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Stream your games to your TV with Steam Link

Simplicity

Setup is easy. Just connect your Steam Link to your TV and home network, where it will automatically discover any computer running Steam. All that’s left to do is grab your favorite controller, kick back, and enjoy your collection of games from the comfort of your couch.

Performance

Steam Link is designed to take advantage of the horsepower you already have in your home, streaming from your current gaming computer by mirroring its experience to your TV. Video and audio data is sent from your computer to the Steam Link, while your controller input is sent back in real time. Virtually every game that your computer runs can be played on your TV using Steam Link.

Hardware Specifications

Overview

1080p resolution at 60 FPS
Wired 100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet and Wireless 802.11ac 2x2 (MIMO) networking abilities
3 USB 2.0 ports
Bluetooth 4.0
HDMI out
Supports Steam Controller (sold separately,) Xbox One or 360 Wired Controller, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows, Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710, or keyboard and mouse

In-box

Steam Link
Power cable and adapter
HDMI 2.0 cable
Ethernet cable

Requirements

A host computer running SteamOS, or Steam Big Picture Mode on Windows Vista or newer, Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or newer, Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or newer.
A TV or display capable of running at 720p or 1080p resolution
Any of the input devices listed above
Home network connectivity to both Steam Link and host computer.Wired network strongly recommended.

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Steam Hardware Order Terms

1. Application of these terms
These terms supplement the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA) for orders of hardware products offered for direct purchase on Steam (“Hardware Products”). The terms of Sections 7 (Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; No Guarantees) and 11 (Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration; Class Action Waiver) of the SSA that apply to Content and Services shall apply to Hardware Products by extension.

2. Preorder Payment
If you preorder a hardware product, Valve will charge the amount corresponding to your preorder immediately without waiting until the shipping date. You will receive a full refund if you cancel your order at any point before the shipping date.

3. Transport Costs and Taxes
All transport costs and taxes will be disclosed to you prior to purchase. If a Hardware Product shipment is returned to Valve because delivery to you has failed, you bear the cost of the failed delivery unless you have exercised your right to cancel (see below 4.) or the failure of delivery cannot be attributed to you.

4. Right to Cancel Your Order
You have the right to cancel any purchase of Hardware Products on Steam without giving any reason within 30 days from the day on which you or a third party indicated by you (other than the carrier) receives the goods purchased. To exercise this right, you must inform us of your decision to cancel your order by an unequivocal statement.

The easiest way to do this is by using the online button provided at help.steampowered.com. Simply log in there with your Steam user account, select the order you wish to cancel and the problem you are having, then press the button labeled “I’d like to request a refund”.

To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your cancellation message before the 30 days’ cancellation period has expired and then send back the goods by following the instructions provided to you no later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation to us.

Effects of cancellation
We will reimburse all payments received from you for the goods purchased and will also reimburse delivery charges for the least expensive type of delivery offered by us, no later than 14 days from the day on which we received the above communication. We will use the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise. In any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You may be liable if the value of the goods returned diminishes due to the handling of the goods (except when it was necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods).

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest. If reimbursement occurs after the maximum time period mentioned above, the amount due to you will as of right be increased.

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Posted: May 7

this is awesome

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Posted: May 6

Great Product, works really really well. I can hardly tell I am streaming compared to my native pc in the living room. The steam link allows gaming on a tv without a large noisy gaming box. Graphically the stream contents outshines xbox and Ps4 graphics at 1080p. I can sometimes even up sample my resolution from the streaming box to 2K or 4K which gives the 1080p stream a more polished look. So basically you can set your in game resolution to 4K and get crisper cleaner looking games while still managing this on a 1080p tv screen.

As of now I have a PC in the basement that is in sleep mode. If i want to play i just click the controller and the pcs boots up in steam big picture. The software has been alot more stable and is going on weeks without any reboots or issues of going down stairs to fix pc problems.

Great product if you are a pc gamer wanting console gaming. Warning thou not all games handle big picture interface well. UBISOFT has their own Sign for assassins creed games that needs a keyboard connected to the steam link to enter in passwords. Some other games have issues but things are getting smoothed out as time progresses.

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Posted: May 5

Works alright when it recognizes steam running on my pc... or when my pc recognizes it on in-home streaming.. either way, they WON'T TALK! No forums have helped. It simply is not seen as a device anymore. Absolute bs and waste of $50.

