Mr E wrote: » Yeah, if you don't mind putting a big tower beside your TV. One of the main advantages of the steam link is its tiny footprint and subtlety.
Thargor wrote: » Eh? Buy as long a cable as you need from Ebay for a few Euro and run it to the pc, thats what I do, I hate smart devices like this, they always irritate in some way, I want my own pc with all my associated accounts, tweaks, settings and everything else on the screen otherwise it will drive me mad.
mossym wrote: » i hate ugly cables running all over the place, and i woudn't trust a few euro cable from ebay for any distance over a few feet. i'd take one of these very day. nothing wrong with your approach, but your way would drive me mad. to each their own
hots wrote: » A cable is a cable at the end of the day, I've had to run a couple of hdmis and an ethernet all for about 10m, all using cheapest cables possible on amazon (no more than a few euro), all been fine for the last 2 years or so. It does look crap though.
mossym wrote: » having worked for several years for a company making hdmi IC's (rx and tx chips to go inside sources and displays), ive plenty of experience that says a cable isn't a cable at the end of the day, and that cheap ass chinese cables are an absolute lottery.i've a couple of the amazon own brand cables running myself, no issue with them, but i'd rate them better than some of the muck i;ve see come from ebay. also been around long enough to know that trying to convince people the cables are rubbish is pointless, so we'll have to agree to disagree. running a cable to my garage would involve a run of 30/40m, which isn't going to work with HDMI. i can take one of these boxes, plug into my network, and voila. solved. i can add one of them in every room. it's a much easier and tidier solution than running a hdmi cable, and can be used in many situations where hdmi won't work. apologies for going off topic, i'll leave it there
OSI wrote: » My PC is in an office a good distance away from the sitting room, so the Steam Link comes in very handy for that. Ethernet cables are the one cable I wouldn't cheap out on though.
johnny_ultimate wrote: » Thanks for the tip Mr E! After yesterday's lack of success I popped into one of the Gamestops in Dublin today and they had one going for €27.50. Gave me a code for a free copy of Rocket League too, so it's a great deal for sure
ED E wrote: » This still going? Cant say no at that price.
Mr E wrote: Should be. Call your local gamestop and see if they have any. I was in Gamestop in the Parkway in Limerick and they a clearance table but no steam links, so stock may vary from shop to shop.
Deleted User wrote: » I went into one yesterday and was told that the price was dropped for a day, but once store managers saw that they were selling the price was put up to €55.
Links234 wrote: » Humble Survive This Bundle Tier 1: Tharsis, Savage Lands, and Kholat Tier 2: Space Engineers, Rust, and Shelter 2 Tier 3: Planetbase Better than the recent monthly.
Techniques07 wrote: » Is Planetbase worth the extra €9?
Thargor wrote: » The cable is perfect, like 99.99% of cables for sale these days, and its hidden, I didn't say sellotape it to the wall or anything, theres always ways to hide cables. Theres no way in hell a steam link is smoother, faster or higher quality than a HDMI from source.
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