Field notes from the broadcast tower.
Setup guides, performance deep-dives, security write-ups, and the occasional opinion piece on cloud gaming.
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Tier 1 is live: motion, touchpad, lightbar, and battery now round-trip across the LAN
The Tier 1 release brings full DualSense feature parity to Dish and Satellite: gyro and accelerometer forwarding, two-finger touchpad, RGB lightbar control, and battery telemetry. All over the same encrypted UDP session.
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PC gamepads compared: 15 wireless controllers and virtual gamepad apps, ranked by latency
The most thorough side-by-side comparison of the top PC controllers and phone-as-controller apps. Latency, polling rate, multi-controller support, and price, all in one table, sorted with latency first because that's what actually matters.
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Dish: the free Steam Controller replacement we've been waiting for
Valve discontinued the Steam Controller in 2019 and left a niche unfilled. Dish gives you the same wireless freedom: phone-as-controller, fully customizable, free, and faster than the original. Here's how the two compare.
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Dish vs 8BitDo: do you really need to spend $50 on a Pro 2 or Ultimate?
8BitDo makes great gamepads, but they aren't free, they need a dongle to hit low latency on PC, and they don't roam past one room. Dish gets you most of the same wins for $0, and works alongside your existing 8BitDo if you already own one.
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Dish vs Remote Gamepad and other phone-as-controller apps: a fair comparison
Apps like Remote Gamepad, Monect PC Remote, and PC Remote Receiver have made phone-as-controller a popular idea. They also have ads, telemetry, and noticeable latency. Here's why Dish is faster, more secure, and free.
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How to use your phone as a wireless controller for your PC
A step-by-step guide to turning any iPhone, Android phone, or tablet into a low-latency wireless gamepad for your gaming PC. No Bluetooth, no wires, no fees.
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Sunshine + Moonlight + Dish: the perfect cloud-gaming-at-home trio
How to combine Sunshine, Moonlight, and Dish to build a couch-gaming setup that's better than the GeForce Now subscription you almost paid for.
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Connecting a controller to a PC from another room, the right way
Bluetooth is fine for the same room. For across-the-house wireless control, Dish's Wi-Fi UDP approach is dramatically lower-latency and more reliable. Here's how it works and why.
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Why Wi-Fi UDP beats Bluetooth for gamepad streaming
A practical comparison of Bluetooth gamepad protocols vs Dish's Wi-Fi UDP approach. Latency, range, multi-controller support, and why it matters for competitive play.
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Four phones, one couch, zero extra hardware: PC couch co-op done right
How to host a 4-player local co-op night using nothing but the phones already in your friends' pockets. Dish, Satellite, and a TV with Moonlight.