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Posted: May 5

Junk wold never recommend

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Posted: May 5

works well! but still the WIFI range on this device is so weak

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Posted: May 5

You better have a sick router, sick computer, and sick internet to even think about using this

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Posted: May 5

Very good. Does what it says. Can recommend to anybody that wants to cast their pc to another room.

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Posted: May 4

i buy it and i don't like it its too mutch lag and when you quit the game in your pc still running

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Posted: May 4

首先，不得不说，这这款盒子用了有几个月了各方面都很好传流现实方面很清晰操作也很便捷，我是在淘宝代购上买的500rmb可惜没有预购的游戏，手柄使用的是xbox360无线手柄买了两个大约花了400，本来买这个盒子是为了圆自己一个主机梦可以坐在沙发刷游戏后来发现900rmb差不多可以买一个二手破解的xbox360。。。发现自己被坑了，每次玩的时候都要开电脑还得和我妈抢电视经常问我到底要玩哪个-_-||总体来说很喜欢这款也算圆了我一个梦吧，好评!

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Posted: May 4

Completely unplayable given current firmware (513). Works somehwat for 15 minutes (with major stuttering) then just dies.

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Posted: May 4

Great product. Allows me to not only play my PC games in my living room but I can also use everything else on my PC too. Would recommend to all PC gamers who like to play from the living room from time to time or play video on the TV.

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Posted: May 3

I mostly got this for video streaming from my PC. I originally thought about getting a 75ft HDMI cable, but it would be a pain to have to run back to the PC whenever I want to pause etc. since my livingroom is out of range of wireless input devices.

Steam Link solved this problem. It costs around the same as an average 75ft HDMI cable, and can do much much more.
You can stream literally any PC activity through the Steam Link just by minimizing Big Picture mode, so anything you can do on PC can be done through the Link. It's compatible with any USB keyboard/mouse in addition to the Steam controller or Xbox controllers, so it's just like having the PC in the living room.

Aside from videos, I have spent some time gaming through it and have been very pleased with the results. I get the same graphics quality and framerates through the Link as I normally would playing directly on my PC, and don't notice any input lag even with very fast-paced games.

All that said, I do have a powerful gaming rig and a high-end modem, and also have both my PC and the Steam Link on wired ethernet, so I'm not sure whether lower-end equipment will experience poor performance.

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Posted: May 3

I really can't fault this piece of kit. I used to have 2 PCs main one and secondary in another room, which is made up of old hardware. With the Steam Link I haven't had to use my second PC it's like having two main PCs. It is basically a streaming box but it does a good job of allowing me to play games etc in any room.

I would recommend this for anyone who likes to play in other rooms than where the PC is located.

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Posted: May 2

The SteamLink is an amazing piece of hardware... when it is working. Once I received it, I had a hard time setting up my network to get it to work ( nothing really related to the SL itself though ). With an i7 3770 - Titan X, I decided to use use it wired instead of trying wifi.

With a network cable and high quality settings, I feel like I'm playing on my PC... from my couch. Most of the time I can't tell the difference. The input lag is very small and even FPS play nicely ( thansk to the Steam controller ). You can use mice, keyboards, controllers ( wireless or not ). I tried pluging in a USK key but found no option to access it.

You can connect up to three USB devices. I leave my wireless Steam controller USB dongle on the Steamlink and use the controller with a USB cable on the PC.

Fun fact: you can hide the Steam interface and show your desktop... that way you can wtch movies on your PC in your living room.

I don't really see much of an impact on games performances when playing on the Steamlink instead of the PC ( but my Titan X usually allows for extra performance if needed ).

Issues:

- when it doesn't detect your PC or that Steam is running, you have to reset both sometimes. Sometimes the audio isn't detected and you have to move to your PC and manually un-mute your audio... it can become quite frustrating to move again and again to solve an issue, especially if your PC is at the other end of your appartment/house.

- compatibility with uPlay is usually great but Origin keeps on making things difficult. Unravel doesn't work with the Steamlink or the Steam controller at all ( on purpose ? ). Need for Speed 2015 can be a real pain to get working. EA at is best I guess.

But like the Steam controller, when this is working ,this is a blast. And honestly, don't even bother with the wifi ( my tests were mixed/bad ). Connect your PC and your SL by wire. Then if your computer is up to the task, you'll be able to use the max quality settings and enjoy PC gaming at max quality in your living room.

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Posted: May 2

Surprisingly responsive

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Posted: May 1

Works beautifully. Easy to setup and with no noticeable lag or quality loss at all. Go buy this and do it now.

