It works perfectly for me.

Only adds 3ms of latency which is less than my 'gaming' monitor.

If its not working properly for you, either your cpu is too rubbish to encode the video or maybe your having a driver issue or something.

I would suggest the first thing would be to try reinstalling windows.

I work in IT support and that is insulting.
The first thing to try is turning it off and back on. THEN reinstalling windows... THEN getting a new PC!

Always had terrible WiFi lag with a SteamLink, although wired or via HomePlugs is fine

Put it this way. I have a desk. On my desk is lots of really nice gear, multiple monitors, a good keyboard, speakers etc. I also have a living room. In my living room is a comfy sofa, even better speakers than at the desk, a projector, etc.

The ideal situation would have a computer at the desk and a computer in the living room so I can play games in either place but that'd get expensive, like 4 digits expensive. Plus one computer at a time would be sat around doing nothing.

I could move the computer at my desk into the living room, that'd be nice when I wanted to play games but bad when I want to work or have some privacy. I'm also not a fan of moving 20kg+ of computer around, potentially breaking it in the process.

So I own a Steam Link as it's the best of both worlds, I lose a little performance but don't have to spend over a grand or break my back in order to play games in the living room. This is 'throwing more gadgets' at the problem when they're cheaper than one alternative and easier than the other.

Wow that would be your first suggestion? You should get a job in IT support...:stuck_out_tongue:

It's crap don't waste your time. I have a gigabit LAN network and rocket league is unplayable on my TV in the Lounge when streamed from my PC upstairs.

It works perfectly for me.

Only adds 3ms of latency which is less than my 'gaming' monitor.

If its not working properly for you, either your cpu is too rubbish to encode the video or maybe your having a driver issue or something.

I would suggest the first thing would be to try reinstalling windows.

Love my steam link, working amazingly well over AV2 homeplugs, can't recommend it enough

http://www.game.co.uk/en/Steam+Link+with+Steam+Controller+and+%C2%A320+Steam+Wallet+Top+Up+Bundle+-+Only+at+GAME-891942?cm_vc=Prod_2 "ONLY at GAME!"

Excellent device. Got mine just after Christmas last time it was on sale. Played The Crew, Rocket League and Batman Arkham City all without issues. Great match with the Steam Controller, I've used a couple of Wired Xbox 360 controllers with friend in Rocket League and they perform perfectly too.

Worth adding that you now have the option to set a PIN (Steam >> Settings >> In-Home Streaming) each time the Steam Link connects to your host computer. I recommend doing this if you live with other people. Nothing worse then someone launching a game while you are trying to type an Email.

nice profile pic OP

I hear these are good for kodi?

Steam Controller also back down to £27.99.... It's a great controller IMO, so give it ago. Here's a video of me using its motion controls to aim in Sniper Elite II .. this was just after a day or 2 practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jw-OcABkk

Cheers! I've already got one in my living room, needed one for my study. I've experienced no issues on my gigabit lan network so I'm happy enough with it!

Got this Christmas when it was on sale. Used it once and wasn't impressed with it. Sold it a week later.

Mine is perfect as well. Never had any latency / lag issues at all, and I use powerline adapters too...

People moaning just don't have the right setup. Good bit of kit but lacking enough local co op games for my liking.

Wow that would be your first suggestion? You should get a job in IT support...:stuck_out_tongue:

As long as you have sensible expectations this is a useful device that fulfills a particular role. I use it for third person action games and platformers while on the sofa. Works perfectly fine but I wouldn't use it for competitive online games.

Great piece of hardware. The wireless experience is awful but wired is flawless, I use 2 power line adapters and it runs at the same quality as my PC in terms of resolution and frame rate.

Great deal, runs much better than my Nvidia shield tbh, I don't get all the stuttering with the steam link like I do with the shield.

it is only "1080p" but you can't complain at this price imo.

what benifit does this offer over using a hdmi stright from gpu to tv

I work in IT support and that is insulting.
The first thing to try is turning it off and back on. THEN reinstalling windows... THEN getting a new PC!

