Should I buy this? I want to play my PC games on my tv. Does it work well?

Should I buy this? I want to play my PC games on my tv. Does it work well?

No, it's trash.

Get a raspberry pi and just use moonlight streaming with it. You can do a lot more shit with a raspberry pi

Probably the biggest regret. Even when connected to ethernet and playing pixelated indie games it's a laggy piece of shit

If your computer is in another room and you don't want to run a long HDMI its fine. Or if you are comfy with computers go with a Pi.

*the thing I most regret buying

Get better Internet. Mine runs fine even on wifi.

My internet is pretty good, 21 mbps. And even though it's not the best I should be able to play fucking binding of isaac rebirth on it without lagging

If you have a high end router and a wired/5ghz connection it works well (video quality isn't quite as good as native PC, but that is the price you pay for convenience).

If you have a shitty router/wifi, don't bother.

I'm not sure why people are saying it lags, I never noticed any. I do have both the PC and Steam Link connected by ethernet with a router that isn't the shit the cable company gives you.

Dark Souls worked just fine on it and I've done emulation through it as well before I set up my Pi. Fairly certain either of those would have had an issue if it had lagged. Fucker even natively works with the WiiU Pro controller.

Tempted to grab another one for the other room in the house honestly. Only reason I haven't is because I would need a bigger switch, because my router looks like a gangbang.

How the fuck would "better internet" improve your LAN traffic?

If I got a non cable company router I would still have to pay fees on Internet right? Or not?

>I do have both the PC and Steam Link connected by ethernet with a router that isn't the shit the cable company gives you.
That's why you don't notice any.

The steam link doesn't work well over wifi pretty much at all from what I hear.

When it launched everyone was saying to go hardline or not at all.

Mine works really well, surprisingly. I have it on a CAT5e to the router, then a CAT6 line from the router to my PC upstairs. I have 11 ping, even when other people are using the network. It renders with no compression artifacts or lag. I was able to beat the Nameless King on it with a wireless DS4 paired to it via Bluetooth. Honestly it accepting dualshocks by default on Bluetooth is what makes the Steamlink for me. Do you guys know how much easier a 4-player Gang Beasts setup is on a 55-inch tv with all wireless gamepads? It's a lot better than 4 people sitting around a 22 inch moniter with pads tethered to my tower, I'll tell you that for free. It's amazing for local multiplayer games, and for downsampling pc-fidelity games to a big screen. Stuff like Alien Isolation and DOOM look incredible on Ultra pushed out to a TV screen.

Yes, but most cable companies charge you a rental fee hidden in the bill for letting you borrow their router and/or modem. And what they give you is normally a rebranded low end Belkin pile of shit or a hybrid modem/router combo which are also normally shit.

Buying something half decent will eventually make its cost back up to you. Dlink is cheap and works well, but they aren't the best. Good place to start though if you don't have a lot of cash. Interface is simple, but if you need complex controls they can be flashed with ddwrt.

Probably. 100ft of flat cat5e is like 20 bucks, less if you have your own crimping tool, and can just be run through the floor, under carpet, or in a ceiling. Gaming on wifi is always garbage with or without a Steam Link. Wifi may be decently fast now, but its the error checking necessity that will keep it lagged to eternity short of a retardedly expensive router or a pfsense box running off an old PC for a router.

Either way can't blame it on the Link.

I got one for Christmas, seems to work well with Darkest Dungeon and Risk of Rain. 1080p, probably around 30 FPS on my WiFi. Haven't tried other games yet.

Neat. Might get it if I can convince my parents to get it
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>Either way can't blame it on the Link.
They aren't, it's just that the product advertises wifi for streaming when realistically they should have just skipped it.

Gives a false impression.

Just get like an Android TV set-top and use Remotr.

Go for it dude. Its worked pretty well. And its a nice way to do some couch gaming via PC. Or get that lazy saturday with a NES feel back.

If they don't buy in for it, check around the next steam sale, I've seen the things drop as low as 20 if I remember right. Even comes with a decent ethernet and hdmi cable as well.

Fair point. I've not been a normal user for a long time, so I forget these things. Really regret not doing a computer degree, have more equipment than the average repair shop.

I know how that feels.

I threw away probably 30 pounds of network cables and adapters last time I moved.

is this like a steam chromecast?

beat dark souls 3 on one no problem, just make sure everything is wired.

have you tried it yourself? how is the performance?

Works perfectly for me. 1080p60 from a gtx 970 with [email protected]

The bluetooth also works with ps4 controllers which is nice