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Posted: May 1

Awesome little box, works flawlessly, no problems at all! Keep up the updates ;) Great job Valve!

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Posted: April 30

You can now play your overmodded Skyrim on your couch.

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Posted: April 29

This thing works great, when it works. The latest build constantly drops the network connection. Apparently this has been known since February and Valve has yet to fix it. The bug with the network connection makes any longer gaming sessions unplayable and games with long distances between save points infuriating. If you have a game you can save often, then go ahead and play. With this current build, however, I would suggest you avoid any games where you might have to replay hours of gameplay due to a faulty network issue.

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Posted: April 28

works alot better then i thought it would be and fairly fast set up.

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UnRipped

69 products in account

4 reviews

Posted: April 19

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

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Nikout

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Posted: April 27

You pay 50$ for a great streaming device from PC to TV! Beats chromecast in any way. Your dusty TV will finally serve you well with just this thing, HDMI cable and ethernet connection. I mostly stream movies from PC to my TV and use steam controller as a remote for mouse and other clickity stuff. Very satisfied with the purchase. Native 1440p and 2160p resolutions stream as 1080 and its no problem, games still have that feel of the additional antialiasing on the TV Screen. Its a great opportunity to use your living room as a party game room. The Steam Link features 3 3.0 USB Ports and it accepts Steam, xbox and Dualshock controllers (Wired and w/less), I assume it accepts 2 controllers at once (also mouse and keyboard).

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Bakum

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6 reviews

Posted: April 7

This thing is great and for $50 it's a steal. It has hands down the best streaming quality available when wired directly to the router. For gaming, it's spot on. Big Screen mode makes it very similar to a console interface like ps4/xbox with Lossless streaming. The wireless 360 controller works flawlessly with it. For a keyboard, I use a Apple Bluetooth keyboard paired to the steam link for those games where chat is required.

This device also allows for full screen streaming so you can use it for just about anything. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon video etc. Just open a browser, enter full screen and you're done.

If you're on the fence about buying this, just do it. You won't be disappointed.

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PCDestroyer

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Posted: April 29

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Delwyn Zincghast

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Posted: April 30

You can now play your overmodded Skyrim on your couch.

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Phoenix

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4 reviews

Posted: April 17

Steam Link is really great. I'm totally impressed at how close to perfect and solid it is. Stuff works that I wouldn't expect - like I can wake up my steam link using the playstation button on my paired Sony DualShock 4 controller when both are asleep, or when I tried pairing a bluetooth speaker, that just worked and redirected audio to the speaker, and back to the TV when I turned it off, so you can game or watch movies in Kodi late at night without annoying housemates. It's clear a lot of thought has gone in to making this perfect little puck. The place it gets let down is that steam itself on the remote computer can be crashy, especially in big picture mode. You have got to be prepared to restart it from time to time. Chrome Remote Desktop app is a great way to do this from a mobile phone or a nearby laptop, but this is a pretty major failing. I also found my Razer Orochi bluetooth 4.0 mouse unusable - it pairs and works, but updates at about 4fps both in the local Steam Link interface and the streamed remote big picture one, so it's useless for gaming and extremely frustrating even to operate menus.

There are some other improvements valve could make:
• Trackpad support for DS4 controller - they just need to ship with the ds4drv linux driver
• Vibration motor support on DS4 is missing - the interface is documented by the code in DS4Windows - valve could implement that in a day or two of work.
• The link should disconnect and put to sleep bluetooth devices when it goes to sleep - it doesn't currently, so you have to turn them off manually.

Crazy wishlist:
• Gyro Sensor APIs for the DualShock 4 are documented by open source DS4Windows code, and could be used to implement a gyromouse for FPS usage, similar to it's use on the Steam Controller. That'd be awesome!
• It'd be super rad if they built Kodi right in to the firmware, so it'd have some local media centre support. I bet some media geeks would buy them, then end up gaming more because they'd already have the rig for it. Might be profitable as well as being a rad bonus feature for gamers.

Overall? The issues are really minor, and none of them are dealbreakers if you don't mind using a phone to restart steam occasionally. For fifty bucks it's an awesome deal. I really recommend it!

