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Valve taking preorders for Steam Link so you can play PC games on any TV in the house

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Valve is now taking orders for its Steam Link device that will enable PC gamers to play games from their Steam catalog on any TV in the house.

The Steam Link is a bridge which can plug into your PC via Ethernet and display the imagery on another display. It can decode compressed 1080p, 60-frame-per-second video from the PC and then route it to your TV. The Steam Link has HDMI out, USB, and wireless connectivity so that you have several options for how to connect to the TV. This lets you play small indie games or big-budget PC blockbusters in your living room, besting the options found in setup boxes (provided you have a good home network).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.