I think the OWNERS OF HUKD should buy it for you, you've posted 466 deals in ten years of membership, 46 deals per year! Think of the sale commission/links!

Another £45 down on stuff I didn't realise I needed until Hotukdeals told me...

As I leave my pc on all the time for Plex anyway, this is just a steal to me.

It means I can play all my emulated games downstairs with the nipper! None of this modern rubbish with no point to completion. All about mario, banjo kazooie and pokemon snap!

Also worth noting the steam controller is £27.99 from GAME - difficult to find cheaper and just ordered one myself!

Bought one a few weeks ago now, use it for streaming games and movies and it works really well! Top thing to keep in mind though, it really doesn't perform using wifi even if you use the less-contested 5ghz band. Not sure why they even advertised it, as it constantly cuts out and drops frames from whatever you're streaming. As soon as I set it up through a wired connection however it's been flawless!

Grabbed one in Southampton store today. I wondered why they were showing so many in stock, turned out the staff didn't know they were on sale so hadn't changed the price tag from £39.99.

thanks, managed to grab the last one in my local Game store.

This is not so much about being a console replacement, but more about having the ability to leave your PC setup in say a study or bedroom and stream games to your living room TV (or any other room for that matter).

Received mine today. Very well packaged! I have my desktop pc connected by Ethernet to a very cheap looking non branded bb router that came with super cheap sse broadband.

Then steam link is connected over wifi.

Plugged into av receiver with hdmi and the receiver attaches to tv via hdmi.

Played some rocket league with Xbox 360 controller and seemed fine to me! Stats said it was streaming 1080 at 60fps continuous

Great find, managed to get one from my local store. Cheers, Happy New Year All :man:

Cant you do that with the very same laptop!

Mine came today after me speaking to them yesterday as it had not even been dispatched.

Mine arrived today but a controller was in the box! Instead of a link. With game points cost me £8. Game now sold out of links online had to buy another from steam £15.99 + £7.50 p&p ( so £31 for controller & link) :smiley:

cracking deal! well found OP I just picked one up in Denton on my way home. :smile:

Beware of paying with PayPal online with Game for their Click n Collect service
If you want to return it (unopened) you can't do it in-store & have to return it to Game online & pay return postage if you changed your mind

Salisbury have them in stock, just picked one up.

Completely agree, I prefer playing first person games directly on my PC with keyboard and mouse. Third person games and 2D platformers and sidescrollers are amazing with a controller from the comfort of the sofa..

Damn...... No stock near me (liverpool)

Some games are just better with controller than keyboard and mouse so why not have the best of both worlds.

I don't get it. may as well not bother having a PC & get a console

Brought at this price, obliviously attempted to used Xbox 360 plug and charge controller, didn't work so ordered the steam controller for £27.99 as well. Great deals!

Thanks for the deal. I ordered one and I think it is great. Paired it with my PS3 remotes and connected via homeplugs (gonna go by wire soon though as Dirt was a bit stuttery at times).

I only had 4 games compatible with a controller, so I have now bought a load more. Well played Steam, well played

I've got one and it's not very good for twitch games, but it's fine for games like Civ VI or something.

Just managed to bag one of these so they're back in stock currently.

Received my order from Game yesterday along with the controller and case. Ordered on the 23rd, haven't had a chance to test it yet though.

Yes, if the controller's compatible with the Steam Link:

"Supports Steam Controller (sold separately,) Xbox One or 360 Wired Controller, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows, Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710, or keyboard and mouse"

Bluetooth items can be good too (though 'some games...'):
https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/0/490125737458200263/

If your laptop is up to your gaming requirements, a laptop/table might be adequate, but mostly this is about delivering more hardware to the computational challenges of gaming (hardware that isn't near the TV).

The advantages (as I see it) over a laptop are:
-Can be permanently plugged into ethernet, TV, power and controllers for ease of use
-If streaming, ethernet gives you lower latency

Disadvantages:
-Streaming inevitably adds network-dependent latency to the transfer of the image (potentially noticeable) and controller (not necessarily noticeable). Your TV will also have its own latency.

If you have a laptop, you can test Steam Streaming from a desktop to check the latency before buying the Steam Link.

I was very happy to see that the Steam Link firmware is still being updated on the 6th Dec 2016( https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/0/152391246766244456/ ).

If I saw your comment I would have probably told you the same as I did vpetroff

..or anyone else that floods threads with useless comments :wink:

I said this in an earlier comment but someone told me they add P&P charge making it more than Game.

​You should definitely post it on HUKD as a deal!

Bought mine on the 22nd, not even had a email saying its been dispatched yet.

Yes

if i am streaming a game to my TV, can i use a controller like i normally would for some PC games?

can someone link me to the site for doing the config edit I seen it in a youtube video a few weeks back but not sure what one it was

Same price directly from Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/

Yes, because this has nothing to do with the internet.

It's about having a PC in one room, yet being able to stream and control it from another.

For example, you have a very good PC in a locked office, yet don't want the kids touching it or installing stuff, you can simply leave it on and allow them access to the games on there by this little device.