Always had terrible WiFi lag with a SteamLink, although wired or via HomePlugs is fine

Nope I have a intel Kaby lake based system that is very powerful. I have a gigabit internet connection, Gigabit router, and a gigabit switch.

I notice when the FPS is bad or there is an input delay. When I say unplayable I mean competitively there is a noticeable timing difference when playing the ball in rocket league messing up the aim. If I was only playing on the TV I might eventually get used to aiming with the delay but I'd be at a disadvantage of being a few fractions of a second behind my opponent.

My network and setup is fine but the steam link is ass. I got it on release. I have tried the beta builds. Perhaps my unit is defective. My standards are high and it's not worth my time. I am advising others to avoid it because of this.

​You don't have to switch resolutions.

And anyone complaining about this device either hasn't set it up correctly (selected correct encoding for their GPU) or has a sub standard network. On wired you should be getting very minimal input lag, good enough to play Rocket League but probably not for competitive Counter Strike.

So because you had a bad experience no one else should ever experience it yeah? Hmm

Can you imagine if everyone applied your logic to life in general...WTF! :laughing:

Your mileage will vary, it depends entirely on your BB speeds and latency of your home network. If you know anyone who's got one, best thing to do is ask if you can borrow to test it out.

I borrowed a mate's the other day. Wireless was a bit crap but powerline wired worked pretty well (not flawless, but well enough) so am definitely going to be investing. Excited to try the Steam Controller as well. Heat :smiley:

Pretty useless product when you can just put your pc in whatever room you want. It's one of those gadgets that fixes a problem that doesn't really exist. Voted hot for the price, as that's what this site is about, and I don't like being unfair.

Playing on the Steam Link I see an extra 18-25ms latency depending on the game. This is a [email protected] 30Mbit/sec stream. Using the Intel QuickSync hardware encoder on my i5-4690k and wired 100Mbit Ethernet.

i am loving my steam link. it is comnected wirelessly through 5ghz virgin router super hub.2 and it is working flawlessly. truly amazing device.

I got one, for £16 it's not bad. I mean it works, but the image quality is poor, can stutter every now and then and there is definitely some latency from the controller. I honestly don't enjoy playing games with it all that much but at a push it's ok.

You can pop the statistics up via an option in Steam. With hardware encoding and decoding and a gigabit Ethernet it's less than 20ms IME.

What provider is your gigabit internet?

Your BB speed has no bearing on it whatsoever. You do not need to be online in any form to use the Link.

I bought one before christmas. Works well via TP link devices. I personally would not play online over it due to a tiny bit of lag but that is probably my TV. But for any offline game it works perfectly. Also added VLC as steam app to stream music and videos from PC.

Wouldn't advise most using WiFi for game streaming in a built up area though - you need flawless 25mbps streams with no glitches for pretty 1080p, and that can be tough sharing airwaves with many other people.

Voted hot. I have one. I personally hardly use it as the games I play I prefer a keyboard and mouse but my misses loves it for controller games.

I do have the steam controller and whilst it is good in some games, in others there just isent enough time to think what combos you need to press compared to one key on a keyboard

​3ns or 3ms??

​Ironically if you have a large enough setup, reimaging a PC is much easier (if it has an actual problem ofc)

Good for casual gaming of course, but not for serious online matches or fast paced games. And of course it can't be used for 3D or multi-monitor gaming regardles of how expensive your cpu or internet router is. :wink:

i7 6700K. 32GB RAM, GTX 1080
Steam link with the beta software installed.

FANTASTIC

Use it in the front room, ethernet to router, HDMI to 5.1 Amp.
Ps4 remote and hooked up to 60" TV

Despite initial setup problems has been absolutely flawless.
Even switches to full 5.1!
PC is set to steroe and 1440p

Well worth the price :smiley:

Yes, could be. I think you should try with another known working unit to rule this out. Borrow one from a friend perhaps?

