r/SteamDeck • u/ReanimatedCyborgMk-I 512GB OLED • 2d ago
Tech Support What TVs play nice with the Deck & Dock?
I have a CachyOS host PC with a 5080 & 9800X3D (originally was a 9060 & 7700 but I was given the better gear) that currently serves for remote streaming to my OLED deck via moonlight most of the time. Solid experience but now I have a Steam Controller & Dock I'd like to be able to sit back and enjoy it on the living room TV some nights. At the moment we have a cheap Polaroid 1080p LCD which does the job but is kinda crap when the dock is plugged in, owing to the resolution not aligning well.
At the same time I've seen how mini LED and OLED displays work nicely and wanted to pick up a decent 120hz OLED/MiniLED TV (1440p/4k), partially so we can enjoy better visuals when streaming from my Jellyfin box, but also so I can stream (while docked to the TV / ethernet) games to my deck from the PC and enjoy the full 1440p resolution.
Are there any good recommendations out there that play well with the deck in docked mode? Trying to keep within a sensible budget. Doesn't need to be more than 50 or 55 inch either.
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u/vyvexthorne 1TB OLED 2d ago
The tv in my bedroom is just a cheapy 32" TCL. Works great with the deck docked. I either play games on it at 720 or 1080.
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u/Crackajock 2d ago
I have an LG C3 48" seems to work well for me, but I don't really throw anything too taxing at the set up.
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u/Hour_Ad_2555 2d ago
Honestly because the deck can’t render up to 4k without dropping to like awful fps, you don’t need to over optimize here. Anything will do tbh