A tale of two Steam Link... Experiences. I purchased the steam link over a year ago. I attempted to use it at the time and was less than impressed. I put it away and forgot about it, even neglecting to write a review. Recently after adding a new television in my bedroom I found occasion to give it another go. I will now recount both of my experiences. When I first purchased the device I primarily played games on the monitor of my PC, seated at my desk. At the time my computer specs were as follows: Dell desktop Dual core 3.0 ghz intel 8 gigs ddr3 Sata HD gtx 750ti on pcie 2 Meh motherboard (Also of note, comcast router) I purchased a 65 inch HD TV for the living room, and wondered how great it would be to play my video games on that monitor without having to move or abandon my current desk setup. I thought the steam link might be exactly the solution I was looking for. I attempted to use the steam link with this system (via wired ethernet) and received less-than-stellar res...

what the hell its $1 right now with the ICEY bundle lol, go grab it! EDIT: during the time i posted this there was a deal going on but it is now no longer available...i say if you can get this on sale like i did for around $20, then its a definite buy if your confident in your internet connection

My experiance with my Steam Link has been overwhelmingly positive. HOWEVER please research before you buy. Some notes: Games play best when monitor and TV can handle the same resolution. I have found setting my monitor to the same res as my TV or at least setting the game to windowed and the same res as the TV helps performance. After I got a 4K monitor I had issues if I didn't change resolutions until I got a 4k TV. High res games play best when wired in. In general I have had very poor response when connected to the network through wifi unless playing fairly basic games. Having your computer and the link wired to the network is vastly superior. Get the right controllers. The link supports a wide range of controllers but make sure the controller works with steam and the game you want to play. I had some really old controllers that had some issues. I have a set of Steam Controllers that work great (For those who can get used to them) but I also have a Logitech F710 th...

To be honest, I was really skeptical when I saw this. I thought "oh sweet, finally I can play my crap in the living room without paying an extra sevral hundred for a console", but I saw so many mixed reviews. I decided to wait until I see it go on sale. Come a few months later (Late october, like 2 weeks ago as of writing this) and I see it for ONE dollar, being included with the purchase of an 8$ game called Icey. (which is actually a pretty solid game overall) I thought it was a no brainer to grab it. The shipping was about 8 bucks. Some people complained about that and said they jacked the price up or something. Well, they didn't. That would've been the shipping price regardless, which is still pretty damn high if you ask me. But for paying one more dollar to get the steam link, is a pretty solid grab. Anyways, I got this thing yesterday. Now LUCKILY I tried both the wireless AND wired since my router is right next to my TV. I tried wireless first, and oh man, don't even bother ge...

Updated Review! tl;dr: Despite some limitations, this device does what I, personally, need it to - it lets me use my main PC with the TV, without needing to change any cables or move anything. The good: * This device has replaced my media center PC -almost- completely * In tandem with steam controllers, works OK for browsing the internet, watching YouTube/Netflix, etc * Firmware updates have solved a lot of issues with certain games not working and general stability * On a wired network, it works well enough for games with precise timing requirements like Street Fighter - even through about 60 total feet of ethernet cable, a router, and a switch. * Plays nicely with wired xbox controllers, steam controllers, joysticks, mice, keyboards, etc. * Tiny box. I have considered using a command strip to attach it to the back of my TV. The Bad: * Video compression artifacts make movie watching not quite as good as using a BluRay player or directly connecting your PC to the TV. If you're watch...

I bought this product on sale, but I cannot recommend it. It has too many bugs and you find yourself wandering back and forth, from your pc room to the living room. Trying to make it work. Either it wont boot-up properly or the tv sound is all gone. I may have been unlucky, but this was my first experience with the Steam Link. Sadly not a pleasure.

1. Buy PC. 2. Buy Steam Link. 3. Boot up your PC and Steam Link 4. Pick your game 5. Play game 6. Notice how useless your console became 7. Take your Xbox One or Ps4 8. Throw it out of the window 9. Enjoy Glorious PC consolegaming master race

I think the video quality and lag are fine and and the ability to remotely control my desktop to open a web browser was a nice suprise. When it works its great but a lot of games I've tried end up having problems and most sessions involve me bouncing back and forth from my living room to my den to see why the video stopped updating or the audio muted.. Eventually it might get there but currently its way too unstable and every new steam update seems to introduce a new and different set of problems. Edit: This is with everything wired and a good router & switch. The problems are usually fixed by restarting the Steam client on my PC. If I can use the Steam link for a few months without having to poke the Steam client I'll update the review.

Got this little thing a few days ago, along with the Steam Controller. Needless to say, this device worked exactly as advertised: a small device that allows you to stream and play your favorite PC games in 1080p/60FPS straight to your living room TV. Setup was relatively easy enough. I plugged in the A/C and HDMI cords to their respective ports and pressed the guide button on the Steam controller to start it up. After about a minute of setting the device up, another press on the guide button took me immediately to Big Picture Mode and the rest was history. The Steam Link will play all Steam games and apps in your library. It'll even play non-Steam games so long as they are added to your Steam Library. I was able to play Dead Space 3 and The Witcher 3 without any trouble. I've also played Fallout 4, Skyrim, PAYDAY 2, Max Payne 3, and GTA V with minimal to no issue whatsoever. As Valve stated on the product page, a wired network is strongly recommended. And it works flawlessly when ...

This little hardware IS worth it, but there are some things you need to know about before buying it. You have to pay 8€ shipping fee, but they send it via DPD, which is one of the most reliable logistic services available. It took them about a week to deliver even from pretty distant country, which is pretty surprising. The box was well secured and there wasn't even scratch on it. Setup was nothing really difficult, but you WILL need wired network for using it, because else it's too laggy and slow to work with. I would certainly recommend this hardware not only for gaming, but mostly for streaming anything from your computer on your TV, you just have to exit Big Picture mode and you can watch any movie without moving it on your USB, you can stream HBO GO or Netflix, without having latest super-expensive Smart TV. There's only one thing, which causes problem. If you don't unplug it after finishing your work with it, it's likely to turn your TV on randomly for no reason. Unplugging it ...