I’ve been considering getting a mini PC for my living room, basically only to watch online videos without ads or watch locally stored videos.
Since I have a Steam deck available that I already often dock to my screen for gaming, could I use it instead of buying a new computer?
My main concern is the impact this would have on the battery if it’s plugged in for long periods of time, does it bypass the battery when it’s plugged in and the battery is full ? Will other components be impacted?
I did this exact thing when contemplating getting a mini pc. I got an external drive and turned my Deck into a Kodi box. It’s been great, though it had trouble pushing 4K60, so I have it set up to output 1080. If you’re setting up something like Kodi it’s worth mentioning that the Deck uses KDE, so you can set window rules to always open the application fullscreen.