Good spot. Should be ms.

You don't work in IT at all.
The first thing you do is make sure it is plugged in and the lights work...in the room.

Just tried with The Division, no lag at all, even at FPS intense scenes AND I am on Wireless upstairs in my room, router is downstairs (A crap BT one) .
Just buying a gigabit router and plug a cable in there, doesn't mean you have a flawlessly set up network in your home.

Nice. Got the steam link last time, and now the controller - ideal for my bedroom TV. Only downside is the stupidly bad Virgin router downstairs, but I can always get something a big beefier if I need to.

I bought this last week!! Urgh!

Works pretty well. Hooked up to LAN and have been playing lots of worms. Issues seem to be more around game compatibility that anything.

I do have a decent rig (i5 and 1080gtx) so that may help.

I have made a steam review on this recently, for this price you are crazy not to buy one if you have a decent PC and a Decent Wired connection, and ofcourse you want PC gaming on your TV/Other rooms, i thank you OP

How does the Steam Link work with controllers? I'd use it so I could play games from my PC (downstairs) on the TV in my bedroom, but what do you do about wired controllers? And how is it overall?

Ah apologies, I thought I remembered reading you needed a minimum / recommended internet speed to run it.

Streaming Bioshock Infinite 1080p on Ultra settings from a Windows 10 16Gb i5-4460 with GTX960 Desktop to an Ubuntu Linux 14.04 4Gb 1007U based mini PC over a 1Gbps wired network with two basic D-Link switches and an old Netgear router with hacked firmware inbetween.

Consistent 1080p @ 60Hz with 0% frame loss. Hardware encoding and decoding. Input lag <1ms. Display (encoding + network + decoding) lag 13ms. Incoming stream just under 30mbps and outgoing (controls) 28kbps with 0% packet loss.

I broke from watching the Keeping up with the Kattarshians live kitteh cams to post this data for you doubters, so I hope you appreciate it. :innocent:

Julie
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Works OK but doesn't play nicely with Intel HD Graphics 3000 chipset on board my i5. Have to keep my laptop monitor open otherwise the screen flashes and mouse judders on the steam link. Must be some resolution bug when the screen switches off.

Works perfectly for me on a wired network, probably one of the best tech purchases I ever made.

20kg PC's notorious for their portability of course.............

I'm using a GTX 970 - the curious thing is it streams better to my MacBook over Steam than with Steam link. The fact that the laptop worked so well convinced me to get the Steam Link but it's just not as good in my experience. I'll check all my settings again later.

Is the steam link definitely doing hardware decoding? I know valve have done some updates in the past that disabled it for a while (stupidly) which is going to seriously hurt performance on a basic ARM config!

BTW No offence but are you sure you've not got delay on the TV making things worse? On my Samsung TV I have to tell it a PC is connected via that connection for the Samsung to remove all processing and do RGB mode (game mode on the samsungs is awful, but PC/RGB mode is excellent.)

That's true, & also the hassle of unplugging all the cables & plugging them back in.

£15.99 is a small price to pay to overcome all the inconvenience.

sorry invested in this day 1, its a piece of junk really thats why its so cheap

and the controller is awful and yes i spent a good 5 hours trying to get used to it.

nivida shield tv - complete diffrent kettle of fish!

25 feet hdmi cable, low profile, sorted. lol

Got great wifi but the device was only capable of maybe 30mbit on it. Switched to wired (and at one point a router that repurposed as a wireless client), flawless performance. Lag was low, gaming was comfortable, now we don't need a PC in the living room attached to the projector.

Hardware encode support on the desktop hosting the game is a must, tried it with a GTX 970 which is fine but an AMD 7970 was a bit dodgy. Also no matter how good your home wifi is, use wired.

