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Has anyone used their Steam Deck with a projector and/or as home media machine (HTPC)? We bought a Chromecast while traveling abroad and took hours to setup Wi-
by diceduckmonk 4y ago
Has anyone used their Steam Deck with a projector and/or as home media machine (HTPC)? We bought a Chromecast while traveling abroad and took hours to setup Wi-Fi, login with various streaming accounts with arrow keys, then finally hit with regional lockouts (HBO not being available and Netflix having different catalogue). In the end, we just gave up and went to the movie theaters. It’d be great if we had a portable content streaming device that’s a proper computer and where we can have a VPN setup, possibly even with a offline catalogue while we’re on a plane.
- noxvilleza 4y agoNvidia Shield is pretty good for this IMO. EUR 160/EUR 220 depending on if you want the pro version or not. Runs Android, can have a VPN, can run a {Netflix, Plex, etc} client. Comes with a remote. If you have the Pro version, you can also plug in an external HDD (which I imagine you can use for downloading content onto, although I've not done this myself), and/or wireless keyboard and mouse. Also does 4K out.
- justinsaccount 4y agoFWIW, you can easily install tailscale (and probably other things too) on the chromecast.
- zaggynl 4y agoYou can setup a VPN through desktop mode. I've put together a howto for wireguard: https://zaggy.nl/nextcloud/s/yGW9SinMCoWcNZN https://zaggy.nl/nextcloud/s/yGW9SinMCoWcNZN It's no turnkey solution, you can probably find an easier howto for popular VPN services and wireguard. Personally I've been using the jellyfin client on my steam deck, which works well, add the dock and you have a home media machine.