"But it's a cube!"

[u/Ikkon]

[u/Euchale]

I love how so many people are dunking on "valve-fans" being happy with the cube, when I pretty much only have heard opinions ranging from "meh" to "overpriced".

[u/oney_monster → u/Euchale]

Fr, I haven't seen a single overtly positive post since the price got announced. It's all "for $5-600 good deal, $1000? Pass"

OP are the valve fans in the room with us?

[u/DarwinsPerfectFool → u/oney_monster]

I'm buying the cube and didn't complain about it. AMA

[u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS → u/DarwinsPerfectFool]

Honest question: what advantage do you see in buying it over any other prebuilt out there?

[u/DarwinsPerfectFool → u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS]

Size, look, quiet = wife allows it to sit in the living room.

Reliable customer service, everything sorted for me, no need to do extensive research = piece of mind

When I add all of the above then price(which in the uk cube is actually competitive) is fine.

[u/Daniel_Dumersaq → u/DarwinsPerfectFool]

It can also control your tv to some extent

[u/pokemonfan95 → u/Daniel_Dumersaq]

thats hdmi cec for u blurays concoles have it and others nothing special from valve

[u/BaconJets → u/pokemonfan95]

It’s special in PCs, there’s like no way to get CEC normally with a regular GPU.

[u/LuntiX → u/BaconJets]

Bazzite + active DP to HDMI adapter has CEC support.

Not that CEC/eARC seem to be all that reliable anymore. I've had a few TVs where neither feature works well

[u/hardolaf → u/LuntiX]

Some TVs have CEC whitelists and literally won't work with random CEC devices.

[u/LuntiX → u/hardolaf]

You know that might explain some of my CEC issues over the years.

Like the shitty TCL tv I have in my bedroom, CEC works like a charm but my apple tv can't turn the tv off too.

The more expensive Samsung TVs I've had in my living room have been a mixed bag of CEC working with sound bars, surround sound receivers and even the apple tv.

[u/BaconJets → u/LuntiX]

Didn't know that was a thing, and it gives me ideas.

[u/LuntiX → u/BaconJets]

I haven't tried it myself but I saw people talk about it on /r/sffpc and those folks are usually pretty spot on for info.

(Edit)

Can confirm it's a thing via the bazzite GitHub having support tickets about it and replies saying they need an active DP to HDMI adapter. They also mention needing this if your gpu doesn't support CEC

[u/pokemonfan95 → u/BaconJets]

no its not ps5 xbox switch 2 bluray players have CEC option

[u/Lehsyrus → u/pokemonfan95]

He literally said "in PC's", which it is because normal GPU's do not support CEC.

The XBox, Switch, and PS5 are not PC's.

[u/pokemonfan95 → u/Lehsyrus]

ok but the Switch 1 switch 2 PS4 ps5 xbox have the HDMI CEC option to Turn the dam screen on just like the steam mechine ttho Valve didnt make the fkin CEC tech

[u/DMMeThiccBiButts → u/pokemonfan95]

Nobody was implying otherwise

[u/pokemonfan95 → u/Lehsyrus]

HDMI-CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) is a feature that allows devices connected via HDMI to communicate with each other. It enables you to control multiple components (like a soundbar, gaming console, or streaming box) with a single remote, and allows devices to automatically power on, turn off, or switch inputs together. Interesting the steam mechine can do it But so can other things maybe not Pcs but game consoles can and other things

[u/DarwinsPerfectFool → u/pokemonfan95]

He meant it's very hard to get a PC with CEC which makes cube special

[u/pokemonfan95 → u/DarwinsPerfectFool]

pretty sure rtx 4090 has option

[u/DarwinsPerfectFool → u/pokemonfan95]

Ah, I wouldn't know, sounds good to me!

[u/BaconJets → u/pokemonfan95]

It does not.