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** SHIELD TABLETS NOW AVAILABLE & BUNDLES FROM OcUK!! **
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Ok so I have a tablet, I have a pc, and I have 4k tv, what software (tablet apps, pc software etc.) Do I need to play a game on the pc, stream it to the Android tablet and then output that to the 4k tv. As this is what the new shield tablet can do.
Let's see if it really is already doable as pottsey has said.
Let's see if it really is already doable as pottsey has said.
It all depends on your tablet as they are all a little different.
Only ever used splashtop myself. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.v2#
http://limelight-stream.com/ effectively shield its the same protocol used by shield and it works on most Android tablets. Never used it myself as I am happy with splash top. EDIT:update: Been looking into limelight it has the same PC software as shield. Just as easy to install.
http://store.steampowered.com/streaming/ is meant to be the best, even better then shield but in only works on limited tablets right now. Steam on X86 tablets is the best way but clearly not an option for your tablet.
Those are the main 3 but not the only ones.
For the TV part its pretty much the same as shield. You need to use a mico HDMI cable, mirrorcast, airplay or whatever your tablet has to connect to a TV. If the TV is in the same house as the computer often its best to just skip the tablet and mirrorcast or HDMI directly to the TV. Its far cheaper and less lag to use mirrorcast cast directly from the PC to TV when that's an option.
I didn't say it was late, I said it doesn't fit into the normal generation cycles but I learn towards saying its an early next gen GPU."But this new Nvidia Sheild tablet is late to the market.
I was wrong about the date. As metal apps where being shown off live at shows I thought it has come out. Developers have metal now; the main game engines Unity and Unreal 4 that the majority of mobile games are develop on support metal. But the apps and games are not due on mass yet. Saying that I will be very surprised if mass adoption doesn’t happen soon considering the 10’s of millions of OS8 metal devices along with main game engines Unity and Unreal 4.
I still stand by in saying Zen Garden is by far the best mobile graphics I have seen to date and far in advance of anything Tegra K1 has shown it can do.
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Yikes... The GPU power on this actually is crazy!
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8296/the-nvidia-shield-tablet-review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8296/the-nvidia-shield-tablet-review
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More reviews here, it seems a slam dunk for NVIDIA and its a real product out now and I've got one myself now too, though I am doing it no justice by playing fruit ninja on it I think.
Reviews:
http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-review
http://hexus.net/mobile/reviews/tablets/72357-nvidia-shield-tablet/
http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-review-29338942/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8296/the-nvidia-shield-tablet-review
More reviews here, it seems a slam dunk for NVIDIA and its a real product out now and I've got one myself now too, though I am doing it no justice by playing fruit ninja on it I think.
Reviews:
http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-review
http://hexus.net/mobile/reviews/tablets/72357-nvidia-shield-tablet/
http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-review-29338942/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8296/the-nvidia-shield-tablet-review
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So how did the splashtop streaming go?
Honestly Splashtop on my Z1 is a no go for me, the IQ is dire too.
Wish it was available to ship for tomorrow, I'd buy a 780 and a shield straight off!
Honestly Splashtop on my Z1 is a no go for me, the IQ is dire too.
Wish it was available to ship for tomorrow, I'd buy a 780 and a shield straight off!
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I can off my Surface 2 for probably the same type of money as the base Shield and I can probably off my 290 to a friend at an 80 quid loss to a 780.
Seems very good, even in 6 months time with the new tablets out, they certainly aren't going to smash the performance of this as some were saying. Not for anywhere near the same price.
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Hi there
More reviews here, it seems a slam dunk for NVIDIA and its a real product out now and I've got one myself now too, though I am doing it no justice by playing fruit ninja on it I think.
Reviews:
http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-review
http://hexus.net/mobile/reviews/tablets/72357-nvidia-shield-tablet/
http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-shield-tablet-review-29338942/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8296/the-nvidia-shield-tablet-review
Looks like its Pottsey vs the world then
Surface i like as well i was looking at either Surface or Shield to replace my now passive HP 311c netbook that overheats with anything 480p+. But they killed surface on price i reckon. Until Surface is retina i refuse to go there because once i does it will be awesome.
