Submitted 1 year ago by Boiglenoight@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
This would be great while on vacation.
I got a laptop with a USB-C port which supports external monitors. Does anyone know what I would need to use my iPad Pro as a second monitor with this port? Or would I have to use the HDMI port with peripherals like in the link?
Does it also work with a Windows PC?
I actually could see myself get an iPad now.
Sometimes I travel light and just bring my steam deck as a laptop. But for certain tasks and local multiplayer player games the screen is to small especially with it being a controller.
Then prop up an ipad and suddenly I have a 10 inch(I don’t know the size) screen.
Android tablets are much much better for this. See super display
Super Display only works if you get windows and dual boot though.
That program looks amazing!
Sadly it is only windows only while I prefer to keep my steam deck Linux.
That and as a computing device, the iPad’s battery life is second to none. My high end laptop meant for graphics and GIS lasts maybe an hour on battery. The iPad lasts half a day if not more with straight use.
Yeah exactly. I would not buy an external display as 80% of the time it would be useless.
But an iPad I could actually use for other things then just screen mirror. Especially with that battery life.
Neat. What would the use case for this be though? Maybe while riding on a plane?
If you’re somewhere where there’s sunlight, you could play on this instead of the switch. I don’t know about you, but I can’t see anything on my switch while playing in daylight.
I absolutely know what you mean. I got these for myself, they work awesome:
BROTECT 2x Entspiegelungs-Schutzfolie kompatibel mit Nintendo Switch Matte Displayschutz-Folie, Anti-Reflex, Anti-Fingerprint amzn.eu/d/8UwUGXJ
But it has to be said you pay with a little decrease in image sharpness. Not much, but noticeable if you look closely.
Grass@geddit.social 1 year ago
I guess if you already have an ipad and are an apple user yet don’t have money to burn…
I’ll stick with my cheapo usbc portable monitors that require no setup other than plugging in cables and the power to the monitor is also passed through to the switch.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can you link to the ones you bought? Might be useful for others who want to do the same.