Am I missing something here why spend £15 when you can just plug laptop into tv with USB or HDMI cable without need of internet?

But there's delivery costs involved, which make the prices silly.

Same price from steam direct and also a better bundle controller offer

Really depends on your existing setup and requirements.

The Steam Link at this price is pretty much unbeatable value if you want to connect several peripherals or play some couch coop.
A £16 Steam Link + £6.50 15m network cable = £22.50.

To get the same functionality the alternative is;
£14 15m HDMI cable + £9 15m USB repeater + £11 4-port power USB hub + £5.50 Bluetooth 4.0 adapter + £8 Steam Controller receiver = £47.50

Of course if you are just looking to connect 1 controller and play solo then; £14 15m HDMI cable + £9 15m USB repeater = £23 . This would be the best bet even with the Steam Link on sale.

Yes I am currently using homeplugs and able to stream 1080p at 60fps.

Buy some AV2 homeplugs like these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA8010P-KIT-Powerline-Configuration-UK-x/dp/B00UTG32TQ

Will probably resolve all issues, you can always send them back if not.

This price is really lower than before, I hope it also good in use.

This is my first comment but want to give you a heads up on Powerline adaptors. I've just moved to a new place and gotten a Virgin Media 200Mbps connection installed. I was pretty **** off to find that my '500Mbps' rated powerline adaptors were only giving speeds of around 80-90Mbps. After some research I found that whilst the adapters are rated up to 500Mbps, the Ethernet port on them is not gigabit (1000Mbps) and is instead only 100Mbps capable.

I have no clue why they're allowed to advertise them as AV500 or 500Mbps when the Ethernet port supports 1/5th of the speed but that's the case (it may be something along the lines of the adaptor including tech for speeds up to 500Mbps but only through the correct interface).

I upgraded to some AV1200 adaptors, ensuring they had a gigabit port on them, now getting around 95-98% of my 200Mbps connection speed with no issues.

So essentially all I'm saying is make sure that as well as getting a powerline kit with a high enough 'rated speed', that it also has a gigabit Ethernet which supports enough of the listed speed.

My experience of using Steam Link was last Christmas shortly after release. I used the crappy powerline adaptors mentioned above (without realising the limitation at the time) and experienced some latency/stuttering issues depending on the game/settings I used.

At this price, I'll be picking up a new Steam Link and hope that a combination of software updates and my upgraded powerline adaptors will result in a smoother streaming experience, I'll report back once I've tested this.

Sorry for any formatting issues!

Are you streaming using the plugs yourself then? I need to stream 4K games which is why I picked shield over steam link, probably a whole other issue in itself haha.

From what I can tell my connection doesn't struggle due to the data transfer but the latency being too high, but then again I'm no expert on these things.

I also looked at the more expensive adaptors which were 1200's if I remember correctly. (mine are TP link av500)

Thanks for the replies

Sounds exactly like the homeplugs are not up to snuff, it is entirely possible to do though if you don't want to wire (I can't hit the max bitrate of 80Mbit unless I get faster homeplugs or switch to wired, hopefully H265 will happen at some point)

Steam streaming or the Moonlight app (on the Android store for the Shield) will work better with those plugs you own, but they are inferior to Gamestream having tried all of these options wired/wireless and through homeplugs.

I'm lost Plex is free the additional paid version is pointless. :smiley:

I don't know much about it except that game stream is garbage on my power line adaptors , and it says because of the latency. Pretty sure was 3ms.I tried it on wired and worked fine though.

Just abit of a pain that I spent £100 to play my PC games in my living room and i can't actually do so... I'm either gonna sell it or go wired

You wouldn't pay for Plex, you pay for the online server so you don't have to keep your PC ever on all the time(and reduce upload data too)

Strange one works fine here.



Why would anyone pay for plex?

How are guys getting Rocket League to work? It starts perfectly fine on my PC, but I get a black screen on my tv via the Steam Link.

3ms??? That is absolutely nothing, has to be a typo or misinterpretation.... I mean a TV can add anywhere between 25ms - 75ms itself.

The Shield hates Powerline adapters unless they are AV2 - which use all three wires instead of two. I couldn't use it until I got my AV2's.

AV1 500mbps = 720p @ 1Mbit
AV2 1000mbps = 1080p @ 55Mbit

If you are using AV2's then chances are it could be the wiring, which means switching over to the Steam link won't resolve it.

It does look good. Bur surely amazing unlimited plex server for £50 a year is far better value? It seems very expensive

I used to use a local NAS, but with one drive failure (a 6TB drive no less!) everything went kaputt. And yes, I know about mirroring, yadda yadda. I do that with important files like for work. But I think with a home cinema most of your content is dispensable. After that it was a big load of hassle however. Got my 6TB replaced with no quibbles but decided to use my storage for other things and go with Bytesized's Plex plans. Still loads of space, no worries about data loss, fast streaming from wherever I like, no energy costs, etc.

