Steam Link and Other Steam Announcements
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50$ isn't a bad deal. 100$ for this and the controller. May be worth it to have some FPS games I can play on my TV.
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@coliver said:
50$ isn't a bad deal. 100$ for this and the controller. May be worth it to have some FPS games I can play on my TV.
That's what I was thinking. A simple device that lets me stream to my television, I'm sold. This makes a serious gaming PC a no-brainer.
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Interesting. I'm curious how it works and if the traffic from the computer to the steam link stays local or not.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Interesting. I'm curious how it works and if the traffic from the computer to the steam link stays local or not.
They currently have a version of this setup with their official client. You can stream from a Windows machine to a Linux/Mac/Windows machine on the same network. I haven't done any packet sniffing but I'm not entirely sure what traffic would leave the network.
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@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Interesting. I'm curious how it works and if the traffic from the computer to the steam link stays local or not.
They currently have a version of this setup with their official client. You can stream from a Windows machine to a Linux/Mac/Windows machine on the same network. I haven't done any packet sniffing but I'm not entirely sure what traffic would leave the network.
Yeah I would hope not. I would assume it's basically a network/software based kvm that only works inside of steam but I have no idea.
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Yeah, a Steam KVM is a good way to think of it.
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This would be handy for setups where hooking up your gaming rig to the TV is not a permanent situation. Neat.
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It would be awesome if these things supported chrome cast or similar as well for watching movies and such.
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I've very hopeful that they figure out how to stream movies over this.
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That's a great idea. Cheap enough that I can imagine lots and lots of people deciding to invest in one of those.
