Testseek.com have collected 345 expert reviews of the NVIDIA Shield Tablet 8 inch and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for NVIDIA Shield Tablet 8 inch.
July 2014
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Solid guts with great GPU
PC streaming has virtually no lag
Access to full Google Play
Fastest Android tablet on the market
Comfortable to hold for long periods
Gaming on a TV at home or away is incredible
Blazing fast. Tegra K1 is an extremely powerful processor
And SHIELD Tablet takes full advantage of it. No lag. No slowdown. No stutter. Just pure speed
All the time
Fantastic form factor. I may be a little biased here
But eight inches is my favorite
Stellar gaming specs for the price
Stylus option adds surprisingly solid sketch and handwriting options to vanilla Android
Bright
Sharp screen matched with solid speaker-subwoofer combo
Built-in Twitch streaming functionality is first of its kind for
Beefy hardware
Very good battery life
Plenty of potential for tinkerers and itinerant gamers
The Nvidia Shield Android TV streaming box offers best-in-class hardware
Connectivity and gaming capabilities. It works with 4K streaming services including Netflix and YouTube. The Android TV platform delivers good conversational voice search from the i
Excellent game controller
Extremely fast Tegra 4
Long battery life
PC Streaming of games
Offers a fully immersive gaming experience on the go
Has all of the buttons a gamer could want
Streams PC gamesif you have the right NVIDIA GPU
Excellent battery life
Sound quality
And display
Substantive-feeling hardware
Lovely screen
Plenty of potential
Great Performance
Lots of Fun
Pure Android
Good Build Quality
Stream Games From a PC
Comfortable gamepad with powerful Gamepad Mapper feature. Excellent build quality. Very fast for an Android device. Lots of connection and storage options. Local PC game streaming works well.
Blistering overall and graphical performance
Tight
Springy controls
Fairly customizable
Loud
Full audio
Sleek
Clean design
Beautiful display with vivid color
Excellent graphics and overall performance
Can stream Android and PC games
Controller offers tight
Accurate controls with low latency for Android and PC
Game streaming and Grid cloud gaming are great uniquely great fun and cutting edge. Very fast tablet
Clean Android OS
Nice full HD display
Front-facing stereo speakers
The Nvidia Shield Tablet packs a lot of graphics punch with a new Tegra K1 processor. It has expandable microSD card storage
Runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and offers full access to Google Play app store. Its add-on wireless game controller enables connected
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Published: 2016-03-23, Author: Sam , review by: theverge.com
The right size, Strong ecosystem additions, Good price
Mediocre battery life, Unspectacular screen, Android tablets still aren't ideal
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
Published: 2016-02-20, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
Updating your OS is something that has been a huge topic of discussion over the past few months, whether it be Microsoft aggressively pushing Windows 10 on consumers with their "free upgrade" or it being anger at Mobile manufacturers for not updating your...
Published: 2014-12-10, Author: Sam , review by: arstechnica.com
Stellar gaming specs for the price, Stylus option adds surprisingly solid sketch and handwriting options to vanilla Android, Bright, sharp screen matched with solid speaker-subwoofer combo, Built-in Twitch streaming functionality is first of its kind for
Stuttering and pauses between app switches are too common, Twitch functions hog system resources, are particularly finicky, Unremarkable all-black, mostly plastic design isn't ugly but won't turn any heads, Not all apps disable touch sensing during stylus
Abstract: Android tablets make great holiday gifts, and the best thing about them is that everyone can use them, from a three-year-old to your grandma. But with so many devices out there, how can you make sure you get the best Android tablet for your money?There ar...
Published: 2014-11-18, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Additions and upgrades to an already great tablet - what more do you want? They're all free, and NVIDIA GRID will continue to be free until June of 2015, at which point we'll know pricing for different tiers of content. We'll reserve further judgement for...
Abstract: The Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Nvidia's Shield Tablet starts rolling out today. The 16GB Wi-Fi version has first dibs, but its 32GB LTE twin won't get a taste until "a little later." Carriers have to certify the update before Nvidia can push it to de...
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Published: 2014-11-16, Author: James , review by: mashable.com
Fastest Android tablet on the market, Comfortable to hold for long periods, Gaming on a TV at home or away is incredible
Gaming software is buggy, slow, and prone to crashing, For gaming on the go without a TV, it's kind of a joke
The best tablet on the market. Great for light tablet users, couch aficionados, on-the-go artists, and tinkerers. And the case is a must...
Impressive performance at a reasonable price, Unique gaming-centric features, especially for enthusiast PC gamers, Robust front-facing speakers, Android Lollipop update imminent
Crucial accessories jack up the price for portable gaming, Onboard storage is tight for gamers
Rabid PC gamers who are also Nvidia loyalists will want to check out this one-of-a-kind tablet. With killer performance, swell speakers, and a host of streaming-to-and-fro options, this $299 8-inch Android complements an Nvidia-based gaming PC—and it's a...
The LTE model of the Shield Tablet not only offers an additional radio chip but also a significantly faster flash memory with double the capacity, which is a significant advantage for everyday work. Since demanding Android games become bigger and bigger (...
