Back in stock for delivery.

The Steam sale (for which this is price matched) ends tomorrow mate. So I would assume it will be the at the same time.

Comes & goes very frequently, so if you miss this for whatever reason there'll always be a next time in a few weeks or 1-2 months - a relevant forum search to show this: https://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/steam-link-hot

Does anyone know when the sale ends?

Can anyone point me in the direction of a wireless controller that works well and costs less than twenty quid? The ones I'm looking at are £30+...

There were a large amount of supported controllers for what I could see:

* http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_compatible_controllers_with_Steam_Link
* https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9772-WHJM-4676 (official link, under Supported controllers)

Can PS3, XBox 360 or Nvidia Shield remotes connect to it?

It was not the Steam controller, I am still thinking about getting it at some point but the cheapest I've seen in Game is £28 and I don't see myself using it much (if at all), so I didn't want to pay that much.

I just got a bluetooth controller for an Android TV box that appeared here recently...

You are aware that the controller can connect to the steam link (hopefully near your tv) and doesn't have to connect to the PC?

How much did you pay for the controller?

Thanks man, I just managed to go to a local GAME and order it from there, I'm still having the problem!!!

I just ended up paying £1 more for this and a controller, as I couldn't get my game rewards, but thought worth getting them now in case these things go up in price.

I'll try to contact game online at some point in the coming weeks, but I doubt they'll have a clue!

Yeah, I did eventually. What I did was, log out of my account and then ordered using a guest account. I entered the exact same address details and the order went through first time. Then I logged in again and tried the order process again, and got the exact same error again. I don't buy from Game that often so I'm not that concerned. But if I did I would be seriously peed off at this happening everytime I tried to order something.

Exactly the same thing, wth. Error entering address, keeps on looping to the top of the page, without errors but without allowing me to enter any address. And server error when trying to add a card...

Did you manage to sort it out yet?

scorching hot deal, my PC is far away from the TV, now I'm looking for a controller with extremely long cable

Precisely my setup. Did you get it running well?

WiFi isn't really suitable, homeplugs should sort you out!

So I got it delivered and it froze a bunch of times. Factory reset it hoping it doesn't happen again. Argh

is there a new version committing out soon?

sorry, just seen your reply mate, thanks for this I'll surely give them a whirl! much appreciated

Just played around with mine today. It's a really easy and great way to stream your desktop to a tele if your lan's up for it. The latency is barely noticeable, even though my pc is on wifi.

Yeah I had that too. But when using PayPal I get right through to the PayPal payment, but instead of verifying it just goes back to the order screen with the "invalid billing address", but the deliver and billing addresses match OK. And when I try using my card I get the "server error" screen.

I've got a Gbit switch connected to one of the two ports on my Sky router, which in turn has my Steam link, RPi, BT TV box, Xbox360 connected. Is the streaming likely to work better if I connect my PC to the switch rather than the second port on the router?

Yeah when I was putting in my postcode and selecting an address it wasn't inputting a county and then rejecting it. I had to manually input my county.

No rearranging required as all devices were next to plug sockets, and I had already invested in the power line adaptors due to the woeful WiFi on my ps4, so it was just a case of a six quid switch to add the steam box. It's very simple and a lot more reliable now.

This is still available but everytime I try to buy one, either by card or PayPal, I get server errors or invalid billing address errors. Anyone else having this problem?

I found on Wifi it worked okay for some games. To be honest, it works really well with powerline adaptors and they are pretty cheap nowadays. Wifi really isn't good for streaming games over. Heat from me though as I love mine paired with a fantastic Steam Controller. Brought PC gaming back to life from the dusty old desk days.

Anyone know how in-home streaming handles high frame rates (>100) on the source device?
Does the encoder just capture at a framerate suitable to meet the requested bit rate of the sink device? (In this case, the steam link)
Does it force vsync / introduce tearing?

On a related note, anyone know how much latency is added by the encoder->transmission->decode->relay inputs cycle?
Is it noticeable in FPS's?

I'm wondering if this will have high latency when connecting 2 dualshock 4 controllers wirelessly . When I connect both controllers on PC there is too much input lag. Is this any different?

