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CD Player for the Steam Machine (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by camperotactico@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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The Steam Machine is slightly bigger than a portable Blu-ray / DVD player. (I just checked this with my own players)

I can't wait for someone to make the equivalent of the Gamecube's GBA Player for discs. Because of its size, It could even be a plastic shell where you put an existing Hitachi/LG portable drive without having to disassemble anything

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Off topic, but how does the Steam machine's dimensions compare to a GameCube, which is bigger?

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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I'm surprised I cannot find an image of the two devices side-by-side. Here is a mockup of the two in OpenSCAD using the dimensions from Wikipedia

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dimensions_steam_machine = [156, 152, 162.4];  
dimensions_gamecube = [150, 161, 110];  

origin_steam_machine = [0, 0, 0];  
origin_gamecube = [dimensions_steam_machine[0] + 20, 0, 0];  

translate(origin_steam_machine) cube(dimensions_steam_machine, center=false);  
translate(origin_gamecube) cube(dimensions_gamecube, center=false);

EDIT: Not sure exactly what is going on here. This is a Facebook post from November 2025 with what seems to be an empty shell of a Steam Machine. Perhaps it was a 3D printed mockup or something. Regardless, it seems to be enough to give a sense of the relative sizes of the devices.