ngl i hate that everyone is seemingly laughing at DeckHD for this. people willing to take the risk to offer us upgrades like they did should be commended and lauded, not laughed at when they, through no fault of their own, get screwed. we need more specialized stuff for the Deck, not less.
The people taking the risk with DeckHD are the ones who try to install them. Difficult Installation, Custom Bios (Does it require DeckHD existing for support long term?), and its a resolution that the Deck isn’t targeting. I’m going to stop short of calling it a bad product, charitably its an enthusiast product.
Ultimately DeckHD is not completely SoL, the base model is still going to have the LCD screen, so there will be plenty more new LCD models that some people may turn to DeckHD for.
Custom Bios (Does it require DeckHD existing for support long term?)
Yeah that is probably the big isssue. The chance that DeckHD will not be profitable and discontinued is now pretty high and if they stop releasing bioses after that you are kind of fucked.
This is the internet. On the internet (and reddit especially) people like to make light and laugh at other people when things go wrong for them. It makes them feel better about all the deficiencies in their own dismal lives.
ngl i hate that everyone is seemingly laughing at DeckHD for this. people willing to take the risk to offer us upgrades like they did should be commended and lauded, not laughed at when they, through no fault of their own, get screwed. we need more specialized stuff for the Deck, not less.
What’s that German word for people enjoying other people’s misfortunes?
The people taking the risk with DeckHD are the ones who try to install them. Difficult Installation, Custom Bios (Does it require DeckHD existing for support long term?), and its a resolution that the Deck isn’t targeting. I’m going to stop short of calling it a bad product, charitably its an enthusiast product.
Ultimately DeckHD is not completely SoL, the base model is still going to have the LCD screen, so there will be plenty more new LCD models that some people may turn to DeckHD for.
Yeah that is probably the big isssue. The chance that DeckHD will not be profitable and discontinued is now pretty high and if they stop releasing bioses after that you are kind of fucked.
This is the internet. On the internet (and reddit especially) people like to make light and laugh at other people when things go wrong for them. It makes them feel better about all the deficiencies in their own dismal lives.
DeckHD was a terrible idea from the offset. “No fault of their own” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Good ideas should be lauded. Awful, stupid ones should not. In this case a very good thing came of it.
they will still be a nice option for those who damaged their original screen
Business owners do things for money not some social good
If it makes you feel better I thought it was a stupid product before this