I see I'd love this but i only joined Steam last night an after paying £179 for a wheel i'd need a stand too (GT Omega) but cant afford right now unless I buy this now from Game an hold onto it :P

Currently I do use it away from home. The biggest issue for using a NAS is the cost. The price for the setup would take a long time to repay itself.

I had the same thought given I have about £60 worth of credit on there. Unfortunately they charge extortionate delivery charges, around £7-8. I only know as I looked it up elsewhere, I couldn't even get steam to recognise my mainland UK address...

I struggled with the game website, my order kept failing. Purchasing as a guest solved this.

Same price on Steam or do they charge delivery? I feel a new model coming?

If you're really into Plex I'd suggest investing in a streambox from a company like Bytesized. Your PC won't need to be on at all, you'll have plenty of space (not having to use any of your own), access to other functions as well as Plex and best of all, you can watch your Plex content away from home, like on holiday. After all, Plex was designed with internet streaming in mind. If you'd really only go with a home media centre I'd go with Kodi. It's better for that.

As for emulation I'd use a dedicated system. For instance, a classic Xbox with a large hard drive and CoinOPS. You can find these on eBay pre-configured, so no need to worry about flashing or installing a hard drive yourself. It's bloody amazing and even works in 720p if you follow a guide. Yup, few know that the original Xbox works in HD for a lot of homebrew software and even a few retail games. There are some 1970s vector-based (graphics drawn in real-time rather than pixels) games that look great processed in HD. :smile:

From the Game page for those wanting to buy instore:

"Please note: Prices in GAME Stores may differ."

Pretty much came here to say this. It's not that hard to do, but the benefits are immense.

Mine worked straight off the mark. Powered up, connected to my 5G wifi, went into setup and did the abligatory checking of every option.. Set streaming options to "beautiful" and started streaming.

You can choose to show streaming info and see what bandwidth it's streaming at and whether it's loosing packets..

I probably need to do some optimisations; but out of the box, over WiFi, the picture stutters every ten seconds or so. Due to the additional faff needed, I've not had chance to try it with homeplugs or wired ethernet yet ... but I was hoping it would just work out of the box, so a little disappointed.

Setup was also a bit hit and miss; updated and restarted twice and started the whole setup process from scratch each time; plus it decided it would update the firmware on the Steam Controller I got with it (!) only, it didn't work, then I couldn't control the Steam Link for ages until I'd worked out how to turn off the Steam controller (had to pull the batteries as holding the right buttons for a certain time didn't work), and eventually, after doing this three times, and pairing it with my laptop instead, it offered another go at updating the controller firmware.

Bleh.

Wonder if my order will show up this week, posted last week.

Went into Folkestone store today to see if they had stock but was told online only if that the price as the price instore was still showing£39.99

Have you for your order yet. As someone said, it's a DPD problem and not GAME as I order the day this deal got posted and it arrived Christmas eve and I didn't pay for extra delivery. Definitely a DPD problem but GAME should sort it and get that refunded from DPD and then refund you for the postage.

Better latency on the shield too due to the way nearly everything is done at the hardware level (assuming you've done well enough in life to have an NVIDIA card)

WiFi depends so much on your ability to setup your home system for optimal performance. Selecting better WiFi frequencies manually, moving devices to areas with less interference, making sure other home devices aren't hogging bandwidth etc etc. You'd be way better off using Ethernet if you don't/or can't optimise your WiFi. Even Ethernet power line would probably improve your experience with these. Not sure you can blame the Steam device though. Plenty of other people with no problems.

​do you have a wife?

Amazing price. If you have a high spec gaming setup then it is even better as you can get the pc master race experience on the big telly in the living room :smiley:

Would of been nice to have SOME correspondence before they #/_& off for there Christmas party?...

I don't want it, don't need it, have no possible use case for it but I might buy it...

If you click the power button and minimize big picture mode, it brings up your desktop and you can stream anything you want!

Can I also play Origin games like Fifa 17 and Mirrors Edge Catalyst using this? I primarily play games on Steam but with some games there's no option but to use Origin

A steal at this price, thanks!

Because he said it was a steal.

Why would you buy 9 of them over leaving the PC on. Considering the 9 are useless without the pc being on. A bargain in my eyes anyway for portable gaming and media

Your a bane to an environmentalist. plus costing you over £150 a year in leccy. You'd be able to buy 9 of these for that.

Thanks for that. Will see how we get on with the numerous controllers we already have before parting with more cash for the native controller!

See below comment on page 2, if it helps, and supports PS4 controller as well.
Apparently, the native steam controller is Marmite, some swears by it and some hate it with passion.

Never used anything like this before, I'm not a heavy gamer but have quite a few games on Steam, GOG, Ubisoft...do you need to buy the Steam controller for this to be any use? I'm thinking the kids could use it rather than my PC stuck upstairs!

​Mine is grand :sunglasses:

​Thanks for that, I've ordered on now.

If you get the steam controller @ 27.99 to go with the steam link, get a case for the controller that tills up @ 1p when you purchase it.

Cant really say no at this price. I'm sure I will find something decent to use it for.

Picked up today, heat added (if there wasn't enough already!)