Cold £10 and i my considering wasting my money, i have trash wifi

Not sure what you are talking about. You wouldn't constantly move your pc, just keep it in the room you use most. This actually adds hassle, electricity usage, space and wires.

Mine works as well with my old i5 4570 + gtx 770 as it does with my i7 6700k + gtx 1080 machine - honestly couldn't tell the difference. Having said that, I am using wired gigabit and am only using it for local co-op games with controllers.

Worth noting that you still can't use wireless xbox one controllers with the adapter without some fiddling. I ended up buying VirtualHere for SteamLink which does the job pretty well.

It works well but my pc monitor is 3440x1440 ultra wide so I have to change fov settings for a lot of games if I ever switch between the 2.

Ive resorted to having certain games I play at the pc and others I use steam link for.

Chilling out on the sofa playing games with much better graphics and fps than any modern console is nice though, dirty console peasants :sunglasses:

Doesn't matter what speed his internet is.
Doesn't even matter what speed his LAN network is.
Doesn't matter if he has a gigabit router, a gigabit switch, or a gigabit powerline.

What does matter is that the Steamlink only has a 100mbit ethernet port.
So therefore, the max attainable is only 100mbit, wired.
But to make matters worse, the max bitrate for the Steamlink is only 30mbit.

Its possible to sideload Kodi onto the device, so the link runs it natively without the need of a host pc (Here) But its not perfect, parts of it work perfectly however a few bugs do occur.
There is a Steam forum with some working apps such as RetroArch and someone has even made Doom for the link to run natively :smiley:

Not sure what you are talking about. Why on earth would I want to permanently keep my great hulking gaming desktop computer in the living room where the TV is?


Yes, it does to some of those, but at a fraction of the effort of carting many other items all over the place & back again. This is the whole point of all gadgets in case you hadn't realised - makes things more convenient & fun.

And, as you can see from the popularity of this offer, & even more so the last time it was offered, alongwith with practically no one agreeing with you, you are in the barest minority. If this offer is not for you just stay away. Simple. I don't mess around in offers that are of no interest or benefit to me.

No need to lose sleep over this deal. It's clearly cheap and useful to some. Just struggle with the logic of putting things in the wrong place then deciding to throw more gadgets at them to make them do what we wanted originally. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Perhaps you should share more on other posts and learn something from them rather than assume you have no interest or value to add.

Would this work with an i7 4790?

Put it this way. I have a desk. On my desk is lots of really nice gear, multiple monitors, a good keyboard, speakers etc. I also have a living room. In my living room is a comfy sofa, even better speakers than at the desk, a projector, etc.

The ideal situation would have a computer at the desk and a computer in the living room so I can play games in either place but that'd get expensive, like 4 digits expensive. Plus one computer at a time would be sat around doing nothing.

I could move the computer at my desk into the living room, that'd be nice when I wanted to play games but bad when I want to work or have some privacy. I'm also not a fan of moving 20kg+ of computer around, potentially breaking it in the process.

So I own a Steam Link as it's the best of both worlds, I lose a little performance but don't have to spend over a grand or break my back in order to play games in the living room. This is 'throwing more gadgets' at the problem when they're cheaper than one alternative and easier than the other.

The CPU doesn't matter to the Steam Link - it just transfers the ability of your PC to play a Steam game to a TV.

I like how you mentioned privacy, we all know what you really mean :wink:

In all seriously, well explained. Seems like an ok compromise for you. I personally would game on a dedicated console or a purpose built gaming HTPC. At some stage of a person's life (grown up) gaming becomes a thing of the past or at best, an occasional pastime.

Out of interest, does this box let you play any game or just a particular selection? And can you do other stuff such as web browsing?

Yes, I have a 4690K and plays flawless over wired connection. There's a bit more to it than just CPU power though, especially if you have slow internet for example..

