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Razer announced the Razer Handheld Dock Chroma for your Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go and more (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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$80 USD, includes

6-in-1 Connectivity: Equipped with a gigabit ethernet port, multiple USB connections, and HDMI out, enabling a comprehensive gaming setup.
100W Power Passthrough: Designed to charge devices quickly, keeping them ready for action at any moment.
Rugged Portable Design: Constructed from durable aluminum, the dock is foldable for easy transportation.
Razer Chroma RGB Lighting: Features customizable RGB lighting options for added flair.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Please sign into your account to edit your settings. You must have Razer Synapse started with sudo permissions to edit your settings. You must be connected to the internet to load configs onto your Razer device. Please agree to the terms and conditions so that this app.may collect and analyze data about your usage.

Average Razer experience. Fuck that.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

sudo

Yeah I'm out

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you’ve never heard of open razor before

https://polychromatic.app/

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I haven't. Thats dope. My current mouse needs no app.tho, and my keyboards use QMK.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Even without that Razer's quality control is dog shit.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 11 months ago

thanks. I almost was going to waste some time looking into it but eff that shart.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if serious

[–] cotlovan@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

It mostly is.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

where did you find that text snippet?

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Let me guess, I need to log into my Razer cloud account or it reverts to default settings.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Feels good to have never owned a razer (or logitech) product

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

As far back as I can remember razer has had the reputation of expensive unreliable junk that breaks down. Not sure if they've improved in reliability but it's why I always stayed away from their products.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I don't understand the appeal of most of their products, but I do love their blade laptop lineup. There are few viable laptop competitors with the quality build and integrated gpu (AI/ML stuff rather than gaming for me).

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I seriously do not understand PC gamer obsession with light and color pollution. Unnecessary lights are so fucking obnoxious to begin with, why optionally add MORE that don't do anything?

Like super cool looking light up PC's. I don't get it beyond showing off. I'm looking at my SCREEN! Not the dock or the tower. Why the fuck would I want these distracting colors flying around polluting my space?

Ridiculous. My stuff has always been minimal lights, black tape over other lights, especially fucking blue lights, black colors for towers and consoles, nothing shiny, inconspicuous as possible. Function over looks.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The plus side of RGB is that you can control it at least. So set it to white or some other soft colour (or turn it off completely), which is at least an improvement over blinding blue LEDs. Of course, the software and driver support on Linux isn't perfect.

In any case, the gaudy stuff sells, so that's how they advertise it.

[–] roadrunnerr@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There’s a massive difference between rainbow vomit RGB and using a more tasteful soft color pallette. Ultimately just do what pleases you though! It’s your shit, if you bought 16.8 million colors you’re free to use every last one lol.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was buying a PC case and was surprised to find out it's actually not trivial to find one without a transparent side panel.

I don't want to see the inside of my PC, ideally it should be hidden away as much as possible. My ideal setup would be to have the tower in a separate room with cables going through a wall so that only peripherals are anywhere near my desk.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Agreed. Been through the same issue and especially last time I built a pc I noticed this. Finding basic stuff that doesn't have unnecessary components like glass or excess lights is difficult, much less in a size/shape/configuration that functionally works for what I want to do.

The visual aesthetics pc gamers are obsessed with have steered the supply and made it literally harder for those of us that don't care about all that.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Bit late and way more expensive than either of the docks I actually own. In fact I own two docks and together they cost less than $80.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But do they have COLORS?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Yes actually. I wish they did not.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Plus they're way ahead on the enshittification curve. I wouldn't trust anything from them at this point.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if this means they'll release a linux version of their software so the steam deck can control the RGB

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

and the RGB lighting is customizable via a dedicated hardware button so no need for extra software.

From the article. It seems they completely avoided that question.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

That would be really nice, I hate how most mouse/keyboard brands don't offer Linux configuration software.

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

They can fucking keep it.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wonder if supports CEC like the Steam Dock

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As far as I know, only the official dock supports CEC. If anyone knows of a different dock that supports it I hope they'll let me know

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, but since they're trying to be competitive on price here, I wonder if they're competitive on features...

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

True, but who needs CEC when you can instead have RGB?

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

It does make the frames go faster 🔥

[–] solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

USB A in 2025 😭

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

So far most controller/mouse/keyboard dongles seem to still be usb-A, so I'm not super against that.

[–] moonbasesquid@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it cover the vents on the back of the Steam Deck and cause it to overheat? Also, does it come with an AC adapter?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Charger is unclear, but I think it fits come included.

The vents are a real concern. They intend for this stand to work with multiple devices, so it's very possible it will block the vents on some.