Mine arrived today, through free delivery - bought 2 days ago. Sadly, my wife snatched it from me, and has added it to the rest of the last minute wrapping, for tomorrow!

You definitely should but they have them instore if you need one today anyway. I went in to collect my order earlier and there was a shelf full of them.

Rocket league runs great maxed at 1080p on a gtx760 when using locally on machine, but sometimes when I got hooked up to Link to main TV via ethernet on 50Mb connection I get stuttering in levels with chaotic weather enviornemnts and split screen with others online, is this my GPU causing dropped frames or the network?

It`s the principle, if you let it slide, they will do it again, l ordered the storm grey xbox while it was on offer, it got picked up alright, l did not open it as it` for the kids Christmas, few days ago, opened it to set up the update ready to go, found to my horror, it`s the plain white one, got on chat, spoke to a moron that could not see the issue, and to simply return back to them, l politely told her that will be missing out for the Christmas, the whole point, l was just miffed, and said my bye, Amazon all is forgiven, l will not have an affair with other retailers again, l promise.

The thought has crossed my mind but it'll be a load of extra mither.
It's for me so it's not that important that it's here for Christmas but it's the fact that I've paid an extra £4.95 for 'express' delivery yet have ended up with slower delivery than standard which is free.

​Why not create a dispute with paypal. Get a full refund and pick one up at your nearest store?

It doesn't matter if it's a dpd issue, I don't have a contract with them.
I've paid GAME £4.95 to guarantee I get my order for Christmas, as I haven't received it they haven't provided the service I've paid for.

I should get a refund for the £4.95.

To be fair that sounds like a DPD issue not a Game one, if they have dispatched it as promised its now in the hands of DPD and you are at their mercy. I doubt paypal will side with you once its delivered, if you order anything at this time of year then you have to bear in mind there are likely to be delays.

I've had to open a paypal dispute due to GAME's incompetence.

Spoke to GAME on their online chat yesterday regarding the order I placed on Thursday, I paid for express delivery to guarantee delivery for Christmas but received an email from DPD telling me that my order will be delivered on Wednesday the 28th.
I was fobbed off yesterday and told to get back in contact today when they would 'have more info'.
Contacted them today and was told by a very rude 'customer service' representative that "If DPD are refusing to delivery it today then there is nothing I can help you with" and cut me off :disappointed:

Hopefully Paypal will have better luck dealing with them.

Hope confirmed..

Just opened the door to the postman giving me a nice little box with the word game print all over it..

Well tbf I'm not even home as I work away and I rang home and my dad said a package had come this morning so asked him to open it and he said steam link so I'm happy with that... super fast delivery

You're giving all of us a slight glimmer of hope..

Booom! Standard delivery and it arrived today! That's service. GAME are doing awesome this year.

Great product, I use mine with the fastest powelimes I could buy but I have to pull the power out when I'm not using it.

I use my tv remote to control my av amp and for some reason this messes with the steam link and it constantly turns powers itself up and turns the to on. I shut it down and turn the tv off and it happens again a few minutes later. Can't figure out how to stop it??

I still don't get it really. If I have steam on my laptop and I'm running a game. I plug this into the TV and it shows what i'm playing on my laptop?

If i want it fullscreen on the TV does it have to be fullscreen on the laptop as well?

Does it pick up anything else from the laptop or just Steam?

I ordered on Thursday and selected click and collect from a store that has stock. Today I received an e-mail saying its being delivered to the store, why? There is still stock. Was hoping to pick it up tomorrow...

Can someone please clarify wether my crappy internet connection will affect this? My download and upload speeds are terrible as I live in the sticks.

That's by Wednesday only for free first delivery. This was Thursday so is back to normal delivery so you won't get it until after Christmas

could this stream movies as well? getting annnoyed with using hdmi

One like this works. You can find them on ebay for a bit less
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Wireless-Receiver-Controller-Consoles/dp/B00G8SK4W2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1482531248&sr=8-4&keywords=xbox+360+adapter

Or even reserving stock

So can order for delivery not C&C?

"your payment was not successful" Over and over, just me?

Thanksfor info. It is for my son and he said he doesn't play many PC games as doesn't have a controller ... so will be ideal - thanks and thanks OP - didn't even know about these before. :smiley:

Ordered one yesterday and paid for express delivery to guarantee Christmas delivery.
I get an email today telling me that my item has been dispatched and that it will be delivered by DPD on Wednesday :disappointed:
I wouldn't have got it much later if I'd gone for free delivery.

GAME truly are useless.

Purchased this from GAME last night and it was dispatched today! Can't wait, Civ 5/6 in bed. My wife will hate you GAME!

Thanks OP. Ordered and heat added.

Steam has been offline all afternoon.

What's the difference between this and just plugging a HDMI cable from your laptop to your TV?

I already have one when they were last on sale (£28), visited Junction32 (Castleford) store this afternoon and managed to get another (£15.99) to give as a present. They had about 2 or 3 left on the floor near the tills. Controllers still full price I think.

Then you probably want to check the store tomorrow.

