Hooked up my PC to the TV....

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Neo

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Geepers! I should have done it sooner!

This weekend I decided to play some Batman: Arkham City on the PC, but the wife wanted to see the story. So since she's downstairs with the baby, I decided to bring down my PC and hook it up to my 63" plasma via my amplifier. I thought that it would work since I was already playing the game with an XBOX360 controller any ways.

OMW was that an awesome experience. I managed to MORE than next-gen console quality graphics on my TV the whole weekend. Now I'm having a tough time convincing myself to take the PC back upstairs again lol.

Seriously, with a setup like this, I almost don't see the point for a PS4/XBOX1. But, the 1 or 2 crashes that I experienced which is synonymous with PC gaming confirmed why a PC shouldn't be in the living room.
 
Neo said:
Geepers! I should have done it sooner!

This weekend I decided to play some Batman: Arkham City on the PC, but the wife wanted to see the story. So since she's downstairs with the baby, I decided to bring down my PC and hook it up to my 63" plasma via my amplifier. I thought that it would work since I was already playing the game with an XBOX360 controller any ways.

OMW was that an awesome experience. I managed to MORE than next-gen console quality graphics on my TV the whole weekend. Now I'm having a tough time convincing myself to take the PC back upstairs again lol.

Seriously, with a setup like this, I almost don't see the point for a PS4/XBOX1. But, the 1 or 2 crashes that I experienced which is synonymous with PC gaming confirmed why a PC shouldn't be in the living room.
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I think this is where Valve were trying to get involved with Steam Box. Which makes the concept of in house steam streaming even better :) Because then you don't need to have you PC by the TV, you just need to have a low powered HTPC capable of streaming from your main pc (which can be anywhere).
 
Have you tried steam streaming, then you can keep your computer upstairs (helps if you don't want a huge computer lying around).
 
I don't have a second PC to stream towards, unfortunately. Besides, this way I'm hooking up my Sound Blaster XFi to my Amp via optical cable and I'm getting the best possible sound quality as well :) It's not that much of a schlep.
 
My TV is basically my 2nd monitor I just run an HDMI cable to it from my GFX card. I've been using like that forever. Great for watching movies and the like. Gaming wise it really does shine when it comes to anything that uses a controller especially fighting and racing games.
 
I do this sometimes too but it's quite a mission to move my entire PC to the living room so despite the awesomeness I'm often put off by that. Definitely makes playing on the PC a lot more comfortable if you have a gamepad though.
 
I had that setup in the rental place we stayed in for 7 months. Now my PC is next to the TV inside a snug study nook / bookshelf setup next to my fireplace. Will post a pic later...
 
Anyone know of of a low-latency chromecast like device made for this purpose? Would need a USB port for a controller...
 
I've streamed to my htpc via steam and it worked quite well. I played batman AA. Next I'll be trying injustice.
 
Been using my 32" "LED TV for my PC and PS3 for a while now - it's pure awesome. My 18.5" sits in a corner staring at a wall until I find a use for it.
 
Iv had a PC connected to my amp for a while now... Its nothing special, just an i3 with 4 gigs ram i think, but its in a nice slim case and just sits hidden away, its main purpose is to play series and music through the amp, haven't actually considered playing games on it/through it though because iv got my console plugged in there as well...

But yes i think everyone needs a PC connected to their TV, makes life waaay more simple ;-)
 
This is why Steam in-house streaming is so awesome. I've connected my laptop to the PC and I'm streaming games from my main PC to the TV via the laptop. It really works great, but only if you are not using a wireless connection. FPS, or any other twitch control games do not handle the latency of the controller so well. But Kerbal Space Program has never looked so good as on my TV.
 
DieGrootHammer said:
This is why Steam in-house streaming is so awesome. I've connected my laptop to the PC and I'm streaming games from my main PC to the TV via the laptop. It really works great, but only if you are not using a wireless connection. FPS, or any other twitch control games do not handle the latency of the controller so well. But Kerbal Space Program has never looked so good as on my TV.
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I never thought of using a laptop. I must try that.
 
DieGrootHammer said:
Works very well I must say. Just install Steam on your laptop, and don't even bother downloading a single game on it, as you can then stream them all straight to the TV.
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That sounds awesome.
Edit* damn, I see xp isn't supported. I really need to upgrade!
 
Tom said:
Steam streaming not supporting XP is the LAST reason you need to upgrade "whistling:
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Tell me about it. Just at R1000+ I can get over 20 games over the steam sale which kills all my enthusiasm to upgrade :p
 
Hagan said:
Been using my 32" "LED TV for my PC and PS3 for a while now - it's pure awesome. My 18.5" sits in a corner staring at a wall until I find a use for it.
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I'm guessing thats a 1080p screen though? I've also got a 32" Samsung LED (1,366 x 768) and thats grainy as hell. I use it for series but beyond that its vastly inferior to even a smallish PC spec screen.
 
HavocXphere said:
I'm guessing thats a 1080p screen though? I've also got a 32" Samsung LED (1,366 x 768) and thats grainy as hell. I use it for series but beyond that its vastly inferior to even a smallish PC spec screen.
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Yeah, gotta be full-HD. I also use one as my primary screen. Saving up some eBucks to buy another one for a secondary screen. The full HD is a bit more expensive.

I also have an HDMI cable that can run to my 42" TV for gaming with a controller, so the games I can play are limited. As soon as I can figure out a way to properly set up my mouse and keyboard to comfortably play with that in the living room, I'm gonna try the Steam streaming thing.
 
HavocXphere said:
I'm guessing thats a 1080p screen though? I've also got a 32" Samsung LED (1,366 x 768) and thats grainy as hell. I use it for series but beyond that its vastly inferior to even a smallish PC spec screen.
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My screen is supportive of resolutions up to 1920x1080, however, the desktop resolution (recommended & native) is 1360x768. I use 1080p wallpapers so that it doesn't look insanely jaggedy. Games are played in 1080p though. PS3 runs in 1080p within the PS3's interface.
 
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