OMFG. OMFG. Valve to announce Steambox - steam console

Yeah, my mid tower case has seen numerous revisions and complete upgrades too. I don't think I could buy a steel case like this for what I got it for anymore either. It fits snuggly in my entertainment cabinet behind doors. Every time I've tried to price a low profile system I just could not justify the expense.

If proprietary manufacturers would let me by their crap and upgrade the CPU, RAM and Video Card I might consider picking up one of their cheapboxes. Do they still epoxy their motherboards to the cases?

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

Essentially anything micro ATX. They even sell dedicated HTPC cases (which are usually horizontal rather than vertical like a tower). If you do build a form factor HTPC, make sure not skimp on the case - my previous HTPC was built with a cheap form factor case, and the thing had so much heating problems.

I'm like you now, I just run a tower (although I keep it in the closet and I've routed VGA and USB terminal connections throughout my house).

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Couldn't you just stream that through your PS3 or 360?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMoHZxkzmIk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBA4t...eature=related

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Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster

Yeah that's a VLX. You could throw 2 VX/V3's into the mix for just one of those, but my point was it's not total overkill to throw 2 grand at a gaming HTPC while expecting it to have peripherals for most modern games. Wheels, Sticks, etc.

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Then go ahead if you have the cash, get those sticks too.Wish I was you right now.

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

Essentially anything micro ATX. They even sell dedicated HTPC cases (which are usually horizontal rather than vertical like a tower). If you do build a form factor HTPC, make sure not skimp on the case - my previous HTPC was built with a cheap form factor case, and the thing had so much heating problems.

I'm like you now, I just run a tower (although I keep it in the closet and I've routed VGA and USB terminal connections throughout my house).

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I'm kind of jealous right now, mine is a full tower making a bunch of noise next to my TV.I have to look into setting something up.

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Originally Posted by kokujin

Then go ahead if you have the cash, get those sticks too.Wish I was you right now.



I'm kind of jealous right now, mine is a full tower making a bunch of noise next to my TV.I have to look into setting something up.

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It's so worth it, too. To this day, I still run dual 8800 GT in SLI format, meaning I have 4 heads, which I route to different rooms. Every room in my place has a flat panel TV in it, which is connected to the central HTPC.

My HTPC is really, really set up well. I have 3.5 tb of space completely filled with TV shows, movies, music videos, etc. I even have a full 2 gb set up for classic commercials (like old MTV bumpers and stuff) that I can put into a giant playlist to simulate TV. It's really awesome being able to basically program your own TV channel and have it follow you from TV to TV.

I use a Gyration MCE Remote, which also functions like a wiimote when you press a button in the middle, moving the mouse on screen. I've done a shitload of stuff to it, including writing a ton of programs to make running different emulators seemless -- along with the ability for controls to automap depending on what controller converter I use (i.e. If I plug an SNES controller into a USB adapter, and it's the only controller plugged in, it'll act as controller 1 in every game I have, but if I pop a Sega Genesis controller in alongside it, it'll automatically remap the SNES controller to player 2 when playing Sega games, and map the Sega controller to player 2 when playing SNES games, and I've got converters for every system I own from Dreamcast to N64 to Neo Geo) but I'm about to go out, so I'll throw down more info on my setup later on.

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

It's so worth it, too. To this day, I still run dual 8800 GT in SLI format, meaning I have 4 heads, which I route to different rooms. Every room in my place has a flat panel TV in it, which is connected to the central HTPC.

My HTPC is really, really set up well. I have 3.5 tb of space completely filled with TV shows, movies, music videos, etc. I even have a full 2 gb set up for classic commercials (like old MTV bumpers and stuff) that I can put into a giant playlist to simulate TV. It's really awesome being able to basically program your own TV channel and have it follow you from TV to TV.

I use a Gyration MCE Remote, which also functions like a wiimote when you press a button in the middle, moving the mouse on screen. I've done a shitload of stuff to it, including writing a ton of programs to make running different emulators seemless -- along with the ability for controls to automap depending on what controller converter I use (i.e. If I plug an SNES controller into a USB adapter, and it's the only controller plugged in, it'll act as controller 1 in every game I have, but if I pop a Sega Genesis controller in alongside it, it'll automatically remap the SNES controller to player 2 when playing Sega games, and map the Sega controller to player 2 when playing SNES games, and I've got converters for every system I own from Dreamcast to N64 to Neo Geo) but I'm about to go out, so I'll throw down more info on my setup later on.