Funnily enough I also use a Sky router and I had wondered for a while if that might be playing a part in this. I very much doubt their routers are designed with internal network efficiency in mind.

So basically you have to rearrange parts of your house to use this thing. That seems to be a recurring problem with a lot of modern tech tbh.

Definitely powerline adaptors, direct into the plug. I had one in a double plug, caused issues, soon as that was removed its 99% bang on.

Definitely get power line adaptors, and do not use extension leads or double/triple plugs! Mine works great since I've taken those out of the equation.

Bargain. Great piece of kit.

thanks . im not even sure i need it at the min but for £12 .. ya realy cant go wrong. it will come in handy at some point :smile: . they probably cost more to manufacture

Ordered. IlI decide if i need it later i thought. Although i have the pc connected to lounge and game tv already. Any benefits for me other than being able to use the ps4 gamepad?

Don't even have to do that. Once started just exit big picture mode and it works fine.

awesome not even sure i need it but got one anyway

So just ordered one (something else I wasn't expecting to buy this week!) but can someone point me in the right direction for a controller, please? I have an old wireless Logitech rumblepad, but I doubt that's suitable... is it?

Great deal, thanks op, been debating whether to get one of these for a while, rude not to at this price!

Finally got one ! Phew....

rumorchristophh, try these settings:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3sd4ur/best_steam_link_settings_ive_found_for_nvidia/

Someone mentioned in another recent Steam Link thread that Nvidia cards are not as suited to it compared to AMD-ATI cards.

I have similar issues, though connected through powerline through a sky router and the lag is pretty bad. I have a 980ti so I have the horsepower, it's just down to having a shat sky box I think

Amazing deal,i will try one. :sunglasses:

nabbed one.

Thanks, have been patiently waiting for this to come back into stock :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah, they're quite misleading like that bud, it only shows up on the PayPal page.

Ah cheers. I purchased it from from GAME and thought I didn't save much, P+P charge isn't shown anywhere in basket.

+£7.40 P&P mate.

Currently the same price in the Steam sale

Wish a 4k steam link would be released .

Had the nvidia shield before but gamestream wouldn't work over my power line connection

mine works perfect on wi fi connection. steamlink is downstairs, pc I am streaming from upstairs. some distance away heheheh. it works like dream.

is it ok to buy one of u already own one. i love this device but do I need a 2nd one?

Ordered thanks

only downside is it will only output at the resolution of your monitor.

Thanks for the heads up.

Back in stock for delivery.

Finally managed to order one too! :smile:

Back in stock online, just got a couple

thanks for this picked last one up in Nuneaton

Mine arrived yesterday. Plugged it in and it's very easy to set up (apart from the "hidden" settings menu to find the Bluetooth settings!!). Hooked up to the network easily, found my PC straight away and was able to stream games with, what felt like, no lag at all. Played a couple of racers and they seemed fine. Got the Xbox One S controller working and it was like playing a console, so easy!

Then tried the minimising technique to watch Sky Go and that worked great too, perfect. Great little device for so little money.

yep just bought one in store at this price in bognor, had loads left. :sunglasses:

Trying using an Ethernet cable instead with it.

Like reaper200, can confirm it's this price in store now (Braintree).

Just an update. Its the same price instore. Just purchased it from the Birmingham Bullring store!

Opps missed it..

It was showing £39.99 yesterday, but they seem to have dropped it instore.

Does anyone know if its the same price instore?

I didn't want to mention this (I am thinking about buying a second), but it's back in stock...

You must have used it bud. Unless you just guessed it lagged like crap strong

I bought one for £25 never used it. it lags like crap.

Comment 1 on the thread :smile:

Just loaded up Steam, they are selling it @£11.99 too.... You'll have to wait until 4-9 days for delivery is the only down side that Game had an edge.

missed another deal today :disappointed:

Damn. missed yet another great deal today :disappointed: oos.

Good damn you Game. Second time it's been in my basket & ready to take my money & failed ! Now out of stock.... Spamming tomorrow now

yes !

how do you get a ps4 controller to work wirelessly

O how I utterly loathe Game........ of course it's OOS but still lets you add it to your basket. Haven't used the company in almost a decade, finally decided to give them another chance, let down once again...

