Nvidia Shield TV

[hartgeh3]

http://shield.nvidia.com

Nvidia Shield TV out now in USA/Canada, but UK?

Packing the world’s most advanced processor, Tegra X1 — with its 256-core NVIDIA GPU and a 64-bit CPU — NVIDIA SHIELD offers up to 30x the performance of competing devices. SHIELD connects you to your content in 4K. It makes a new class of games possible on Android. And it delivers blazing-fast streaming performance.

Watching videos with NVIDIA SHIELD is a whole new experience. 4K or HD, you have to see it to believe it. And there are some brand-new TV apps with movies and shows to check out.

Netflix 4K Ultra HD — Ultra HD streaming is now available on Netflix, and you can check out popular shows like “House of Cards,” “The Blacklist” and Netflix original series like “Daredevil,” all on NVIDIA SHIELD through your 4K television. 4K content is also available on SHIELD through YouTube 4K.
Sling TV — Now you can watch live TV over the internet. Watch ESPN, your favorite shows, breaking news, big games, new movies and more. This app allows you to watch the best live TV instantly on NVIDIA SHIELD.
Live Channels — Google’s Live Channels app is for watching live TV. Watch your favorite news, sports, movies and TV shows from various channel sources such as built-in tuner, IP-based tuners and more — and show them instantly on NVIDIA SHIELD.1
New TV apps on Android TV — Major broadcasters are bringing their video and viewing apps to Android TV, including HBO Now, FOX and CBS family of apps, Vimeo and more.

Fully-loaded: whichever NVIDIA SHIELD you choose, you’ll get plenty of features.
SHIELD Controller
Support for 4k
High-speed HDMI cable
Voice search
NVIDIA Over-the-air updates
MicroSD expansion
USB 3.0 ports
Gigabit Ethernet
802.11ac WiFi
90 days of Google Play Music*
$30 Google Play Gift Card*
Onboard storage - 16GB or 500GB
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! - only with 500GB version
Price:
$199.99 for 16GB
$299.99 for 500GB

* Limited time only. Total of $60 in value includes $30 Google Play store credit, along with a 90-day subscription ($30 value) to Google Play Music All Access.

1 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is planned for release on SHIELD on July 1, 2015. Date is subject to change by the game publisher.

 

[Sk8erboi698]

Any news on the UK release date.

 

[hartgeh3]

I did order one from that rainforest website from America, only for the UK courier to reject it as it wasn't allowed in the country all because the controller had a battery in it!!! They sent it back and I got a refund, waste of time. I know other people got their's delivered.
No idea when its actually being release here, taking the biscuit.

 

[Scam]

Sounds like it services a lot of platforms that won't be available over here. Not sure I see the point?

 

[Sk8erboi698]

Sounds like it services a lot of platforms that won't be available over here. Not sure I see the point?

Just looking to stream pc games and use kodi. Don't fancy the steam controllers. Already invested in a 10gig home network ready for the beast. Sadly no dates mentioned any were.

 

[davisdavid]

I did order one from that rainforest website from America, only for the UK courier to reject it as it wasn't allowed in the country all because the controller had a battery in it!!! They sent it back and I got a refund, waste of time. I know other people got their's delivered.
No idea when its actually being release here, taking the biscuit.

It appeared on the UK site briefly and I asked the missus for it for my Birthday and somehow she managed to get it. It is the US version so I have to use a plug adapter but it works fine with steam games, W3 from GoG is a little ropey (looks really dark) and the borders sometimes don't fit the TV (I have a 32inch 1440p monitor at desktop and a 55in 1080p Samsung TV linked to Shield so might have to change settings on desktop first).

Kodi works fine on it, I have shield connected to to an Asus RT65U router which is connected to my Superhub 2 in Modem mode so it has plenty of bandwidth.

Grid was working lovely, played some Lego games on the stream service though I have read that the Grid feature is going to become a subscription service which kinda sucks as the US will have had it for free for ages and as soon as us mugs in Europe and the UK get it on full release there's going to probably be somewhere in the region of £9.99 (i think, maybe a £39.99 yearly?) a month subscription to use one of the key features.

All in all it's a good bit of kit, needs some minor tweaks but much better option than an ****** steambox. Also Steam Big Picture mode runs fine on Shield