Just grabbed one. Thanks

This box will let you run anything that Steam can start. Remember that you can add programs on your computer to Steam's list of games, so even something like Battlefield 1 that relies on Origin will work through Steam. As for desktop programs, I've briefly tried it and iirc ran Word over the Link, it's not ideal vs something like RDP because of how the protocol works (link streams video, RDP understands a 'window' and 'text' so builds the image locally).

Wat. Internet connection has nothing to do with this. The speed of your home's internal network does. "Does this car have heating?" "Depends on if there's ice on the roads"


It functions on anything, even your grandmother's Pentium 1 (slowly admittedly). It'd work well for you though, very well if you enable hardware encoding (which uses your CPU's built in QuickSync video encoder)

I meant that if family members are using the internet while you're using the SL etc!

Can you just plug in a 360 controller to this ?

works well with an Ethernet and well on Wi-Fi if you are near, of you are heading using a WiFi booster, there will be lag but it's alright mostly. My new Xbox one controller works plugged in but not via Bluetooth but my ps3 controllers work wirelessly. it's a good buy for 16 quid. handy when family come round and you have a game like jackbox.

yes, it should work

Absolutely love mine! Got it on the last sale and it has converted me to a full on couch gamer! I used to be strictly keyboard and mouse for all first person games, but since getting it absolutely loved Resident Evil 7 on the bigger screen of the tv.

Currently making my way through Doom and I have absolutely no framerate or latency issues at all!

Well worth it at this price!

Yes, wired 360 works fine, not sure about wireless though..

Bought this last time it was this price on offer. Absolutely great device for what I wanted it for. Works flawlessly for me on a bog standard PlusNet wireless router. Works fine with ps3 and xbox 360 controllers too (via usb).
If anybody knows offhand of a good way of allowing the pc (upstairs) to be used for other stuff while it's streaming to the steam link (downstairs) I'll be grateful. Not something I've looked into properly yet but would be dead handy... (for the games being played downstairs processing power won't be an issue)

Out of stock...


But same price on steam store until 27th feb I believe...

To cut short the "this is great/rubbish" debate:

To get the most out of Steam Link, you will want:

- Powerful host PC; as with all streaming, the host is having to do significantly more work.
- Host PC's primary display should be the same aspect ratio as the client TV. (Ideally both should be 1920x1080)
- Ethernet or strong WiFi
- Controller based games to mask the added latency.

It's a good product, but it isn't flawless nor completely transparent.

If you've got a moderately powerful laptop, plug it into your TV (and Ethernet), and try streaming to it from your gaming PC.
That'll give you a good idea of how the Steam Link will perform

It's not magic, just a video sink + input proxy in a convenient form factor.

Got one. Wired it to router via ethernet cable. Slow as ****. The end.

Plus over a tenner of shipping.

That's a no from me, Bob.

Actually try restarting your computer......

Glad to hear it works with a 60" TV, GTX 1080 and i7 - I'm sure many on here were wondering if such low spec would be accommodated. Well done for not trying to showboat, I've given a slow rolling clap for your setup, I hope it helps. :smirk:

At £15...I have bought it and will try it!

Good or bad...It's worth a try at this price :smile:

HOT

Fair call, I wouldn't pay a tenner shipping either m8...

I would however make a trip to my local game store to get one if someone could confirm if the price in store is the same as this online deal I'd appreciate it...

It works flawlessly. Play it every now and then with a mix of PS4 and Steam controllers.

I paid £40 for it at the time and I'd say its still worth that price.

The latency is next to zero for me, its not noticeable. A gigabit ethernet connection is a must though.

Driver issues and reinstalling windows, F me, what year are we in?! PC gamer nerds have to put up with some right sh*t, not for me

antialias much

​thanks for mentioning that, I play in 21:9 so resolution switching would always have to be done and I didn't even think about it

I got one last time around and it was unusable over power line plugs, I was gutted and couldn't understand why it was so bad. In the end I swapped over the homeplug it was connected to an lo and behold, it works brilliantly. Steam's support for the device is terrible, be wary of that. If it doesn't work perfectly out of the box, you're gonna have to do some digging around the web for answers and suggestions. Like I said though, once up an running, amazing little bit of kit. Heat for this price - it's a steal.