Yes it is. No internet needed.

can anyone who owns one of these and an nvidia shield box say if it's worth having both ? i have trouble using anything other than a wired xbox360 controller or the shield controller when streaming from PC to shield and it seems tetchy about multiple different controllers in MP games - does this handle different controllers at once well ?

FYI its this price on steam

EDIT - actually its £19.39 with postage :disappointed:

Great price!!

OOS any idea when they will be back in?

Thanks for your reply. Presumably then it will just output the audio 5.1 pcm? Not DTS...?

OoS just as I'm checking out. Typical. Now I'll never find out if I had a use for it :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh well, £12 saved.

Youll lose £12?

SO everything is done through my router?

I hate GAME. In the basket went to check out "error out of stock".

They both have to be connected to the same network and then the games will be streamed from your PC to the steam link output (eg. TV)

I really dont understand how this works?

HDMI from tv and I guess?

How does steam link detect the PC? Bluetooth?

sorry for noobishness

surely sky sports already plays on your TV?

Worked fine once I'd directly connected my PC to a switch in the loft, the switch connects directly to my router downstairs. Simplest route was to take it outside and up the gable end of the house with a CAT 6 and directly in to the loft. (My upstairs and downstairs no longer speak on a Home Plug as I got a split consumer unit.

It was no use for me on Wi-Fi, it was too intermittent even though I was getting 30-40meg on speedtest !!.

You can add non-steam games.

If you are hard wired, whether home plug or LAN, it's great.

Thanks for confirming this does actually work. There must be something peculiar to my setup. I'll have to investigate over the weekend.

It was OOS about 20 mins ago, but I managed to order 1 about a minute ago, so they must have a few more in stock.

Thanks

Is not working via my mobile chrome app, even when I request desktop. Nothing to hit ! Won't even take my CC... Take my money ahhhhhh... will try when home on desktop. It's back in stock again but for how long cheeky

Yes, you can get Final Fantasy games on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=final+fantasy
And, yes, the speed of your laptop will affect gameplay because it is your laptop that is running the game. Check the Steam store pages for each game to see their individual system requirements.



It streams audio/video from your PC to a TV - so if you have a PC that you play games on using Steam but you wish you had the option of playing those same games on the big TV in your living room, using a controller from the sofa, then this plugs into your TV and connects to your PC over your local network. You switch your PC on in the other room and it runs the game while the TV shows the picture. If you know what a Chromecast is, it's like that for games.

Maybe try on a different browser. It's definitely in stock bud. I've tried again from scratch.


That's the PP pay now screen.

Just tried again & it's out of stock :disappointed:

I believe you can; I think you can also just add the ZNes emulator to steam and launch it from there as well.

You sure bud? I just added one to basket all the way up to payment. Maybe try again?

FFS, I had one & was trying to pay but the PayPal tab wasn't clickable. GRRR

OOS

Bluetooth 2.0 dongle didn't work on Windows (endless pin requests, wouldn't accept any).
Bluetooth 4.0 on the other hand works perfectly. £2 from eBay.

cant seem to figure out what this is

Never used steam before can you get final fantasy games on it?? Also is the speed of the laptop effect game play on the tv?

Never used steam before, can you get final fantasy games on it?? Also is it down to the speed of your laptop how they will perform on your TV?

Almost worth getting a spare at this price! Scorching!

It's worth £11.99 just for the super compact HDMI cable it comes with!

Nice find, Heat added and ordered thanks :P

I read a long thread somewhere on the steam website than some integrated graphics don't play nice with the link regardless of what power settings you select. It will always reduce the clocking (on a hardware level) when it detects the screen is off leading to juddering. Your laptop also probably has dedicated graphics which don't seem to have issues.

Thanks for reply. Ordered :smile:

But we're not on GMT, we're on BST (British Summer Time) which is GMT+1.

I guess we will find out XD

Adjust it for DST.

It's 6pm. Seriously.

Steam very rarely update their store at 5pm GMT, the only occasions being on daylight savings adjustments.

