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
Abstract: Project Shield is NVIDIA's first attempt at creating its own mobile device, and after a few minutes with the device it seems like an impressive first effort.Holding the NVIDIA Shield feels a lot like holding a game controller like the Xbox 360 or Dreamcas...
Powerful Tegra K1 processor, More userfriendly form factor than its predecessor, Ready for the upcoming Android 5.0 Lollipop, Easily plays butterysmooth 1080p videos, Preinstalled premium apps add value, including Trine 2: Complete Story, NVIDIA GameStrea
NVIDIA GameStream requires a GeForce GTXequipped PC, Glossy screen (problem for some people), Using a separate physical controller isn't always feasible
If you're looking for the best Android tablet money can buy, look no further than the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet. With a Tegra K1 processor and NVIDIA's constantly evolving SHIELD platform, which includes such great features like GameStream and Gamepad Mapper, ...
Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the NVIDIA Wireless controller for the NVIDIA Shield tablet. She also demonstrates gaming using the Shield tablet with game streaming with Steam and Origin games, Grid cloud gaming with Saints Row 3 and Android gaming using the game Half...
Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the NVIDIA Shield Tablet, an 8” Android gaming tablet running on the 2.2GHz NVIDIA K1 quad core CPU with 192 core Kepler graphics. This powerhouse tablet is the fastest on the US market as of summer 2014, and it has a 1920 x 1200 display...
When NVIDIA SHIELD Portable was released, there was no shortage of dissenting voices that claimed it would never be successful or widely accepted. While success is a hard thing to measure, the SHIELD did become the de facto standard for any serious Androi...
Abstract: Depending on who you speak to, NVIDIA’s original SHIELD is either an amazing success or a device that failed to find its niche. Regardless of what pundits may say, SHIELD was conceived as a simple technology showcase that combined seemingly disparate elem...
Great craftsmanship, Crams a lot of pixels into a 5" screen (294 PPI), Tegra 4 processor equates to a great gaming experience, Added value with two games and Hulu Plus preloaded, Integrated controller makes this the best Android gaming device, An emulator
Heavier and bulkier than most (all?) other handheld devices, Gamepad controls not always supported, not even with Gamepad Mapper, Typing and other touch functionality may feel awkward with the permanently attached controller, PC Game Streaming requires a
Make no mistake about it, the NVIDIA SHIELD is a great device. But whether it's worth the $300 USD price tag is entirely dependent on what you plan on using it for. There's no better Android gaming device on the market, but if that's all you want it for, ...
Abstract: Lisa Gade demos the NVIDIA Shield streaming PC games, Skyrim and Bioshock Infinite, from a gaming desktop PC to the handheld gaming console. Check out our full video review of the NVIDIA Shield...
Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the NVIDIA Shield, an Android handheld gaming device with a built-in controller, Tegra 4 CPU and a 5″ HD display. The $299US Shield is an unusual product: it's an Android 4.1.2 handheld with a very sharp 1280 x 720 display, 16 gigs of st...
Going into this review, I’ll admit that my expectations for SHIELD were rather low. It looked bulky, a price of $299 seemed too high and, in their numerous presentations, NVIDIA hadn’t made a good case for its existence. Even Sam and Dmitry’s hands on ...
