Hardware Source: goo.gl/193s5y%5B/caption%5Dĭo not confuse this with a steam machine/box, this is very different. The Nvidia Shield Android TV has also got the functionality for streaming your PC game to the device but it can do slightly more, as it is running Android Tv it will be able to run android apps and stream other media to your TV using Plex. The steam link is designed to be a small box that you connect to your TV and all it will do is steam your computers game to the TV using Steam Big Picture. These two products are very similar and very different in their own right. Unfortunately my tv and computer are in totally different rooms so it's not possible to use a HDMI lead.Valve recently allowed their Steam link to be pre ordered and we think we should compare the Steam Link to Nvidia’s Shield Android Tv It also lets you re-map keys how you like it and is suppose to be a mix of controllers and mouse (which is also they reason for the trackpads instead of analog sticks).Īnd like I said,in case you already own an HDMI cable and your pc is close to your tv you can use that,otherwise you could use the Steam Link (which streams the image from your pc to your tv via internet,LAN if possible) What's the big idea with it then? :-S It is suppose to let you play games, that aren't suppose to be played with a controller, with a controller. Oh right.so this controller only lets me play games on my computer (which I can do quite easily anyway using a mouse/keyboard!) unless I purchase this Steam Link thing? Originally posted by Kryten:Thanks for the reply Leonard.

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