If you'd really like the functionality, I'd really suggest getting a pair of Powerline adapters. You dont need any of the higher end ones. The basic TP-Link 600mbps 'starter pack' is more than good enough. Just £25. This should give you way better internet speeds on your PC in general, too.

I haven't had that problem with Origin games. How have you got it setup? Are you adding Origin itself as a non-Steam game or the individual Origin games? Have you got the Origin overlay enabled or disabled?
Try adding Origin itself as a non-Steam game, disable the overlay for any game(s) you want to play, and make sure it doesn't automatically start with Windows so that you launch Steam first via the Steam Link, then launch Origin from Steam, then launch the game from Origin.



Pretty sure you can connect multiple devices to a single Bluetooth dongle - haven't got a USB one in anything but I use a Bluetooth Xbox One controller and a Bluetooth headset and I can use both of those at the same time with the Steam Link's Bluetooth and with the built-in Bluetooth on my laptop. With my desktop I just plug them in with USB cables as I have USB ports on the side of my keyboard, so haven't tried adding Bluetooth to it yet.



Honestly, that sounds more like an issue with your laptop's settings than with Steam streaming. Check your Windows power settings to see what your laptop does when the lid is closed as it sounds like it's going to sleep or lowering performance settings. I haven't streamed from my laptop much but I'm pretty sure I was able to close the lid without affecting the streaming and I don't have my desktop monitor on when I'm streaming from that so it can't be display dependent. You can change Windows settings to do nothing when the lid is closed but some laptops just don't work 100% with their lids closed because they're designed on a hardware level to shut off/limit something.

If you add a non steam game such a witcher 3 purchased via GoG - you can get it to open the and run the game just it will not identify the game controller linked to Steamlink - I did some extensive 'googling' to try and find a fix and it seems some games will recognize the controller and some wont - hence isnt a reliable solution. Adding Kodi to the steam library works perfectly with a controller as an example where it does function as hoped.

I believe it uses proprietary 2.4GHz wireless when connected to the XB1 but also has bluetooth support for other kit.

After spending 1500 on a gaming PC to play 1440p 60fps i've going to use this and play sweet 720p :smile: lol

Yes.

I'm not able to close or turn off the screen on my laptop (host) without the link going glitchy and juddering. Apparently it's a problem steam can't solve which is annoying.

Only other consideration is that i believe with a bluetooth usb dongle, you can only connect one controller at a time. With the xbox dongle you can connect multiple (4 or 8?) controllers simultaneously .... I have a feeling though that you could use multiple bluetooth dongles and connect a controller individually to each ...

Without sounding stupid and I don't pc game at all,but Short of buying a ps3/sega to play some streets of rage and golden axe could I install steam onto my laptop buy this device and some games from the website and play them.on my TV with a ps4 controller?

Im wondering if using the option in Steam to 'Add a non-steam game to steam' would maybe get around this? Would love to know if you try it , thanks

1080p 60fps,obvs if your connection and pc can handle it.

Really? Wow that's surprising. Have you guys tried different power adaptors?

Does this support 1080p ?
Is there only one version of Steam Link ?
Does it work well with the Xbox 360 Controller (Wireless with Official Adaptor )

no offer on the steam controller? think i need to get on ebay and find a usb adapter for my 360 controller if i can find a genuine one and not one of those fake ones :disappointed:

HUGE HEAT :smiley:

Yes i no this i just thought it helped with streaming quality.

Nice little device if you really only use Steam library for all your games - you can add GoG, Origin etc but I have found it doesn't detect the controller paired to steam link and assumes a mouse keyboard set up (mass effect andromeda as an example), my work around was that an xobox one paired directly to pc still has range to work in my living room (albeit with occasional disconnect which is frustrating).

Also Powerline adapters at both ends are essential I have found - not just for reduced gaming lag but streaming of any media - such as via kodi, I was getting annoying stuttering which was eliminated by powerline adapters.

This is all correct, but just to clarify you don't need a Bluetooth USB dongle to connect a controller to the Steam Link as the Steam Link has Bluetooth built in.