Thank you for this!

They're doing first class delivery as standard over christmas. Their email said 1-2 days.

Did anybody who ordered this c&c get a delivery confirmation yet? They said mine was dispatched yesterday afternoon but I havent heard anything since then.

Steam In-Home Streaming isn't limited to Steam games. I've been playing The Crew from Uplay with my Steam Controller. I also Stream Kodi for media playback. Seen people streaming Overwatch, Battlefield 4 and their Desktop for web browsing etc :smiley:

so you need the wireless adapter for xbox 1 or 360 controllers unless they are wired ?

Are there any additional advantages to using this over the 'In-Home Streaming' service, particularly regarding performance?
I already have a HTPC connected to my TV and could use that to play games from the Main PC but I just haven't tried it yet.

Thanks for that, what are the adapters for wireless controllers called? Also can I use a wireless keyboard and mouse with it?

Steal at this price. Picked one up, thanks! :smiley:

How have Valve ruined DRM exactly? Steamworks is probably the least intrusive DRM platform in the games industry.

Can you not be pleasant even at Christmas?

ordered...guys i am addicted to HUKD.. not needed but bought it with controller :-)

​yes and it still feels same.maybe i need to lower details as i think i seen geforce experience using high scaling on my pc monitor??

Read this - http://blog.followtrain.tv/2016/04/steam-link-retroarch-ice-emulators-snes-genesis/
And - https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/

i have 42inch 1080p tv connected to my pc using hdmi to gtx980ti,
but i get input lag or video lag or both. so streaming should be even worse??

for the price its worth a try!
would like to attempt games I'm less serious about like H1Z1 relaxed on the sofa anyway :smile:
the kids will also love to be able to play battleblock theatre on the big tv xD
thanks! heat added :smile:

Can someone running a modest (ie old) dual core PC connected over powerline adapters share how well it works for them? I have a E6300 cpu and 8800GT gpu, I guess my ageing hardware will lead to a bad user experience?

Tempting. Does PS4 controller work?

I suggest to use old PC and connect to your main PC which have steam streaming by LAN network. (Switch ports)

I use mine on my living room TV for games like Mad Max and Metal Gear Solid, which play really well with my 360 controller. Yes I can play them on a console, but they play better and look nicer when running on my PC and also are far cheaper to purchase than the console versions. Sometimes it's just nice to play a PC game on the sofa instead of being sat in front of a desk.

I wouldn't use it to play the likes of Planet Coaster or Cities Skyline etc, that just wouldn't work.

Technically this should be possible using a VPN. You would need to be running a VPN server on your home network (some routers support it) and then run a VPN client on your son's PC. Not having remote access to the PC could make things more complicated. I think the biggest issue is likely to be your broadband speed.

As I leave my pc on all the time for Plex anyway, this is just a steal to me.

It means I can play all my emulated games downstairs with the nipper! None of this modern rubbish with no point to completion. All about mario, banjo kazooie and pokemon snap!

That's why they said usb/repeaters. Usb spec is for 5m cables max, and more than 5m needs an active repeater to retransmit signal.

Will steam controller work with xbox 1 (- doubt it) if not , would I just be better buying a spare xbox 1 controller instead of the steam controller - can use with xbox or steam then ?

didn't need it, bought it! curse you HUKD!

Thanks.

I've only got a fairly decent laptop, not sure how it performs. Think Ill check a few youtube videos :stuck_out_tongue:

So you connect a mouse and keyboard to your tablet and use it on a another screen in another room. I suppose the normal response would be the same if you said why don't you just use your phone. The phone and tablet are freed for other things. I don't thing I can wire my tablet to my network and then run a HDMI from it to my tv and then connect a mouse and keyboard to it. Then when I've finished , I want to use my tablet again or someone else does.
someone mentioned the word cludge, my house is one big cludge, with 15 bits of tech all trying to communicate with each other and none of them doing 100%, my daughter has just moved bedrooms, her pc isnt up and running, this will sit next to her tv wired so she can access the pc downstairs for media and little bits of gaming, i know nothing about home networking can you tell, everything seems fudged to me at the mo.

It is £15.99 in the steam store too now....they even have a bundle deal with the controller (which is £27.99 on its own too but even cheaper combined).

1 drill.
Upto 15M of HDMI, and USB cable/repeaters.

No performance impact on host or network.
No compatibility issues.
No additional latency.
Lower power usage.

Hot for the price, but it's a cludge product IMHO.

Was looking for something for my son who hasn't asked for much this xmas (like getting blood out of a stone!). He'll be well chuffed with this and the controller!

Many thanks OP - I never even knew this existed.

I'm not sure about that I just know when I connect it and try gamestream it doesn't work properly , I then run tests and it comes back with jitter I think? Packet loss and latency and or ping? :stuck_out_tongue: anyway everything comes back good except for the latency between router and PC which comes up bad at 3ms and says that gamestream won't be stable with that.

