So with SteamOS on the horizon and machines like the NVidia Shield, I'm thinking surely someone has thought of this before.
Here's what I'm looking to do: To sit on my couch downstairs with a controller, playing games off my PC upstairs. Controller inputs are being sent to the PC, and the video stream (in full 1080p/60fps/3D, which requires dual-link DVI) is sent back to the TV.
The kicker is that the TV and the PC are literally as far apart as they can possibly be in my apartment. One's in front, one's in back, one's upstairs, one's downstairs. The LAN cable connecting my PC to the router (where the TV is) is right around a hundred feet long.
Now, I'm sure this is not something that NVidia and Valve just magically invented a few months ago, the ability to do this. They just streamlined it and made it easier. Surely people have done this before, even if it is a convoluted process (which I don't really care about).
So what are my options? I assume I'll need some sort of go-between box downstairs that handles all of the communications to the PC. My controller would talk to it, and it would in turn bring in the video output from the PC over the network and send it via DVI to the television (this is, in effect, what the Shield does, is it not?)
What kind of system would I require for this go-between box? I'm thinking something small, maybe not powerful, but it would need to be fast. And obviously some specialized software, probably Linux-based.
On the surface, it seems reasonable to go with something like the Shield, but I think my video requirements (especially the 3D) are more than that little thing can handle. The upcoming Steam boxes don't seem to work this way.
Conversely, would it be more feasible to run it the other way 'round? To set up the PC downstairs next to the TV, as a straight-up home theater gaming PC, and then run video/controls to the keyboard/mouse and the other monitor upstairs, where I don't necessarily need an instant response and direct access to the hardware?
Here's what I'm looking to do: To sit on my couch downstairs with a controller, playing games off my PC upstairs. Controller inputs are being sent to the PC, and the video stream (in full 1080p/60fps/3D, which requires dual-link DVI) is sent back to the TV.
The kicker is that the TV and the PC are literally as far apart as they can possibly be in my apartment. One's in front, one's in back, one's upstairs, one's downstairs. The LAN cable connecting my PC to the router (where the TV is) is right around a hundred feet long.
Now, I'm sure this is not something that NVidia and Valve just magically invented a few months ago, the ability to do this. They just streamlined it and made it easier. Surely people have done this before, even if it is a convoluted process (which I don't really care about).
So what are my options? I assume I'll need some sort of go-between box downstairs that handles all of the communications to the PC. My controller would talk to it, and it would in turn bring in the video output from the PC over the network and send it via DVI to the television (this is, in effect, what the Shield does, is it not?)
What kind of system would I require for this go-between box? I'm thinking something small, maybe not powerful, but it would need to be fast. And obviously some specialized software, probably Linux-based.
On the surface, it seems reasonable to go with something like the Shield, but I think my video requirements (especially the 3D) are more than that little thing can handle. The upcoming Steam boxes don't seem to work this way.
Conversely, would it be more feasible to run it the other way 'round? To set up the PC downstairs next to the TV, as a straight-up home theater gaming PC, and then run video/controls to the keyboard/mouse and the other monitor upstairs, where I don't necessarily need an instant response and direct access to the hardware?
