be the case on an actual monitor, at best you couldn't actually see a difference, but on TVs it's weird because very often font will be cleaner, colors will be better, or some other thing that makes me go "how the heck does this make sense?" Especially with LCD/LED TVs since they are literally just big monitors in theory.

Now one place I do use VGA for a PC monitor that digital doesn't work for well is a really long run monitor because DVI/HDMI/DP all have issues when you try to run them too far, even with boosters, but VGA you can run 100+feet with little to no issues and no extra equipment.

but on TVs it's weird because very often font will be cleaner, colors will be better, or some other thing that makes me go "how the heck does this make sense?" Especially with LCD/LED TVs since they are literally just big monitors in theory.

I just remembered my old theory on this. I was thinking that maybe* manufacturers actually apply hidden post-processing by default to HDMI because they figure video is going to be played on it and want to snazzy it up somehow, but for the VGA ports they just pass it directly through to the screen and that could be the reason why on so many TVs computer output tends to look so much cleaner through VGA vs HDMI.

Of course totally off the top of my head random theory I came up with, with zero proof whatsoever. Just Something I thought could be plausible to explain it.

but on TVs it's weird because very often font will be cleaner, colors will be better, or some other thing that makes me go "how the heck does this make sense?" Especially with LCD/LED TVs since they are literally just big monitors in theory.

I just remembered my old theory on this. I was thinking that maybe* manufacturers actually apply hidden post-processing by default to HDMI because they figure video is going to be played on it and want to snazzy it up somehow, but for the VGA ports they just pass it directly through to the screen and that could be the reason why on so many TVs computer output tends to look so much cleaner through VGA vs HDMI.

Of course totally off the top of my head random theory I came up with, with zero proof whatsoever. Just Something I thought could be plausible to explain it.

It could also be that analog has noise, so you get dithering for free

but on TVs it's weird because very often font will be cleaner, colors will be better, or some other thing that makes me go "how the heck does this make sense?" Especially with LCD/LED TVs since they are literally just big monitors in theory.

I just remembered my old theory on this. I was thinking that maybe* manufacturers actually apply hidden post-processing by default to HDMI because they figure video is going to be played on it and want to snazzy it up somehow, but for the VGA ports they just pass it directly through to the screen and that could be the reason why on so many TVs computer output tends to look so much cleaner through VGA vs HDMI.

Of course totally off the top of my head random theory I came up with, with zero proof whatsoever. Just Something I thought could be plausible to explain it.

I just wanted to write that! :) Modern TVs (should) have some "just display what I give you, freak!"-mode (they might have given it a slightly different name, though), which is not used by default - except if the TV is sure it's connected to a computer. So, VGA. You should be able to find it somewhere in the menus to enable it manually for other selected inputs.


Last edited by Eike on 7 September 2022 at 10:56 am UTC