The Nintendo Switch Lite was designed exclusively as a portable console, featuring a slimmer profile than the original Switch and the enhanced OLED model.

To achieve this profile, Nintendo left out some key components, which means Switch Lite cannot be docked or played on a TV. Both the original Switch and the OLED model include hardware designed to transmit images via USB to your TV when docked, but that hardware is noticeably absent on Switch Lite.

Even if you could somehow hack the Switch Lite to work with the standard Switch dock, you’d be running a game with a resolution of 720p on a massive screen – which wouldn’t look nearly as great as you’d hope. In other words, don’t pick up a Switch Lite if you want to play on a big screen.

Instead, think of it as a portable device that manages to play console-quality games.