NZXT tries its hand at a fully-functional PC-streaming device. Streaming devices are a familiar concept to most consumers, particularly within the realm of media consumption. Having an XBMC- (now Kodi) or Android-based streaming device is common place, and one of the most popular has been the Raspberry Pi. In that instance the streaming device fetches the audiovisual stream from a storage location and relays that information to a connected display, usually through HDMI.

Streaming media content is, however, significantly different from streaming the entire audiovisual output of a PC system. This specific use-case scenario has primarily entailed the use of remote-desktop software such as Chrome Remote Desktop, TeamViewer or the Windows Remote Desktop utility. In the case of the aforementioned remote desktop utilities the receiving end also requires a fully-functional receiving desktop, notebook, tablet or smartphone to interact with the connected PC. Complicated, huh?

Adding further to the complexity is the fact that all the named remote desktop utilities cannot effectively handle full-screen 3D-accelerated applications, e.g. PC gaming, and such limitations, for example, have paved the way for a gamer's streaming platform - Steam In-Home streaming. It quickly becomes apparent in the streaming abyss that there is no single unified solution for media content, gaming or traditional remote desktoping.