I’ve seen people worried that having the screen on during downloads will cause burn in. I thought it would be a good idea for them to implement a screen saver when you’re in the Downloads tab. The screen saver would be completely black, except for text that says “Downloading (Progress)” That way the screen would be essentially off, and the user doesn’t have to wake the screen to see how it’s going. The text would also be moving like the DVD logo to move the pixels around.

  • chrisdpratt@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m going to say no. Development time is not unlimited and I would far prefer Valve continue to work on things that add real value to the Deck, not something like this.

  • JohnLietzke@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Click the battery icon in the taskbar. Near the top for the pop up menu is a check box that will allow you to keep the deck on until the power button is pressed.

    Make sure disable it when done and don’t put it in the case to prevent overheating.

  • jab416171@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    plug the deck in and tell it to blank the screen after 1 minute but never sleep when on power. you might have to be in desktop mode as well, but this is what I did when I was setting it up and had a bunch of downloads queued.

  • Facehugger_35@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Burn in with modern OLED screens tends to take months, so I wouldn’t worry too much about just downloads.

  • Poutingpokemon@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Go look up the wullf den OLED switch test. He kept it on for years. It took thousands of hours for any noticeable burn in on a static screen. You have nothing to worry about. Enjoy your new toy. Try not to sweat the small stuff.

  • Greyman43@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a dock connected to my TV via HDMI, when I plug the Deck into it the screen goes off as if it’s re-routing to the TV even if the TV is off or on a different input so this is how I do long downloads.

  • GGaleno@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I always turn the brightness down when I download a game, I hope it is enough to protect the screen🤷🏻‍♂️

  • FenriCZ@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I would not worry about that much, modern OLED have burn in prevention functions such as switching pixels now and then to refresh them in case long static picture. But screen saver would be nice too, so why not ☺️

  • Hamza9575@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You can set timer to turn off display in desktop mode. So use desktop mode for long downloads with like 5min auto off timer on display while deck is downloading.

  • kratomburneraccount@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Best thing to do:

    Get a dock, plug it into tv or monitor. Then turn off tv or monitor. This way it stays on, but the deck display does not.