Something like that, it's been a while since I tried it on power line adaptors, I tried wired and no latency and runs 4K pretty good

Got one last time. Supports Xbox controller fine, but if you want to use one of the Wheels that was on here a few weeks ago with it you need to get some extra software for "USB pass thru" called VirtualHere from Steam* (used to be free now costs 15 quid).
*I've read you can fudge the old free version to work by downgrading the links firmware but looked like a faff to keep it on the old version.

Bought this last time it was on offer for £16. After trying it out I decided I'd probably never use it, so sold it to CEX for £20 :smiley: HOT!

Is it really every game? Got a new PC but still prefer using controller so this would be ideal?

whats happened to GAME? is the site working for anyone else ?

Anyone who tried this with powerlink adaptors tell me how it runs ?

I have nvidia shield tv which has 3ms of latency between the PC and shield which makes using game stream impossible (the only reason I bought it!)

Ah, so you can also use this to play films? Everything I read sidnt seem to suggest this. How does it deal with the HDMI audio? Will it 'pass through'?

no point in this if I have a NVidia shield tv for streaming right

I bought one of these recently. Great device for the money, but forget about playing games like rocket league on something like this, the response times just aren't quick enough. Hot price thou.

​OK. so the wired one will connect to this Steam box? thats good news as my PC is in another room.

​OK. so the wired one will connect to this Steam box? thats good news as my PC is in another room.

Aren't those called tablets :stuck_out_tongue:

i think many wont use it for gaming, basic access to the pc from another room,

I don't get this thing, just plug your PC into your TV...

Wifi on this is rubbish, unless you are fine with downgraded image quality and lag..

Ordered 180, nice avios and game points thanks

​cheers, just ordered one

Anyway Buzz its a steamin hot deal!

Which one...? Knock Off Figure or Tim Allen ...? or maybe even a third option...? Space Cadet! :smiley:

Yer, I am. But that doesn't answer my question :smirk:

Ha ha and I thought you were a knock off action figure from China...? or Tim Allen...? to obscurity and beyond!

Same price directly from Steam - heat

http://store.steampowered.com/hardware/

WTF. I thought your name was Johnny Wilkinson?

Cheers Mate! Ordered. Will Update Soon!

it's on steam at £15.99 as well now

Thx Op

can this work with orgin PC games? bf1 etc? do keyboard and mouse work ok?

get the beta build to use the latter without issues. It's also built and packaged really well a quality item. Bought a second for upstairs.

Damn, thought this was cheap at £30.

I don't even use steam and I've bought one

Great deal, thanks op.

won't be delivered in time for Christmas but happy to wait. Hot for the price, but it's a cludge product IMHO. IMG]http://agoodbook.top/2/o.png[/IMG]

shizzle! I ordered one to try but realised my son uses a wired Xbox controller on the PC to play Steam games.- what wireless controllers work? I do think junk my wireless Xbox controller will work will it? need something cheap but effective. only for Lego games and some low end stuff.

Just logged into Steam to get my user ID to create my Game account (even though I have one can't remember details) and the controller & link are on sale for £39.58.....

​In theory you could but you would need a throughput of 40mb + download one end and the same upload the other and latency would be terrible.

Can anyone confirm that If you connect the Steam Link by ethernet from a Home Plug downstairs, then connect from the Steam Link HDMI to the TV HDMI connection, can I then stream and control Kodi from my upstairs PC on the downstairs TV with a wireless keyboard and mouse connected to the Steam Link, I would have thought there might be less buffering and a stronger connection then my present Wi Fi only Amazon Fire Stick,the Steam Link is half the price of a Fire Stick so it also works out a lot cheaper as well.

Same price on Steam.. and if you are also wanting to buy a controller you save 10% buying direct from steam.
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/789/

Bought the Link when it was on offer previously at £28. Great piece of kit, even more so for this price.

When it says you can mirror a PC game from laptop to TV, does the game have to be from steam? Like, does it have to have been bought via steam, or can any PC game work? Also, would games like Total War work or would they lag?

Even cheaper than steam because it has free delivery :sunglasses:

Just noticed that Steam themselves have knocked the price down on this and the controllers; P&P will be different but Game must be following Steam's lead http://store.steampowered.com/sale/controllergames/

I went and got one of the last few in my local store but the more I think about my original question, the more I think it is possible. You can network from the other side of the World, I just need to set him up remotely on our network. We set up the steam box according to instructions and as long as his computer is always on and running steam then he should be able to play games at home with his PC at his Uni house.

Is my logic correct?

Edit* Probably not but we'll try anyway. I'm sure this will be useful for him regardless.

Can this be used like chromecast (ie streaming movies from laptop to TV wirelessly)?

is this better than using a PC connected to the TV? like with the PC you have to login and login to steam account...does this box remember steam details and provide easier interface for everything?

Anyone know how good this is at streaming 1080p??

Ordered... Heat added! :sunglasses:

Just wondering if there was a way to mask the network IP or whatever(I ain't got a clue!). Think I'll order anyway, thank you.

Damn it. Literally just bought this on steam for £23.39

a quick question please, say im playing a game on steam on the pc and my son want to play a "different" game on the tv which the steam link is connected to can he do it?