They essentially do just stream your PC's display - by default they start by launching Steam in Big Picture mode, because they're obviously designed for Steam and meant to be as controller friendly as possible, but as previously mentioned you can then just alt-tab out of it to get to your desktop. However there is also an option somewhere in the menu to just start streaming your PC's desktop as-is, so either way you would be able to stream your Blu-Rays.



There are no system requirements for your PC to use the Steam Link, so as long as it can run Rocksmith it can stream it.
However - you might have a different problem with that particular game, as the Steam Link doesn't have drivers for the Real Tone cable that you plug into your guitar. There is a workaround, which involves using VirtualHere, but that's separate software you have to purchase and setup, so depends whether you think it's worth it.

I have onboard graphics, only play Rocksmith 2014, would this run it ok for streaming to my living room TV? Or would I need a graphics card?

I've ordered one, hope it works with Windows '95.

May have to download some drivers.

edit
I'm not 100%, but I'm pretty sure you don't need internet to use this, just need a wireless router and pc, also a TV to connect steam to. I'm saying because the Ps3 streaming worked that way, pc to Ps3 I mean.

So I can't find out exactly how these work. So they just mirror the desktop exactly, or is it just steam that is mirrored? I.e. can I use this to play blu ray, essentially using my Ethernet connection as an HDMI extension? Any help appreciated.

I can confirm that you can connect the latest xbox 1 controller to a pc via bluetooth, no xbox dongle required. You can buy a pc bluetooth usb dongle for £6 on amazon if your pc doesnt have bluetooth. However older xbox 1 controllers (I believe the ones without the 3.5mm headphone jack) do not have normal bluetooth, and you have to buy the xbox controller dongle to connect them wirelessly to a pc.

Yes - you'll definitely be able to switch it off, because that's an option in the Big Picture menu. You'll also be able to switch it on if your PC supports Wake on LAN.

It's 6. It's always 6 because Steam changes at 10am PST.

can't seem to find info anywhere. but can you switch your pc on and off with the link?

Yeah that's the benefit of the current house. Doors have wide enough gaps under to fit the cable. Wiring would be everyones ideal world I think! :laughing: Like I've mentioned previously, from personal experience the latency, when combined with other sources of general latency - can be an issue at times. But it depends on so many factors it would be hard to pinpoint the powerline adapter itself as the sole reason for this.

I wish. But no. Same floor, one room over.

hotter than my hairy gooch yesterday. :sunglasses:

Was in the market for a chromecast, judging by the comments this can replicate what that can do and a lot more :smile:
Such a pain trying to play movies on my TV downstairs, this should help :smile:

6pm BST is 5pm GMT :smile:

I thought it was 6pm too.

I actually had my laptop plugged into my TV via HDMI the other night, just to see what some games looked like in 4k. It was a bit of a palava, balancing the laptop on the kids toy kitchen so the HDMI would reach, and trying to to trip over the power lead.

I know this won't run games in 4k, but will help with the other stuff!

You are buying this in preparation for the Steam sale!


I heard 6pm?!

Starts @ 5pm, not long left to go (nerd)

It starts to look like they don't know how to get rid of them

I'm assuming your brother lives in a different house, there's a lot of different variables when it comes to speedtests and such. Is his powerline adaptor connected to the mains? If not that is throttling his connection, also depends on his router and ethernet cable and powerline adaptor of course. But generally Powerline adaptors are better than WiFi

For gods sake, steam sale hasn't even started yet and I'm buying this?!

:smiley:

Powerline adaptors are fairly cheap, I picked up some for £20 @Ryman (Cheaper than everywhere else for me).
Makes a massive difference too! Used to get 100KB-2MB. With my adaptor I'm getting a constant 8MB to 9.7MB and thats for steam downloads.
Going from WiFi to Ethernet I wonder why I didn't buy a powerline adaptor earlier.

As someone reddragon105 said some powerline adaptors may or may not work in your home depending on how your home is circuited. The issue with WiFi is that so many electrical applications run at 2.4Ghz so that may be interfering with your signal.