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It's official, I'm jealous.I definitely have to set something up, in time I guess.

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

It's so worth it, too. To this day, I still run dual 8800 GT in SLI format, meaning I have 4 heads, which I route to different rooms. Every room in my place has a flat panel TV in it, which is connected to the central HTPC.

My HTPC is really, really set up well. I have 3.5 tb of space completely filled with TV shows, movies, music videos, etc. I even have a full 2 gb set up for classic commercials (like old MTV bumpers and stuff) that I can put into a giant playlist to simulate TV. It's really awesome being able to basically program your own TV channel and have it follow you from TV to TV.

I use a Gyration MCE Remote, which also functions like a wiimote when you press a button in the middle, moving the mouse on screen. I've done a shitload of stuff to it, including writing a ton of programs to make running different emulators seemless -- along with the ability for controls to automap depending on what controller converter I use (i.e. If I plug an SNES controller into a USB adapter, and it's the only controller plugged in, it'll act as controller 1 in every game I have, but if I pop a Sega Genesis controller in alongside it, it'll automatically remap the SNES controller to player 2 when playing Sega games, and map the Sega controller to player 2 when playing SNES games, and I've got converters for every system I own from Dreamcast to N64 to Neo Geo) but I'm about to go out, so I'll throw down more info on my setup later on.

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Holy Guacamole! Now this peaks my interest! I look forward to hearing you throw down some more information on this set up!

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Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster

If they do this, I think Valve should throw money at Japanese developers, get them on board and put it on equal footing with the console market. Somebody should throw money at Falcom and get all their Windows games officially translated.

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Guess I spoke too soon.

http://i.imgur.com/WXm0D.png

Valve denies Steambox-rumors... at least for the Time being.

Thanks to TheSonicRetard, I just picked up a Gyration Air Mouse Elite. I searched everywhere to replace my ailing Logitech Trackman with something that had better range and sensitivity. I do need this to allow me to edit videos on the HTPC from 7ft away. I am hoping that I understood the specs correctly, but at least the thing is designed to work from farther away than the average fart.

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Valve denies Steambox-rumors... at least for the Time being.

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Originally Posted by Phantar

Valve denies Steambox-rumors... at least for the Time being.

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They didn't really deny the steambox rumors. Rather, they pretty much said exactly what I've been saying all throughout this topic, in an attempt to shut up people who can't grasp what they're doing. They said they're not going to manufacture hardware, which is what people kept saying but wasn't what they said in the original interviews. Nothing they said goes against what I and others have said the steambox would be.

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

They didn't really deny the steambox rumors. Rather, they pretty much said exactly what I've been saying all throughout this topic, in an attempt to shut up people who can't grasp what they're doing.

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Not exactly. You've compared the Steam Box (or whatever the heck you've been labeling it) to the 3DO. But the way Valve fielded the question makes it clear that it isn't close to the same thing. They're adjusting the UI of Steam to look better on a TV. That's it. It's not universal specs or anything like the 3DO. It's comparable to, say, Netflix adjusting their UI to look better on the PS3.

So not exactly "OMFG! OMFG! Best new fucking EVER!"

Pro-tip: throwing "fuck" casually into sentences doesn't make your argument stronger.

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Originally Posted by InternalPrimate

Pro-tip: throwing "fuck" casually into sentences doesn't make your argument stronger.

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Repped for great justice!

Now all I want from Steam (beside making it easier to move around game files on the disk) is to provide a true offline mode.

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Originally Posted by InternalPrimate

Not exactly. You've compared the Steam Box (or whatever the heck you've been labeling it) to the 3DO. But the way Valve fielded the question makes it clear that it isn't close to the same thing. They're adjusting the UI of Steam to look better on a TV. That's it. It's not universal specs or anything like the 3DO. It's comparable to, say, Netflix adjusting their UI to look better on the PS3.

So not exactly "OMFG! OMFG! Best new fucking EVER!"

Pro-tip: throwing "fuck" casually into sentences doesn't make your argument stronger.

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No, but apparently saying the same thing over and over again does. ;)

So yeah. this is absolutely happening. Valve just posted a job listing for hardware engineers, and a recently hired valve employee just tweated that he's working on valve's "next gen hardware."

Apple CEO Tim Cook was also seen walking out of valve's headquarters earlier today, which supports all the speculation of a steambox spec being supported by multiple hardware manufacturers - you bet your ass apple will have their own version of steambox.

This is happening. and it's going to be huge.