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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
If you're willing to go all-in with some extra accessory purchases, you can have one of the most flexible and capable Android tablets out there todayNVIDIA has won over many consumers' hearts and minds in the desktop computer space with its high-performan...
I think it speaks volumes that the SHIELD Tablet is the first device I have reviewed where I didn't think anything belonged in a “Not-so-Good” section. During my time with the unit, I didn't come across a single gripe or pain point, which seems so rare...
Abstract: The Shield Tablet is basically a portable gaming console crammed into an 8" slate. It has a Kepler-infused Tegra K1 processor, a high-res IPS panel, a proper gamepad, and even a stylus. The system can stream games from a home PC or a remote server, too, a...
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Published: 2014-07-29, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
Everything about the hardware design of the new SHIELD Tablet and SHIELD Controller is impressive and its impossible to use the tablet, or hold the controller and play some games with it, but not see the potential that NVIDIA has created. The performance...
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, Long battery life
Tablet and controller both bulky, Expensive with accessories
The Nvidia Shield Tablet provides a kick-ass combination of features, including a very-fast K1 processor, game streaming and a versatile stylus....
Abstract: We preview the Nvidia Shield Tablet today. The tablet market is becoming a diverse and complex one. From top to bottom you will find many brands and many more products to choose from. The really sexy tablets are expensive though, expect starting prices of...
Published: 2014-07-22, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
Though this is just a preview and announcement, the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet creates an interesting debate. Is there a market for a gaming specific tablet? NVIDIA sure thinks that is the case and is betting yet another generation of Tegra SoC on it. Even thou...
Solid build quality, Fast 1.8 GHz Tegra 4 APU and system performance, Responsive controls and comfortable grip, Android KitKat and consistent software updates from Nvidia, Nvidia GameStream, Grid and Gamepad mapper, High capacity battery for longer batter
Landscape mode is largely impractical, Web browsing, emailing and other related tasks are easier on a tablet or smartphone, Analog sticks and directional pad can feel small compared to console counterparts, Display bezel could be narrower without decreasi
Nvidia Shield well worth the price if the users find cloud gaming and game streaming compelling and valuableFor a first generation Android gaming handheld from Nvidia, the Shield leaves a great first impression right off the bat. The hardware is sound, th...
Solid wellcrafted, Comfortable, Excellent 720 HD touchscreen display, Streaming PC games both across the network and locally, Currently wellpriced, GRID cloud gaming works well beyond expectations in current beta form, Solid audio, Bluetooth support is gr
Poor battery life, Several needed extras to bring out full potential, No 1080p, Controller buttons feel antiquated
Really the biggest issue I have with the SHIELD, isn't the device itself — it's the exorbitant cost...
Beefy hardware, Very good battery life, Plenty of potential for tinkerers and itinerant gamers
Streaming from PC can be fussy, Shield-to-HDTV quality isn't as high as we expected, Lag with 1080p videos in Console mode
A lower price and an update to Android KitKat give the Shield handheld gaming device added appeal since its 2013 debut, but PC-to-handheld game streaming remains fussy. (Shield's potential still tempts, however.) ...
