As you'll no doubt be aware, the Switch Lite cannot be docked, so there's no official way to play your new console on the TV in the same way as the original Switch model. A recent teardown of the console revealed that there's no hidden workaround possible either as the necessary hardware doesn't exist within the machine itself, but that doesn't mean our docking dreams have to end there.
The mastermind behind My Mate VINCE, a YouTube channel which specialises in 'how to' videos and crazy tech setups, has gone above and beyond in his attempt to have the Switch Lite working on a TV-like display. Why settle for a regular TV when you can play the likes of Mario Kart on an old 1984 Panasonic boombox?
You can check it out for yourself below; it's not what you'd exactly call a practical setup, and we doubt there are many of you out there who just so happen to have all the necessary cables and equipment, but we can't help but admire the dedication. Cuphead played on the boombox looks fantastic, too.
Have you picked up a Switch Lite? How have you been finding it?
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That's some serious dedication right there.
This is the sort of talent I admire more than more ‘useful’ inventions.
I still remember his video where he created a “portable” Wii U.
He basically sewed a battery pack and the console itself into a jacket, so he could walk around while holding/pocketing the Wii U gamepad.
The Switch docked back to a TV. Calm down, my brothers and sisters, the natural order is restored. The galaxy is at peace
Welcome epilepsy
Aaaand of course he starts playing Cuphead... Well thought, lad
wtaf. He's doing it by POINTING A VIDEO CAMERA AT THE SWITCH LITE SCREEN. this could be output to ANY tv/monitor
@jco83 and that is why the video is so great
I was hoping he hardwired the Switch Lite directly into the boombox somehow. That would be a significant upgrade to the Switch Lite!
It's on TV by filming it DUH
Heh. Wonder how it would look using a decent tv and this technique?
Necessary hardware is a BS excuse.
Displaylink docks just need a driver installed and it would work.
It were stupid not to include a mini HDMI out on Switch lite.
Even some budget tablets have mini HDMI.
Quite an interesting workaround for the switch lite’s limitations tbh..
but what if he plays Ikaruga?? he’ll need to tilt the whole unwieldy TV display to its sides...
@TheLightSpirit according to Digital Foundry CRT is better than 4K
Reminds me of hooking up my NES/SNES consoles to a PXL-2000 TV when other options were not available.
@jco83 It definetely is for low res games, for sure... Donkey Kong Country 2 for example, still looks fantastic on CRT, but on 4K all I see are PIXELS.
@FTL you should check out DF's video they say HD CRT (yes that does exist!) looks much better than 4K flat panel screen
Honestly won't be long until some third party manufacturer sells a switch lite dock with a mini HD camera inside.
Would be relatively straightforward to produce surely.
This is EXACTLY what I proposed in the original thread about not being able to dock the switch lite! Except I was being facetious!
The switch is finally portable
Such crap. Really? clickbait at its purest.
@Ventilator
Why would they need mini hdmi?
They could just have put in the display chip from original Switch, then it would transmit over usb c...
@TheLightSpirit CRTs are still thought after for Retro gaming because of it's an analog resolution, high refresh rate, a natural filter, and especially for fighting and rhythm games due to less input lag.
Some people don't mind, and I'm not saying they should, but upscaling a SNES game 5-10x for an LED/OLED TV doesn't bring faithful results.
It's cool, and inventive. Obviously, not practical. I've never seen this guy before. I expected he would hardwire the video output into an rf converter, but using a camera is creative, too.
@jco83 CRT monitor. Huge difference from a CRT tv.
Wow this guy could do anything. I'm impressed, of course I wouldn't be playing my Switch on that ancient thing but I heard these older TV doesn't had lags so that's great. It's too bad he's not actually playing from the TV but from the handheld itself using the camera and cables as hook-up for display only.
I'd rant about this young man wasting his life... But I watched the whole video. Any my time is even more limited because I'm old.
On a side note, I do get all misty seeing that glorious early 80's, and especially 70's tech. Nothing beats a 70's "hi-fi" with a million knobs and gauges.
@StevenG Switch Lite does not have the DisplayPort chipset, no even with drivers, it would not outport video.
@RasandeRose Because it's Switch. It weren't designed to output to TV on USB.
Still.. I use 4K Output from my Huawei and Samsung phones to TV with USB- C, and 1080p output on my older phones on USB 3.0.
@Tim_Vreeland Ahh I see 👍
@Kawaiipikachu Can you not read?
DISPLAYLINK! DISPLAYLINK is not displayport.
DISPLAYLINK would work fine.
@StevenG While I know realized what you meant.
Even with Displaylink being a software solution, still means tinkering how the whole thing works.
Its an extra background resource taking up extra memory & changing extra balance of things.
Don't forget Nintendo always been on compatibility & never risk something that could suddenly go haywire or reduce performance.
Like playing DS games on a 3DS the CPU speeds underclocked to match the DS speeds & extra cores & gpu remain redundant in DS mode.
@Kawaiipikachu It really doesn't. It's a simple solution that Nintendo decided against for business reasons and now apologists like you are defending it.
@StevenG I'm not defending Nintendo or anything, just saying that a simple alternate solution is not really as simple as it sounds.
Displaylink is another piece of code running in the background.
The switch is not like Windows or Linux where you can ad any program in the background.
The switch is carefully balanced between game performance & system feature.
Think about bluetooth headset that people been complaining sometime now.
It's something that Nintendo should have supported at the beginning & to add it now it would means potential conflict with the existing audio subsystem.
even games that don't need to use a bluetooth headset could have intermittent audio problems.
So pretty much it's much more difficult to add bluetooth headset support now than to have it at the beginning because Nintendo have to wrangle a delicate balance in software.
As you see I'm not really defending Nintendo just explaining that a apparent simple solution could easily add a host of compatibility problems.
@Kawaiipikachu The switch is running a similar to linux OS.
You are full of baloney and it's pretty pathetic.
@StevenG That may be the case but that doesn't excuse the fact that Nintendo still has to juggle a delicate balance just to ensure compatibility is not broken at all.
@Kawaiipikachu The delicate balance they are worried about is financial. They don't want people buying a switch light and then docking it as it costs them sales.
@StevenG I not denying the idea to completely remove video out to be a silly idea, just that your solution to replace a piece of hardware with a simple software solution is not really feasible, especially on a system where every CPU clock cycle is counted for & every byte of ram counted for.
Displaylink would take up extra cpu clock cycles & extra ram & probably the ram is the component that takes an extra hit.
Plus I been reading up on the Displaylink technology since we started arguing about it & noticed another thing, it's also Dependent on the GPU as well, it it does not support Display link then it won't work.
So also it might be hardware issue as well meaning if the Tegra chip inside the switch doesn't support Displaylink then it won't work.
Also I think if Nintendo were able to choose Displaylink instead of Displayport for the switch I imagine that there be an optional dock for the Switch lite.
Something smaller to fit the console & built in rails for use with joycon charging.
But as Nintendo choose a Displayport solution, then it menas the switch lite will never get video out at all.
No, the GPU lives in the displaylink device.
Yeah, they made a business decision, which is fine, just stop apologizing for it.
They chose not to.
That's impressive.
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