But then you still have the problem of how to route the cable through your house. Don't get me wrong - if it was up to me I'd have wired connections everywhere; I wish they built houses with ethernet ports next to every power socket - but I replaced a 20m ethernet cable with PowerLine adaptors and it's better overall because it's much tidier and also now I can close my living room door (there wasn't enough clearance for the cable!). There is a little bit of latency with them but not enough to affect anything I would ever use them for.


It really doesn't. You're streaming data from your PC to the Steam Link - all you need for that is a LAN (Local Area Network) which is what you have when you connect two devices to the same router. The router does not need to be connected to the internet at all for this to work. You will need to be online if you want to play online, but you could just disconnect from the internet, start Steam in offline mode and still stream to the Steam Link in your living room. All the data just goes through the router, so performance depends on the quality of your router and its Wi-Fi connection (if you're using Wi-Fi).
Fast internet does not give you fast Wi-Fi or a good router - Wi-Fi is probably about 20MB/s at most, so if you're paying for 100MB/s internet and only using it wirelessly then you're wasting your money, because 100MB/s internet does not give you a 100MB/s wireless connection to your router. However, if you have a good router with gigabit ethernet ports then two PCs connected via ethernet cable could use the whole 100MB/s of your internet speed but they could also communicate with each other ten times faster, at 1000MB/s, because the data is just going from PC1 to router to PC2, not PC1 to router to internet to router to PC2 - and that is what is happening when you use a Steam Link.

Yeah its a shame about the latency. Powerline adapters are better than wifi, but I've noticed you do still suffer (While my hardwire connection to the router puts me at a 15ms ping on speedtest, my brother whose on a powerline, connected to the same test server, is at 50ms.

Great bit of kit at this price.
Works really well over my PowerLine adaptors, easy to set up and working with PS4 controller via Bluetooth and wired good old 360 controllers.
So good my daughters also purchased one each.

I had mine with powerline and the quality wasnt great IMO. Lag was about acceptable for games that don't require low delay. Obviously this isn't going to be an option for many people but I live in a flat and have a HDMI cable going from my PC through the wall into my living room tv and amp. Infinitely better if you can have such a setup.

Worth mentioning the battery door and controller carry case are also cheap at £2.49 and £3.49 respectively. Though I fail to see the point in the battery door (designed to hold the dongle as well) if you buy the case which seems the better option anyway. The case also works for an Xbox One controller as well apparently. Looking up now to see if it is suitable for others eg. Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 controllers.

That's odd, I'm not sure what's happening for you. Sky Go has no idea that it's running through a Steam Link - after all, the Steam Link is just mirroring your screen. If my PC is registered then I don't have to do anything else.

My last Xbox One controller was bought before the One S existed so I didn't know they'd changed it. It's good that they finally have though.

It won't. It's streaming over your local network from one device to another. Barring an initial license check, where does the internet come into that equation?

You're right, yes they do. I should know that really since I have one of those adaptors at home. :laughing:

S'up, FYI Xbox 360 wireless controllers operate on 2.4Ghz via USB adapter (not bluetooth).

Are you using Sky Go?
Whenever I stream Sky Go to my SteamLink, Sky Go complains I've reached my Device Limit. I have to remove and re-register my PC every time I want to watch something. Really annoying as you are limited by the number of new Device you can add in a month.

Ermm ok

You sound very confident about this, but I have the One S and the controller is bluetooth - works perfectly on my PC with a normal bluetooth USB adapter and with my Samsung for Gear VR.

I doubt it. The costs of running a service like that are insane. That's one of the reasons why PlayStation Now is so expensive.

I'm going to guess it was Wi-Fi tbh. The SteamLink was connected directly over cat6 but the gaming PC is on Wi-Fi at the other end of the room. I've had trouble trying to stream content from it via Plex before as well.

Your internet bandwidth will have nothing to do with it.

Long ethernet cables are also a hell of a lot cheaper. I picked up a 50m cable for a fiver that works fine at cat 5e rather than 6 obviously but should still be enough. Powerlines are good, although I have noticed they exhibit higher latency which could be an issue.

Every thing works better over ethernet but you shouldn't have any problem using this wireless unless you dont have good internet.

