Maybe buying several devices is just fine, maybe not. But then it becomes a question about your budget. If you are just planing on streaming to them, that is probably a better option. Several have mentioned to just use a streaming device like the Fire TV, Chromecast or Roku. I would say it all comes down to what you are comfortable with.
Either install Linux Mint, Manjaro, Ubuntu, etc on a small HTPC or just get a Windows Box. And I say that as a full time Linux user. You need to have a decent enough computer to run SteamOS, and even then it isn't a great experience. For one, the Pi can't run it, as it is 圆4 based and the Pi is ARM based. On the thought of SteamOS, probably just don't. It can get the job done, but you might not like how it does that job. Playing games and watching movies is pretty generic. The Pi should be able to handle all of what you want to do, possibly with some exceptions/compromises, but again, it really depends on exactly what you want from it. The user experience probably won't be the greatest though. My next question here is what are you planing on streaming? Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and others may work well enough in a browser, though I don't have personal experience here either as I ditched those services a few years back. If you have a NAS or Plex server, it also has Gigabit Ethernet, so you could stream from that well enough. But it does have USB 3.0, so you can leverage that pretty well.
The next question is what "retro games" are you planing on playing? Are you planning to stream from your gaming machine to the Pi, or are you planning on loading up an emulator for an old console?įor movies, Kodi is a great option if you want to play content from local storage, and no, the Pi 4 doesn't have a Type-C connector for Data, it only powers off of a Type-C. There were some bigger changes to the hardware on the Pi 4, so it could be a matter of waiting for Valve to update the app to be more stable on the Pi 4, but having not experienced it, I would say YMMV. As several have mentioned, there are plenty of options, and the Steam Link app has worked pretty well for me, though I have the dedicated Steam Link hardware as well, so I generally use that. So I haven't used the Pi 4, but I have used all previous versions.
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