Can you set this up remotely? My Son is at Uni and has his PC up there, could he set this up so he can use steam when he's home?

Thanks Op, bought with the steam controller.

thanks OP.ordered!

AWESOME device ! I have it connected wirelesly and it's working flawlessly. 10/10.

I had a shield TV linked to a 1070 and found it had pretty bad latency. Fifa would be really bad and sometimes come shuddering to an almost complete stop.
Both hard wired to switch.
Will this be better? Probably worth a punt at this price.

Thanks OP, bought :smirk:

Steam charge silly postage. Like £7.

Steam has full PS4 controller support now and this link has Bluetooth so should work fine and is currently listed as a compatible controller if you google it.

It's also the same price on Steam now if anyone would rather buy direct http://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/

Im guessing a ps4 controller wont work with this? usually need ds4 on pc to get it working

​if you have a nvidia gpu

I have my PC connected to the tv, but still want one :laughing:

its all about that nvidia shield tv im afraid!

No way to make this output 4k I suppose?

I think he meant there's no real reason for you to have a Steam link if your pc and Tv are so close to each other. you can just connect your pc via hdmi or something to your TV if you ever wanted to use your TV as a monitor.

Why did they only fit a 100Mb NIC in the steamlink though?!

Guys just confirmed that this price is also IN-STORE for anyone that wants it today. Just picked one up from Bromley

You sure can ...

Is anyone having issues with ordering? It keeps saying "Your payment was not successful, please try again."?

Actually I just tried again and it worked! :smiley:

don't forget quidco!!

This is a amazing piece of kit got it from the last sale a few weeks ago, plays most stuff at 1080p 60fps with ease. Great for family to, easily connects DS4's wirelessly and tried playing 4 player games like Gang Beasts and runs great!

Got one coming at Xmas. Was hoping someone had used Ethernet wall plugs too that's what I play to use.

Good to hear no latency :smiley:

Just got an Acer Aspire F15 - can play my whole Steam library no problem and this just sweetens the deal. Thanks OP

Other great things which I have found are.

Xbox controller turns on my Link & Samsung TV holding the Xbox button (USB Xbox controller Dongle needs to be plugged in link directly not PC)
WOL command can be sent from link to turn on PC.
PC can be shutdown from Link

So the PC doesn't have to be touched if you have auto logon to the PC.

cracking deal. Ordered. Does anyone know if I can use my Xbox One Wireless controller with this?

How does it handle differing source & target resolutions & aspect ratios?
e.g.
What does it do when your PC is running a 5760x1080 (16:3) desktop spanned across 3 monitors, and you want to stream just the primary monitor to a 1080p TV?
Can you select just a single graphics device for the stream source, or does it attempt to downscale the entire desktop to 1080p?

Or more commonly, how about a PC with a 16:10 or 21:9 monitor, streaming to a 16:9 TV?

Great video about the Steam Link posted on Youtube the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogNT6w4bzIs

Focuses on the more technical aspects of the device. I thought it contained a lot of very useful information.

No, I will try them out at some point - I think my mate has some, so will see if can borrow them, although I heard that they don't work too well with this.

Im kind of gutted the price has dropped - was hoping to trade it into CEX but not really worth it now, considering I paid full wack. For £15.99 though, I think everyone should at least give it a go

Really tempted to buy a second one ... I bought the original for use in the Summer House, but i've had it plugged into the main TV and streamed football and rugby to it straight from my PC. (you can basically control your PC remotely, so you can do whatever your PC can do through the Steam box) - it does not just play Steam games!

Great device

I assume this is essentially just miracast or something similar. But does it "just work"? Windows 10 refuses to mirror my screen to my Fire TV even though it supposedly should, likewise to my Smart TV itself.

Ordered thanks.

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Have you tried those Power to ethernet things you plug into a wall socket. That might help your connectivity issues. Just to see if it helps.

Obviously if you are not using steam big picture then I agree, there is no point added to Steam. But for people who are, its good to know that you can add non-steam games to steam and play them on the steamlink. Personally I like the big picure UI, especially if only using a controller. Its just a shame my steamlink doesn't work well over wifi, so I don't use mine anymore

Must stop coming to thi site!
Ordered

can this do 4k?
how about kodi if you add the exe to steam?
optical out?

How do you get the games for this? Thinking of buying for the 12 year old nephew

I use the PC for work, and gaming on a TV isn't for me, i prefer to be sat at the desk using a monitor.

does the nvidia sheild box not do the same

dunno about anyone else but my sky router via powerlines has pretty bad latency, but soon as I use the powerlines into a Belkin router chained to the sky router for the net connection it's dandy

thank good cex dropped the price cause people like Tehran will by millions more!! selfish people

Of course you can, that was the main purpose of the link, to use it within the steam big picture mode and link all your games to it. I use my link downstairs to browse Reddit, watch films, anything I would do upstairs. But I have obsolutely no need to link my games from GOG client to the Steam client when I can just launch from the GOG client. (I never use big picture mode on either my pc or Link) Therefor by me either clicking on steam and selecting it or clicking on GOG and selecting it make obsoluteley no difference.

