Aurga Viewer - HDMI Wireless Transmitter (feat. Steam Deck, PC and Samsung DeX)

This device promises low latency, gaming friendly wireless HDMI transmission to "any" Ipad, Android Tablet, PC, Laptop, etc. giving you the opportunity to play your portable handhelds on the big screen; or even record/stream game play to streaming services or Discord ... you know, things everyone wants to do with their Steam Deck.
And it does it all for $80USD! Too good to be true? Let's find out together.
#aurga #hdmi #steamdeck #steamdeckoled #dongle #dex #samsung

[@caspergw]

Thank you for your $90 sacrifice! It's a pity it doesn't work better, as it could be very useful in certain situations.

[@Darkuni]

Right???

[@thehomieguy1955]

Thanks for testing this for us, Shane! You're the man.

[@JJSideshowBob]

I love these niche products being reviewed. Good job.

[@drogi007]

it still can be great tool for troubleshooting servers in the server room if you don't want to carry monitor around

[@Darkuni]

That would be an EXCELLENT use case for this device! Any sort of headless server maintenance would be great. Thanks for the idea!

[@chadaustin7663]

Thank you for the video. A product I am interested in and now I know more about it.

[@Darkuni]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheTakarr]

Super nice review! Thank you!

[@Glorious_Yell0w]

This is the standard with todays started up tech. They make it and release it but its not ready or dosent work at all, we as consumers are suppose to pay them and wait for the finished product or hope it will work later on.

[@Darkuni]

A sad state of affairs but a true one.

[@nelsonchu1343]

They also advertise pen pressure and tilt support. Wonder it works out.

[@corbins123]

I have a particular idea in mind would this work in a monitor itself or does it need a device phone PC or tablet to actually work I know I need a way to connect a device to it ie wirelessly on the deck but my idea is to use this as a screen share on a touch monitor that is just a monitor to turn the deck into a tablet not for gaming but I actually use the deck as a Linux machine alot of the time in desktop and I'm looking for a way to dock it charging and not have to hold it while watching or web searching and not needing kb mouse ect

[@tonipihlar4537]

Great for remote access

[@pouljin]

You should try streaming it from one pc to another just to test if it is the device or just slow streaming devices.

[@Darkuni]

I may save this idea ... perhaps a firmware update or something will come ...

[@pouljin]

@Darkuni is probably still slow, but worth testing as neither your phone nor the steam deck can encode video at speedy rates and ultimately it is a streaming stick. You might also test it at different resolutions as lower rez streams faster. Also I think might be interesting to see how it streams to your phone from your pc... kind of an alternative to steamplay as an option for high setting rendering.

[@Darkuni]

@@pouljin Well, there isn't really "encoding" involved. It isn't like the phone or Deck is running an app to "send" the video. It is just straight HDMI out. The encoding (and any slow down) would be on the dongle's side of the house, right? I'm not a hardware engineer, so I could be making a false assumption. I did the DEX test which was phone to PC and that was the more successful test - being that use case being the most ... well ... useful :D

[@nagyFerko]

@@DarkuniI read that it is slower on android then on an iOS device, there is a guy on Reddit who tested with a some galaxy tablet and an older iPad and the latency worst on the Samsung device. There might be a problem with the android app. I already ordered one for myself. I will write an update when I tested it with android, iOS, windows and mac too.

[@joe55514]

I dont get it i can play wireless pc vr. I mean the pc streams to the vr headset the headset is showing two steams each eye more than 1080 resolution is simultaneously wireless connected to the controllers receiving their input processing it ant wirelessly transmitting it to the pc. And on top of that all the gyroscopic and trough multiple inside out cameras streams tracked and processed motions tracing of the headset itself also wirelessly transmitted. If that wast with absolutely minimal delay it would break the immersion straight away. No one can tell me wireless VR is possible dalay free and a simpe 1080p stream isn’t possible delayfree

[@AleksandrShilov-oz5kh]

Will this device work with the Raspberry pi 5?

[@Darkuni]

No reason to believe it wouldn't. Not sure about the USB passthrough though ...

[@smp2]

The most interesting part of this device for me is the fact that you can control the connected device's keyboard and mouse, but I agree with you this is definitely not meant for gaming or watching videos.

[@Darkuni]

I'm considering a followup as a headless PC/server remote type scenario...

[@smp2]

@@Darkuni I’d love to see it! Subscribed :)

[@Darkuni]

@@smp2 I just hooked it up - and it works "okay" as a headless remote. I need to do a bit more research but yeah, should be quick and useful.

[@smp2]

@@Darkuni it’s basically a hardware version of TeamViewer/VNC. Great for devices you can’t install that sort of software on.

[@Darkuni]

@@smp2 ... and it just so happens .. I have a machine that - when connected to work VPN - won't allow ANY remote software to get through. THIS? Works. Actually an AWESOME use case - but a damn esoteric one.

[@Shadowfax1804]

I had high hopes for this, but alas, it seems to be more hype than reality. Thanks for saving me the money, time, frustration and eventual disappointment!

[@Darkuni]

You're welcome. Big disappointment here too, obviously :(

[@zarphus8087]

yeah i got one and it felt like a waste. inconvenient, incompatible, intermittent. im pretty sure they added an esp32 to a video encoder and shipped it. there are devices a fraction of the cost that do the job better. just get a chromecast, or anything compatible with steam link. (many android tv sticks, or raspberry pi 4 or higher should be fine for steam link)

[@Darkuni]

Did you see my follow up video? Saved....

[@zarphus8087]

@@Darkuni i did, but its too specific a use case: between teamviewer, and steam link, i can not only do all that, but i can even do a trick to get the steam link to send the magic packet to boot my PC up remotely.

[@Darkuni]

@@zarphus8087 TeamViewer is complete ass though. I used to use them before AnyDesk, and it constantly told me I was using it for BUSINESS USE and limited my usage. Took a WEEK, each time, to "convince" them I wasn't using it for commercial use. I kicked it to the curb. AnyDesk works just as well with no nonsense (at least, not yet). :D

[@zarphus8087]

@@Darkuni honestly, steam link does a lot more than you'd think if you operate it outside of big picture mode.

[@Darkuni]

@@zarphus8087 I'll have to spend some time with it ...

[@paladin181]

Steamlink is free and does a better job over Wifi. Not great by any means, but for free, you'd expect it. for $100, you'd expect a better product than 1/2 second delays and horrible compression artifacting.

[@Darkuni]

Totally. Especially with DIRECT wifi and the two being so close together. Again, makes me wonder if a firmware update or something COULD help. Maybe I have a defective unit even...

[@nagyFerko]

Steam link won’t work in the bios just for one example. Also you can use it to stream devices that doesn’t have steam in it. For example I didn’t plan to use it for games, but to stream my appletv to my vr headset since it doesn’t support any streaming platform in 1080p, most of them 480p or maybe 720p from browser, but some of them are just won’t work from the headset at all.

[@nickblack2006]

Shame great idea but yea it stinks.

[@MrQuay03]

Crappy product. 😂

[@Darkuni]

Yes .. yes indeed.