Does anyone use Big Picture Mode on steam?

I tried it early on, just to see what it was about. It lagged.

0/10: Never tried again.

it supposed to be used on a TV.
I'm planning to buy an HDMI cable to link my PC to my TV (mainly to watch videos from PC to the TV) but i will give it a try, there's some games on Steam that are worth to give a try to be played on TV with a controller.

Once clicked on it when tried to close steam, struggled with lag about 2 minutes, 11/10.

As one SG user put it in another thread some time ago: "The BPM button is just a thing for me to misclick on and shout profanities at while I wait for Steam to recover."
I 100% agree with that statement :D

Accidently press alt+enter occasionally... ragequit

My PC is always connected to my TV instead of a PC monitor and I play most games with an Xbox 360 controller, but I've never seen the point of Big Picture.

No, because I don't use it on TV. I've launched it several times just to see the functionality. May be it's useful if you're playing with controller on the big screen luying on the sofa :) Absolutely don't need it at the current step of life

Nope. The only time I ever use it is when I accidently press the xbox button on my controller with steam open and it opens big picture :P
But I don't like the way big picture mode looks. It's so much easier using the regular steam AI.

It used to be REALLY laggy. But playing on TV without fast access to the keyboard makes it horribly hard to see achievements and stuff.

I never use big picture, its not laggy when i open it, but when I plug it on my tv with an HDMI i use the normal one with a mouse...

Yes. For like 5 seconds when I accidentally click on it.

I'v managed to click it by mistake a couple of times early on and got really pissed at how laggy it was and how that made it difficult to exit it, other that that no, i can't say i have much experience with it.

Why would i want to use a much inferior console like UI on the master platform (PC)?

Sometimes

Not enough options in the poll :(

I have two PCs. One on a desk , connected to a monitor and controlled with mouse+keyboard. Standard mode in Steam.

The second one is a small console size PC in my living room, connected to the TV. It starts Steam right after booting and starts up in Big Picture mode. I only have controller games installed on that one, so no keyboard needed. Everything (including turning off the power) is controlled with a 360 pad. it's a PC acting as a console. For this Big Picture mode is great! No keyboard needed and easy to navigate with the controller.

So, I use Big Picture mode all the time on one of my computers. The second one - never.

I use it all the time, I connect my laptop to my TV with HDMI and use a PlayStation 3 controller. I love Big Picture mode.

I've only accidentally clicked it, makes Steam lag so I never use it.

I use it sometimes when I play with controler =)

Big Picture Mode is one of Valve's stupidest thing to implement on Steam by default.
There should at least be a setting to turn it off... I hate it when I accidentally hit the Xbox button on my controller, which launches BPM.

Another member of the only by accident crew here.

It's only really for people who would occasionally plug their PC/laptop into the tv or have a secondary PC plugged in as far as I can see.

My main and only PC is permanantly connected to my tv so I obviously need a wireless keyboard/mouse to hand.

My primary PC is connected to a TV in my rec room with Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. I use a Logitech controller for games that support it, and kb+m for everything else. I don't use Big Picture.

I do use it sometimes when i just want to sit back and play games on my TV.