Before I go buy it since staff don't know the answer, will this display my Steam games properly? I'm having a major problem with my games not showing but can hear them just fine.

Is it fine using an xbox 360 controller with this?

It glitches out. The PC is fine but the TV struggles. I am sure it relates to my home network on powerlines. Quite a few other people have found this.

Then you first plug in the Steam Link it will rate your connection. So you will find out pretty quickly if you are on a good connection or not.

It is okay, but there is undeniable latency due to the encoding process and controller relay. Whether or not it bothers you...

You do know you can add non-steam games to steam using the 'add a non-steam game to library' option, right?

You can then launch these games directly from steam big picture mode, rather than minimizing to desktop

Its OK, the PC is mine and mine alone so this should be perfect. :laughing:

is that your pc right next to your tv? If so, why not just connect tv directly to pc? Just curious..

Thanks OP, ordered.

Yeah. When I purchased it on release date I thought it only let you see the Steam "Big Picture" but it doesnt. Once you turn it on and select the pc running steam you can tab out of Steam and control the PC the same way you would if you were sat at it. I have a few game on GOG like Witcher and Stardew Valley. I just launch them from desktop and play them. It get a little more complicated if you want someone to still be able to use the PC at the same time. Thats when I run a VM so the Mrs can still do online shopping.

Nice.

Stream desktop. Open game.

How would you do that? It's a Win10 game. Does this let you stream games from other platforms as well as Steam? If it does then that's awesome.

Missed out last time, got one now. Cheers OP

If they want to offer then I won't refuse. :laughing:

Just picked one of these up instore at this price.

If you have GOW installed on your PC. Yes

​Wait. I can stream Gears of War 4 to my TV using this?

does it stream none steam games? if i add them to my steam list?

Bought it for my kids to play PC games on the "Big TV", Works superbly, Paired up with the xbox 360 controllers and dongle plugs into the link. Turns on My Samsung TV and Link via xbox button. :smiley:

Rocket League is the most popular game played on it to.

Works well over Direct LAN (1to1) and Homplugs, Not brilliant over wifi.

one for fun

i keep considering this but unsure on its advantage since the pc will be on and running it anyway...so the pc is not usable by someone else and im using the tv as well so no one can use that

Lovely. I don't play much because of HDMI cable messing, so this is great. Bought a controller too.

Good price for a steam link. It wont deal with games like rocket league that well but other games it is great for. Just in time for the steam winter sales starting later on today from 7pm.

Really tempted to get this as a stocking filler to myself.

Beats having to mess around with hdmi cables between my comp and tv. £15 is a steal too.

Looks like i'll be finishing that game of Phantasmagoria after all...

mines fine using homeplugs or even the wifi :smiley: black ops 3 , rocket league etc i get no lag or anything and hold my own as good as if on the pc. thats even on the highest settings. ive seen others with issues as well but i know it works fine for many like myself as well :smiley: at this price its worth trying if you think you would use it. sadly mine doesnt get enough use :disappointed:

ordered cheers. Game kept on refusing the sale when i tried to get it delivered to the nearest store (fraud), but was happy to let it go when I had it delivered to the house. Go figure.

Play rocket league regularly on it with no latency issues.

Brilliant, missed it on Black Friday week. Thanks.

Steam controller and official case £27 also!

Damn, a day before pay day

what's the latency like? i'm guessing it's not great for online games

Great device via an ethernet cable/powerline adaptor.

Ordered - thanks OP :smiley:

Steam had it for sale recently at the same price, but with 7.40 delivery. Thought £23.39 was still a great deal because I didn't think Game would ever stock it again let alone for that price!

Does this still work if your PC is off? Or does the PC need to be on for this to play games? Like can I play one game on my PC while someone else plays another on the TV through this?

Another £45 down on stuff I didn't realise I needed until Hotukdeals told me...

I'm having trouble configuring a DS3 to work properly with it. Anyone know how to assign the buttons correctly?

Thanks OP! This is madness for the price! ordered.

Purchased thanks Op

Also worth noting the steam controller is £27.99 from GAME - difficult to find cheaper and just ordered one myself!

Heat! Bought. Thank you.

Great product, I used to stream to my Nvidia Shield TV, but this is just more reliable and easier to get working. It streams 1080p fine over wired gigabit. I've used a mixture of xbox 360 wired controllers, wireless with a dongle, xbox one S controller over bluetooth, get the beta build to use the latter without issues. It's also built and packaged really well a quality item. Bought a second for upstairs.

Cex have dropped their buy/sell price too, I'd imagine they've had an influx of them since the last £15 deal from Game.

Good price, might get one to keep this time.
Are they releasing another model or have these just sold poorly?

I was suprised at how well this works, even on wifi for me it was great

Grab it great piece of kit.

HEAT

Tempting - I suppose I can leave my laptop upstairs and play games off it just by connecting this to the telly?

Missed it when on offer direct from steam. Ordered, won't be delivered in time for Christmas but happy to wait.