Great device, once updated works great with the PS4 controller and even the vibration feedback works great, for best results must use ethernet or high speed powerline (1200mbps+).

With a controller, it's so convenient, as long as your pc is powered up with steam running:
Just pick up and power on your controller and the steam link comes to life, can then switch the device and your pc off from the same controller. FPS for me never drops below 60fps.

I have it connected to an AV receiver with Q Acoustic bookshelf speakers and a projected 100“ screen, really cannot recommend enough, here is a video I recorded of how well it works (please excuse the rubbish gameplay, holding controller one handed and phone in the other hand):

https://youtu.be/K2sRWEcQy2M

Might it be your TV settings? Do you have a decent (100mbps) router? Or some other problem someone has mentioned?

For Wireless Xbox 360 controllers you'd need a Windows adapter/adaptor.

See the previous deal for discussions on these and other topics

Played in a shared uni house last year from PC - Laptop and that worked just fine with others using the internet. I'd guess your cpu or internet wasn't fast enough to encode and send the video.

Yeah, I tried in game mode then chose the PC setting on top of that. I've used the PC on the TV using the same settings and regularly use a PlayStation as well. I'm gonna check the encoding/decoding settings over the weekend. Thanks for your help.

lol someone completeley missed the point of my post :stuck_out_tongue:

The steam llink is only fgoign to run the games as well as the host machine can, don't go expecting miracles from the little streamy box :stuck_out_tongue:

It's so convenient too, can power on/off via the ps4 pad!

Yes and yes, I completely get the sentiment but don't buy the whole 'I wasn't showboating'. It will run just fine from an i5 and 40" TV too apparently.... :stuck_out_tongue: (I'm going to be absurd and suggest it could also run just fine with a RX 470)

It's ****, I like to know if stuff is **** before I buy it. I wish I'd know beforehand. If people want to risk it it's fine. If anyone wants mine they can come and have it for free if they live in York.

Cmon theres no need for sillyness :wink::stuck_out_tongue: RX pfft hahaha, nah I've been red team for a long time now but this came along at a price I couldnt resist :smiley:

As the for the i5 yup as long as it runs on your PC without hitch then it should run via the steam link without problem :smiley:

60" TV aint nowt fancy it's dumb and was about 450 quid from richer sounds lol

I would unexpire this, there's more stock online now, just ordered one myself.

This deal should be unexpired, just because it is out of stock online does not mean it is out of stock instore.

Picked one up this morning, marked up at £39.99 instore, got the gent on the checkout to barcode scan to check the price and it was £15.99.

No brainer of a deal in my opinion, anyone with a half decent PC that wants retro gaming on a big tv can be happily playing through Retro Arch with a PS4 Controller wirelessly. Cheaper than a Raspberry Pi 3, admittedly will consume more power, but far more universal a solution for just one aspect of what this thing can do.

Thanks for the heads up OP...should for any reason I not get on with it there will be no loss, easily make your money back on it at this price....if I do get on with it, cheaper than a Pi 3 for my use.

Yeah I have just ordered this for delivery too...

just ordered thanks

I got a steam link at my local store (church street liverpool) for £15:99...happy days...

Yep, same here as posted above, I got one from my non local store, up in North Wales at the moment and they had stock in Rhyl.

Seems some people have had issues with the Steam Link and others haven't. It's worked flawlessly for me - here's my set up in case it helps people make up their mind.

- i5 3570k CPU
- Nvidia GTX 660
- Connected via 2x ZyXEL Gigabit AV2 PLA5206 powerline adapters, and also going through 1 Netgear gigabit switch and 1 TP-Link gigabit switch
- Samsung 40" 1080 TV set in game mode
- New Xbox One (bluetooth) controller

Despite the poor specs of my PC by current standards, it really does run really well. No discernable latency at all, and the picture is really clear; can't see any compression artifacts.