Xbox one does work without the wireless hassle via USB (was the only way without the dongle) so i'd assume it works (most games seem to pick it up as a 360 controller I've found when using it that way). I guess wireless all depends, although I'm sure the linux based drivers do exist at this point. Nice to know the PS4 one works flawlessly. Was the latency down to a wireless network or just the device being a pain? Interested to know :stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: Just saw you mentioned wireless previously! It's a shame it doesn't work particularly well that way. Would make it perfect for most people.

Picked up a second just in case of any small hardware changes. My current one freezes for a few seconds every so often on a wired connection so hoping this might be a fix :P

None so far, I don't think. Just lots of firmware updates, which have improved things massively since they were first released.
You can, just by hitting alt-tab after Steam has loaded in Big Picture. Then you can just use your PC for anything you normally would. Or you can add non-Steam programs like the emulators to your Steam library list and launch them directly from Steam (which means you could do it easily with a controller).
Have to say, though, if you just want to play emulators on the living room TV, why not get a Raspberry Pi with RetroPie or something? It would be cheap enough (even a £5 Pi Zero could handle SNES games) and consume far less power (no point in running a 500w PC for something a 10w device can do), plus it would mean you could use the PC while the kids are gaming in the living room.



Because that's just impractical in most cases. If your TV is in the same room as your PC then, sure, you might as well just use a long HDMI cable. But if it isn't, you're probably not going to want to run a long cable across the floor, out into the hall, probably up and down some stairs. You could carefully run it along the skirting boards, or make holes in your walls and floor, but that's probably going to take a weekend of moving furniture around and/or redecorating afterwards - and what if you don't own the place? And you don't just need the picture on your TV - you need to be able to control it too, so that's a long HDMI cable plus probably at least two long USB cables, assuming any wireless controllers aren't going to be able to connect to your PC from where your TV is. You're probably going to need at least 20m of each cable, and then you've got signal degradation to take into account...
Meanwhile, the Steam Link just plugs and plays - and if Wi-Fi isn't good enough, try PowerLine adaptors - they're effectively like running ethernet cable through your house, except you're using the electrical wires already installed in the walls.

Want but don't need. PC gaming nowadays is on my laptop which is better to just move and connect directly to a TV if I wanted to. I guess this is a bit like the fad with PS TV hence why the price is dropping like a stone. However if it could be like Onlive and stream my Steam library from their cloud servers I'd be on it :sunglasses: Future update maybe?

It's easier to run/hide cat5/6 cable, vs. HDMI. I already had a wired network installed. HDMI cables don't generally work well on cable runs of 10M+. You'd still need a way of controlling your PC....active USB cables or some sort network interface?

I think the Steam Link is the cheaper and easier option for most people.

So tempted for this price but think to myself I would probably use it a handful of times , plus I don't have a nice sexy steam controller :disappointed:

Nothing. If you can do that then you should do that. All this basically does is allows you to play PC games over your home network using Big Picture mode. If you can use a long HDMI cable then you can basically cut the middle (and by far most problematic) man out.

You'd also need a long controller cable and a long keyboard cable.
My PC is upstairs, where as my TV is downstairs, that would mean 3x >20 metre cables running down the stairs. Not for me thanks, I prefer the steam link through powerline adapters.

If your PC is in the same room as your TV then you're right, connecting the PC to the TV via HDMI is viable.

Wow. Microsoft really do know how to screw over their early adopters don't they. :laughing:

I have my PC wired directly to the router and the Steamlink wired through a 8 port hub and then through a powerline adapter to the router.
Works well for me, but I've not played anything hugely reliant on network latency. (Gauntlet mostly)

Was Hot at £16, even hotter at £12. Nice find.

people are saying it works best over ethernet and wireless is flakey, if that is the case then why not just use a long hdmi cable going from your pc to the tv and clone the screen. what am i missing?

Yeah I am also using one with Powerline adaptors and have been very pleased with it so far. At this price its a really great deal.

Any recommendations on what controller would be good for this device?

Are Game getting in early because these may be reduced in the Steam sale later? For those with the £5 Paypal offer waiting to be used, it may be a better deal

bargain ordered cheers op :wink:

Amazing deal. I got one as part of the previous deal, with powerline adaptors works really well. Can even stream Origin game through it with a bit of setting up.

