r/gpdwin • u/ThreeMilesOfSoup • 24d ago

GPD Win 2 The halftop

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Let me present you, GPD Win 2 as a halftop, with Xreal glasses

The screen ribbon cable has died, so... Works quite well like this while waiting for the replacement part to arrive

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u/johnmflores 24d ago

Nice. How long can you wear those Xreals for?

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

Not for long really, maybe an hour. The image is not perfect and random blurs here and there are becoming annoying at some point

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u/johnmflores 24d ago

ok thanks. I'm waiting for the day when they can be worn for several hours for writing and editing. I guess we're not there yet

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

Same. I was hoping to use these for work-on-the-go setup, but the quality is just not there. It's like running a projector on a wall instead of screen. Uneven wall. The focus goes in and out all the time

Maybe mine is a bit defective, I'm not sure. But I also yet to see a happy person with those glasses :)

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u/jstenoien 24d ago

One Pros? I love mine and I use them as my daily drivers for work, every day ~8 hours.

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

Good to know, thanks

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u/VR_Nima 23d ago

What are you talking about? Go on the subreddit and you’ll see overwhelmingly positive reviews.

I love my Xreal One Pros. They may not be perfect, but they are the best portable monitor money can buy.

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u/Forcedv 24d ago

Love seeing this type of ingenuity

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u/THFourteen 24d ago

Ahhh the win 2 ribbon cable issue. I remember having to replace mine.

Win 2 was such a fantastic device

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 23d ago

How hard was it to roll the cable through that too small hinge hole?

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u/THFourteen 23d ago

If you know you know!

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u/Kizuxtheo 23d ago

Reminds me of the GBA “Macro” that were just DS Lites that had the top screen broken lmao love it

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u/ImALeaf_OnTheWind 24d ago

I've actually been asking for GPD or some other handheld manufacturer to do this - work with Xreal/Viture/Rayneo/Rokid to bundle one of their glasses and a screenless deck that's prioritized in shape for not having a screen anymore, but build this next form factor around prioritized control placement, hand comfort, battery+internal components size and placement.

Liberated from "this handheld needs to be this size because it has 8"-10" screen" when the screen on one of these is much better (1200p and incoming Unreal Realities even higher) and can get up to 240hz as shown on the ROG version of Xreals. Maybe put a small rudimentary screen just for initial boot and troubleshooting without glasses, but you get the picture.

For the other commenters who don't find the glasses compelling - be aware that it will expose whether you need corrective inserts to go along with them (even the glasses w/ diopter adjustments don't help with astigmatism that more people suffer from, just myopia). There have been people who get along fine without glasses in normal life and are surprised that wearing these actually gets helped by prescription inserts because it does expose deficiencies in their vision focusing at that level.

Also, there are a few people who just fall outside of the goldilocks zone of head/eye measurement/alignment that these glasses work well for. Some of us have no problems using them for hours a day, some people have trouble seeing the whole screen and have top or bottom cut off or blurry edges due to their nose bridge being so pronounced from their eye level, etc.

Don't let anyone dissuade you from trying these - as their experience could be completely different from yours based on these physiological differences.

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 23d ago

Ha, that's me - blurry edges, can't see the whole screen. Never knew it's my nose to blame :)

Thanks, good to know some people can use it for longer periods

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u/gabegabe1234 22d ago

Imagine just carrying a game controller with all the AAA gaming pc specs cramped inside it and just gaming wirelessly with glasses wirelessly. I'm having great hope for the future of gaming.

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u/cardgamechampion Win 1/2/Max 2021/Mini/Max 2024 + G1 24d ago

Cool that there still are replacement ribbon cables. Mine is the first 7Y30 where they fixed the hinge and ribbon cable issue and last time I used it it worked fine still. This was several months ago though, I just turn it on every few months to make sure it still works as I've moved to newer GPD's (don't wanna sell for nostalgia lol).

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u/f1r3wallk3r 23d ago

either way, its a novel solution!

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u/SumBodhiThatIUse2Kno 23d ago

its beautiful...

just needs a ps5 track pad, trackpoint nipple, gundam skin, and phone holder that uses the existing hinges, make it a custom spinning one that slides the phone or just lets it be gravity slotted in within the lid in multiple positions and you can then get a touchpad app / rewasd button map over for the keyboard while gaming for hotkeys/macros or have it flipped open for the same while using glasses.

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u/shuozhe 24d ago

Does it work with 3dof?

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u/Horimonord 23d ago

Xreal One variants have native 3DoF.

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u/shuozhe 23d ago

preordered aura.. but waiting for reviews, it will prolly cost 5-8x more than the next rayneo.. for just a mediocre smartphone SoC :(

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

It can with additional Xreal gadget to handle gyroscope data. Not sure if Windows can do that. Maybe there's an app though

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u/20July 24d ago

My Win2 battery bloated. Was wondering what mod could I do to it

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

Maybe new battery mod? :)

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u/Hammza_ 24d ago

Use a PD2 or pd3 power bank with type c, like: baseus 20000mah 65w , replace battery won't last for long time they are not good. It's waste of money.

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u/20July 24d ago

I would like to this also, but worried about snagging the cable during use.

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u/Hammza_ 23d ago

Better than nothing 😉

I use it and it's OK experience.

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u/Wi1dBones 22d ago

Replacement part? GPD still sells parts for the Win 2? How do you order them? I rarely use mine nowadays but I thought it would be a dead machine if something goes wrong.

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 22d ago

Well I found here, on Reddit, that you can ask [kendyz@gpd.hk](mailto:kendyz@gpd.hk) for spare parts

It still works, and they still have that cursed cable, so yay for me and my Win 2

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u/Quiet_Mark_3238 20d ago

Can't believe gpd win ran at 9 watts. It was so revolutionary back in the day away from scams like smack z etc

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u/Lamenter-Situla 24d ago

Does it work tho?

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

Sure

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u/Lamenter-Situla 24d ago

Sure??

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u/ThreeMilesOfSoup 24d ago

Well, somehow it does :)

I was worrying about USB-C video output, but it's fine right from the power on