SteamOS Question.

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TeelNicotine

Will SteamOS work on any television?
I dont have the latest high-tech television. xD

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DeathMaster

I guess, as long as you have some cable to connect to it.

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TeelNicotine

Mmmh would this be USB to TV? D:

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DeathMaster

That -could- work, but I guess you can try that before SteamOS ever releases. The case of USB really depends on your TV, some don't allow anything with a power consumption bigger than a USB drive.

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TeelNicotine

Oh, ok well i am not smart at all when it comes to televisions.

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Canaan428

I think HDMI or DVI.

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matthewmjb

no, most likely a hdmi cable or possibly a dvi cable.

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TeelNicotine

But you can like play games even without the new steamOS thing right? D: just plug in your PC

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DrVitoti

that doesn't make any sense.

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TeelNicotine

0_o

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smog0

if you can use big picture on your tv then (i suppose) you can use steam OS without troubles

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TeelNicotine

Well i dont have a Playstation nor an Xbox.. well ive got a PS2 but its too old xD

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Drafek

what?

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Canaan428

As long as you can connect your pc with your tv it should be fine.

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dooder

Or if it has Wi-Fi

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Ansatsunin

HOW ABOUT STOP ASKING AND WAIT FOR ACTUAL INFO. FROM THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT?

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TeelNicotine

Meh we true gamers are born with no patience when it comes to playing video games.

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Ansatsunin

Nothing to do with it. All these fucking discussions and threads popping up in chat rooms and on sites about the announcements, all this idle speculation, people asking OTHER GAMERS WHO KNOW AS LITTLE AS THEM about deeper stuff concerning SteamOS.. It's fucking annoying and stupid. There's even people saying stuff like "yes it will only run games that support Linux (as it's Linux based)" - while saying it's Linux based means very little specifically, as how it's implemented is just as important as saying something is based off a particular OS. Just fucking morons bothering other people with questions concerning something they know the exact same info. about, and even bigger morons pretending they know exactly what's going to happen and are actually giving answers as if they're Valve employees.

-_-

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Oneironaut21

It isn't exactly a complicated question. You don't need to be the developer of an operating system to know whether or not a computer running that OS will be able to output a display to a TV.

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Ansatsunin

.. "Will SteamOS work on any television? I dont have the latest high-tech television. xD"

1) "I don't have the latest high-tech television" doesn't tell us anything about what kind of TV he wants whatever he's asking about to work with.
2) It's asking about compatibility of an OS with a TV. The question doesn't even make any sense whatsoever.
3) Even if it did make sense by substituting "Steambox" for "SteamOS" in that sentence, we still know nothing more about what kind of outputs the Steambox will have, what kind of cables it will be supplied with, or anything else, than OP himself does. Nothing.

Now, for your comment. The ability for a computer to output to a TV, or lack thereof, is purely a hardware issue. Not an OS issue. Every PC will have a video output of some sort. Whether or not you have the right cables and inputs on your TV (or proper converter blocks / cables to convert from your video cards' native output to whatever your TV's inputs use) determines whether or not you can output to a TV. Nothing about the OS has any bearing on this whatsoever, barring an OS that has no video output in it..

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TeelNicotine

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Lezz

waiting for information? FROM VALVE!?... i'm not sure, but i doubt that anyone of us have that amount of time on our lives.

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TeelNicotine

xD hahaha

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Hangoverlike

Stop yelling or you will get a sore throat.

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SpankyPie

This? O.o

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TeelNicotine

Nonono xP i do have a somewhat new television from like 2010

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beerland

If it's HD ready or FullHD it will work for sure but I dont think they will support the very old ones with a resolution of 768x576 or 640x480. Dont think they still sold that old garbage in 2010 so your TV should be fine ;p Or were you talking about.. installing the OS on a TV? Wouldn't count on that :p

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Hangoverlike

I think he means the last part "installing the OS on a TV". And that, is a no go.

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TeelNicotine

damm :*(

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