I've got a Xbox One controller with mine and it works great. Shame that they haven't got an offer on the steam controller at the moment as want to try it out.

Bargain. Also very useful for watching Sky Sports on a TV. Red hot.

I have one of these - the 2016 versions of the Xbox One controllers use standard Bluetooth, and connect to the steamlink just fine. Also have added Kodi as a non-Steam game, as well as the Windows Store games (Gears of War, Forza etc) and they work like a dream.

I use an app called UWPHook to get my Windows Store (Xbox) games into Steam. Google it :stuck_out_tongue:

Fortunately for everyone you are! Bluetooth Xbox controllers work perfectly with no extra dongles. The original Xbox One controllers use a form of wireless I believe.

Wired is the the best way to use Steam Link. Wifi was just too intermittent for my liking. It works pretty well over ethernet with negligible lag. The picture quality does look a little soft compared to playing directly on PC, but it's still perfectly acceptable.

It's £12 ...nothing to lose really.

Am I right in thinking these are restricted to 1080p?

Mine works perfectly well with PC wired to router upstairs and the steam link wireless downstairs. It's a great piece of kit IMO

As others have mentioned, warning if you plan to use this in Wifi. Depending on the distance from your PC / Wifi signal it could become virtually impossible to play it. To counter this you should use the ethernet port OR you could get a wifi range extender to boost the signal of your Wifi.

that's how i set mine up and i have had no problems,works great worth every penny

You shouldn't have any issues using a wired connection. I have mine down to about 15ms latency which isn't noticable. Plays near enough like I'm sat in front of the PC.

Xbox 360/One controllers are Bluetooth but they use a bespoke connection protocol IIRC. That's why you need a USB dongle to wirelessly connect an Xbox controller to a PC. I don't think they've changed that for the One S controller but I could be wrong.

I bit the bullet! Thanks OP!

Going for this! Cheers OP, great spot.

Can you use this to mirror your actual desktop outwith steam? Would be good to let kids play zsnes emulators on the living room tv.

Excellent device

Anyone know if these have had any hardware revisions at all?

I bought one when they first came out and just wondering if it's worth ordering a second.

Great price, heated. Wish the steam controller would get discounted too though, the link is going for pennies but the controller seems to stick at £30+. I'd like to get one simply for couch gaming on RTS and adventure games that the PC excels at but can't justify £30 just for that....

Guess I could use the Xbox One controller the same way anyway if you could map the mouse pointer to one of the sticks and the L and R click to the face buttons or triggers....

I have one and it doesn't really work well for me at all tbh. Could be because my gaming PC is on Wi-Fi, I don't know but I'm certainly not going to re-arrange my home or invest in PowerLine adaptors to find out.

Thanks good to know, I'd not really thought that far ahead oops! luckily PS4 is my controller of choice.

But IIRC, the One S controllers are wireless or Bluetooth - I also vaguely remember seeing something not long ago about One controllers now being compatible?

The PS4 controller works perfectly. I was playing RE7 on mine and it was basically like running the game on a PS4 Pro (when network latency wasn't getting in the way).

The Xbox One uses proprietary wireless protocols so you would need an adaptor and even then I'm not sure if it would work. Probably too much hassle tbh.

This is hot, the days keep passing by and I slowly come to a conclusion that I am not a console gamer at all, yet I splashed out on Xbox One S and a ton of games just to play them not even once a week. This is a way cheaper alternative taking advantage of your PC's horsepower. :disappointed:

Well I wasn't planning on buying one but much prefer couch gaming now over sitting at my desk, I may actually get round to my PC games again. Heated :smiley:

Great price. I bought it a few weeks back at £15.99 and it's definitely worth it.

Makes you wonder why they even attempted to limit it to big picture in the first place :laughing: Tempted to get one, I mean. I have absolutely no use for one but still tempted.

All you have to do to mirror your PC or laptop screen is ALT + TAB when the steam link is connected. Can confirm, have owned a Steamlink for a few months.

Great find. May want to say it was £15.99 and super hot before, as I had to double-check! :smiley: