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Explaining hardware to enthusiasts (lemmy.world)
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[–] -1 points 10 months ago (13 children)

An hdmi extender, routing a cable, and getting some wireless peripherals (which you'd need anyway) is a huge cost of time?

Unless you live in a mansion, I guess..

I like the steam box but idk

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    All this tells me is you don't frequently mess with your computer enough to break it.

    I want a steam box because my PC is always in some state of me fucking with it. I don't want that to get in the way of my gaming.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I used to have my PC plugged in to my TV, steam box style, but it's back on my desk now... with a long ass HDMI cable running to that TV so I get the best of both worlds. Steam box is definitely cool, I don't understand the hate for it. Sometimes I think people are just whiners.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Yea that thing is rad. I'm thinking I'll get it for my nephew someday if they release a new version when he's old enough to play.

    Either that or I torture him with Linux Mint and Lutris I haven't decided yet.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    ??? What are you on about? Stop breaking your shit and then acting like the issue is the fact that it's a PC and not the fact that you're actively choosing to mess with it?

    Like, what is breaking in the first place?

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Lol yea okay I just opened up my DAD'S laptop yesterday to clean it. I went as far as taking apart the fan to clean it properly, and the quirky M.2 setup in his T470p as well, just to get everything out. I also just bought a "broken" webcam, and fixed it for my own use.

    But I dON't mESs WiTH mY coMPutER eNOuGh

    I'm just...not a dummy

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Covid, the wire company makes a wireless 4k HDMI extender, the EHW-200. There's a 1080 one too, the EHW-100 for half the cost. Plug and play, no app. They're pretty cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    What is the latency on that?

    I just used a $30 HDMI balun and a single patch cable to connect the Ethernet running from Living Room to PC. Just removed the router from the connection between the two and it works fantastic. No latency issues and Cat6 is more than capable.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    I actually don't know, our customers use them for presenting mostly. We usually use the HDMI over HDBaseT. I actually don't know all the specs, I am in the Procurement side, they just send me lists to order. I just saw the wireless units and thought they were pretty slick.

    EDIT looked it up 90-120ms a bit laggy, probably not good for gaming.

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