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5 reviews

Posted: April 24

Overall, i really enjoy the steam link. Its extremely useful and handy.
What i like most about it, is that it can bring that console feeling to pc gamers.
I know that does not affect most of you because the point of having a pc is to have a pc, not a console.
Those are you who dont feel like sitting on that hard chair, or are having back pains or any type of isshue in general
this is for you. You can now enjoy gaming while sitting on your couch or laying in bed.
Pros:
- Well made, not a cheap product.
- Great way for bringing pc games to tv.
- Nice small sleek design.
Cons:
- More for wired connections, wireless its a bit of a hassel.
- You're not able to use xbox one adapter on this.
- Lag spikes for wireless
- HDMI Cable included is not really the best.
If you have a slow connection, or you are a wireless connection
i would not recommend getting this.

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jpclyde

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15 reviews

Posted: May 3

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Privileged_Shitlord

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3 reviews

Posted: April 19

Although the answer is yes, It truly does depend on your situation. If money is tight and your common room is in a room that cables can't reach easily without integrating your walls into the situation, then get this little black box of tech. WMP does not work that well when opened with Big picture in my experience. looked into KODI, and honestly, KODI works better when it's launched through steam rather then from the desktop. weird but I can't figure out why. This box does seem to be using 4 cores at an average of 20% of my fx-8350 NON OVERCLOCKED, give or take some. That is just playing music aswell, your experience may vary depending on things.
so lets get down to the experience ya.
gaming. whoa buddy. is this a pain in the ♥♥♥ and none of it is the LINKYPOO's fault. see, I initially bought this to play games that don't do so well on a keyboard. JRPG, SIDESCROLLERS< etc... welp, test games,
onikira:demon something: issues come from the game.
bioshock: at first, controller would either not work on start up, or controller would cut out. Opened up ports on my modem and seemed to fix the issue... Which makes no sence because locally your modem should not have communication blocked. but maybe it was an internet thing. idfk.
neptunia:don't judge me: no issue.

controller i'm using is the f310 from logitech. welp, I only seem to get the xbox mirror side of the controller for now. but that's alright. i can adapt. Won't turn the link on though and that should be in future firmware updates if this thing still lives to see more support.

all in all, 7/10. would buy again if the need is the same but would not consider it a must have.

if your more knowledgeable with linux, buy a raspberry pi and you can do pretty much the same thing for a cheaper price. just a pain in the AAA to set up and I aint got that much time everytime i wanna play a game.

cons. THIS IS A BIG ONE. WHERE THE ♥♥♥♥ IS THE GOD DAMN POWER LED EVERY DAMN THING HAS.

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VerN|SRB

417 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: May 1

Awesome little box, works flawlessly, no problems at all! Keep up the updates ;) Great job Valve!

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Swampylaban

141 products in account

5 reviews

Posted: May 1

Works beautifully. Easy to setup and with no noticeable lag or quality loss at all. Go buy this and do it now.

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AKBAAR

120 products in account

4 reviews

Posted: May 5

works well! but still the WIFI range on this device is so weak

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THE WET CHICKEN

112 products in account

6 reviews

Posted: May 7

this is awesome

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Evo_Guy

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2 reviews

Posted: April 12

Steam Link is, to me, awesome piece of gear. I don't recommend doing bluetooth because of lag. You have to use a LAN line (and the manual even states that it recommends LAN). It plays the games on my 65" LED Tv wich adds twice the fun.

Cons:. it only plays on 1080p while my 32" monitor is 4k. Also (assuming it's not me), it doesn't allow me to use my Mic.

All in all though, Steam link is absolutly fun if you have the Tv size for it. Playing on a decent size tv make the experience so much fun.

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kziel1

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10 reviews

Posted: May 2

Surprisingly responsive

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Abell2744

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16 reviews

Posted: April 23

Words cannot describe how baller this little piece of Equiptment is.... Hell yea steam! You got it right! Great power does come in small packages when it comes to the steam link! But this now or forever be a lost soul in the PC gaming world.

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Dragon [Linux]

202 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: April 27

I can't recommend the Steam Link *yet*.
It doesn't seem quite ready.
The computer I'm streaming from is running Ubuntu.
Currently, if you have more than one monitor, it won't work correctly. It can't seem to handle that and the display will go to a random monitor when you start a game.

So, I disabled one monitor and then had different results with different games.
Steam itself works fine on the TV. It's just when starting a game where it seems to choke.

- I tried playing SOMA. As soon as it loads, the display goes back to the computer monitor but the sound keeps coming from the TV.
- I tried playing Metro 2033. The display stays on the TV no problem but the sound reverts to coming out of the computer speakers.
- I gave up for the time being.

I'm sure once all the bugs are worked out, this will be awesome. Until then though, it's unusable in it's current state.
I'm waiting for the next update and hope it clears up these issues.

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