I suspect I'm using the nVidia GPU to do the encode on the fly (haven't checked). I wonder if others having issues perhaps aren't using nVidia GPU hardware encoding?

The other thing to mention (as others already have done) is that it's probably worth just plugging a laptop in to wherever you're going to install your Steam Link and opening Steam, then seeing how well the streaming is to it. If it seems to work well then I'd say there's a good chance of the Steam Link working well too.

Oh, and I'd almost always avoid WiFi for low-latency streaming like this. Ideally I'd like to avoid powerline too, but sadly I haven't got around to doing my ethernet cable runs yet.

The Steam Link is based on Linux. Given the Linux kernel has had support for original and
dodgy 3rd party XBox 360 USB wireless gaming receivers for years and that Valve have been behind developing the kernel module, I'd be amazed if an old XBox 360 Wireless controller and one of those didn't work a treat on the Steam Link? In fact, when I've considered purchasing a Steam Link, I've just assumed that they would work.

@jewelie

Indeed, both my Xbox360 wireless controller worked straight away. I just connected the receiver to the usb and that was it. No fiddling or issues at all..

The Xbox One wireless controller with Bluetooth works too - nothing more required than to pair it (I had to use a USB keyboard to do that)..

Something wrong with your network. I picked one up yesterday and have been playing over 5ghz AC MIMO WIFI (Nighthawk 7800) and it's almost flawless.

It's plain to see your experience is anything but typical from this thread alone.

Or, his Steam Link box could be a faulty one.

It's worth £16 just for the novelty value, but you probably need a top-of-the-range router to enjoy the wireless streaming. Wired is okay, but still a bit quirky and ever-so-slightly laggy, which leaves you thinking, you might as well have just used a long HDMI cable, unless you wanna use your router (attached to multiple Steam Links) as a kind of HDMI splitter/multicasting doodah

This is why I added castors to mine. Improves portability.
Still bought a steam link last time it was on offer. Worked well for a while. Then started lagging horribly. This thread reminded me of its existence. May give it another chance.

Despite all the mixed reviews, for £16 it's worth a order surely?

Finally tried mine today - WiFi connection to link, cabled from router to PC. It runs flawlessly. So much so that I couldn't notice any difference from being in front of the TV.

I'm not even using a decent WiFi router - it's a Virgin Superhub 2 (non AC)

I had issues with mine initially using the most recent Virgin hub but its worked flawlessly since a hard reset of said hub. I'd recommend resetting your network if you're having issues, I even use homeplugs on mine :smiley:

Using this to stream my MacBook Air and PC to my 65 inch Tv. For £16 this a bargain streaming device for kodi and MKV files. Can't comment on games as that's not what I bought it for.

missinformation

​Mine works perfectly

I play mine over 5ghz WiFi and plays perfectly fine. Twitch games not too great - but generally they're more hardcore FPS and thus keyboard and mouse games anyway.

Yeah, I think people have to accept there's limitations on things such as competitive multiplayer shooters. You have to take into account that the streaming process involves converting the picture into a visual streaming format on the fly, so even with the best connection in the world it'll be less than optimal for very twitchy games. Rocket League is certainly one kind of game I don't think is ideal for streaming if you're into competitive multiplayer.

For the kind of games I want to play - things like Skyrim, Diablo 3 or whatever, it's absolutely fine. The comparison I'd draw is with my old PSTV which was absolute turd for pretty much everything unless it was connected with a LAN cable (and even then...).

How often would this be used though. I guess it'd be good for some games

To be helpful, if you are experiencing lag on Steam Link on a PC like I was, and you have a wired internet connection, disable windows Aero mode, do this by changing your desktop theme from windows Aero to a non-Areo theme. Solved the problem for me, I already had changed the streaming setting to Fast as well (this didn't have any effect for me).

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