But for now i think it is going to be android+memory card instead.
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ROFL Yep thats defo a wii u gamepad recorded on someones phone
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Retina is just a BS term, the Surface 2 (Which I have) is 1080p at 10.6".
Honestly can't see the point in any higher right now at 10.6"
Surface's price (Not the 1st one, that was indefensible) but the second one, had they REALLY put the effort in with Windows RT was well worth it. Unfortunately MS are continuing on dropping the ball.
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Same here. Its plenty sharp enough and 1080p on the desktop mode makes everything look super small. Retina winds me up as technically the iphone is retina as well yet looks pants
Reading the comments a lot of people agreed with me. Same for some of the reviewers comments. A quick list it’s very heavy for its size which is bad for gaming, has bad colour reproduction, terrible battery life, low resolution for a flagship tablet, limited outdoor visibly due to the poor screen, nothing to use the GPU on, wasted GPU power.Looks like its Pottsey vs the world then
Game streaming isn’t a selling point as the same software works on almost any Android Tablet. (Limelight is the same software as Shield with the same steps to use even 100% the same software installed on the PC.) Even spotted people saying it has a 16:10 aspect ratio which makes it bad for films most of which are 16:9.
I will be very surprised if this sells well as it’s anything but a slam dunk. Its sub-standard gaming tablet with nothing useful to make stand out from other gaming tablets. Weight, buttons, good display and battery life are the most important things for a gaming tablet. This tablet comes last or near last in all those areas.
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Between this the above comments and being in dead last in battery life this is a bad gaming tablet.
“There are really only two complaints that I can find with the Shield Tablet hardware, the first being weight. At a hefty 390g (0.86lb), this 8-inch tablet is rather dense, and it's heavier than all of its competitors by a good margin”
“The tablet's buttons are also problematic. While every device has its own feel, and pressure level necessary to depress the hardware power and volume keys, the Shield Tablet's seem exceptionally mushy.”
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Newer Surface ones have a performance edge as they are x86 and insanely expensive in comparison.
However why not just buy two Shields and SLI them?
I need to really see one to be fair i thought it was below 1080p. Just googled the 3rd one as well not bad but nasty price! How do you think these devices will get on with flash then or the Youtube apps when we run 4K? Do you reckon they will keel over with 4K flash? Cant say i am 100% up to speed on tablets at the minute.
Yea £600 versus £240 with 880 around the corner priority is now Nvidia, The sneaky buggers! What is the stock estimate going to be then Mr Gibbo are you going to have enough to satisfy all the pre orders and many more?
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If you mean pre-orders on Shield, then yes we have more than enough to cover pre-orders at present.
A lot of those points are either just totally pedantic, or verging on untrue!
It's a maximum of 100g heavier than comparably sized tablets, so yes it's heavier, but it's far from being outright heavy, or too heavy to use. The colour reproduction isn't great, but it's something very few people will notice, and having used displays which have very similar calibrations, it's really not a big deal.
Normal use battery life is good, it's only if you're stressing the GPU to 100% that the battery life is bad, at which point it's still around 66% as long lasting as other tablets, which given the extra power for the GPU isn't really that surprising or bad. When running less intense tasks, I'm fairly confident the difference will be less.
The resolution is fine. 1200p on an 8" tablet is totally acceptable, and works well in a gaming focused tablet. I've no idea where you pulled the poor sunlight visibility from though, any links for that?
Commenting on the "nothing to use the GPU power on", well that's hardly a criticism of this tablet, it's more a comment on the state of games.
So what it actually is is a tablet with a decent screen, nice size, absolutely top of the range performance, good battery life in normal tablet tasks. The downsides are that it's only a decent screen, not a fantastic one (I'd love it to have one of the AMOLED displays!), and that the battery life when running benchmarks is poor.