AtOmX Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Shield: NVIDIA's $200 gaming-focused Android TV set-top box Another year, another new Shield device from NVIDIA. What's Shield? It's the hardware line from NVIDIA that spans a bizarre handheld game console, a powerful gaming tablet, and now a $200, Android TV-powered set-top box. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled the Android TV-powered set-top box this evening during a GDC 2015 press conference, which the company referred to as a combination "revolutionary TV", "gaming console" and "supercomputer." Head below for all the specs as we learn them live from NVIDIA. NVIDIA's calling Shield the "world's first 4K Android TV" -- it's able to both stream and locally run 4K content to your fawncy 4K television. How does it do that? It uses a bleeding edge X1 chip -- the most powerful mobile processor NVIDIA's made to date. It's going to push that 4K content via HDMI out back, and pull down streamed 4K content via Gigabit Ethernet. Need some extra storage? You might, as it's only got 16GB of internal stores. Good news: It's got a microSD expansion port and two USB 3.0 ports for an external HDD. You'll need some extra storage with all those huge video files. Shield also has voice control, which works both via the Shield gamepad's mic and a separate remote control (like Amazon Fire TV's remote control). Huang demonstrated as much on stage with a false pickup on whether or not Justin Bieber died. Or as he meant it to come out "What's the song that he did?" Beyond the set-top box capabilities, NVIDIA's aiming Shield directly at gamers. The company calls its box "more than 35 times more powerful than the next set-top box" -- and more importantly, double the performance of an Xbox 360 (at least on paper). There are a ton of bigger games from console getting ported to Android solely for use on NVIDIA Shield: Borderlands: The Presequel, Doom 3: BFG Edition, The Talos Principle,Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance, and more. Beyond that, there's a whole wealth of already existing Android games available as well -- what you'd expect from any Android TV set-top box, honestly. Huang says at least 50 games will be available at launch. SOURCE : http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/03/shield-set-top-box/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameuun Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtOmX Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Crysis 3, Doom 3 and more ported to Android, powered by NVIDIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyoyaHibari Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Crysis 3 on android :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Time to make a call to the friends at Green team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstationdude Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Damn! If I can play witcher 3 and sorts at Full HD for just 200$ then its damn cheap compared to building a pc! Will definitely buy 1 if it really can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Damn! If I can play witcher 3 and sorts at Full HD for just 200$ then its damn cheap compared to building a pc! Will definitely buy 1 if it really can! Plus 10000 Mera ko aisa hi ek box chahiya jissme hum apna steambka saara games kel sake without pc and if in full hf tab toh yaar majha aa jaye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 This is not what this box will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotSonix Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Is this box made to fail the 1st box ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven Angel Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Damn! If I can play witcher 3 and sorts at Full HD for just 200$ then its damn cheap compared to building a pc! Will definitely buy 1 if it really can! Here is Witcher 3 gameplay running on nVidia's grid (cloud): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstationdude Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 @Joe- I can't make out from the video as I'm viewing on phone. Is the quality good? But to be honest even if its good cloud gaming in India still has a long way to go as our speeds still suck(at least if your'e on budget). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_BIG_J Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 @Joe- I can't make out from the video as I'm viewing on phone. Is the quality good? But to be honest even if its good cloud gaming in India still has a long way to go as our speeds still suck(at least if your'e on budget).Looks fab, it's not at the highest settings, wonder how they get it to work, got some reading to do, but the industry is headed in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemosabe Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 @Joe- I can't make out from the video as I'm viewing on phone. Is the quality good? But to be honest even if its good cloud gaming in India still has a long way to go as our speeds still suck(at least if your'e on budget). The game is running at GTX 980 powered Nvidia Grid cloud system in some other place and streamed to the console. So in theory you can max out any game provided you have internet connection at the speed required 20 mbps for 720p and higher for 1080p (I forgot the actual speed requirement, check the nvidia gdc video). Consumer can purchase either 720p pr 1080p catalogue for a monthly fee. Specwise, the console is way powerfull than last gen console - xbox360 but underpowered than current gen. So It can run old games easily on machines (downloadable, without streaming) but for current gen or upcoming games, it will need GRID to run and stream the game. Nvidia will be selling two kinds of games - 1. one time purchasable and downloadable last gen games which will run on the machine 2. PSN like monthly subscription for newer games with two category - 720p and 1080p - games will be run at GRID server and streamed to the console. This is an interesting setup. Even if someone has required internet speed (singapore, part USA, Korea, Japan), what will be the data consumption for 1 hour of 720p and 1080p gameplay - this will decide the further success and failure of GRID. BTW the console is 4k ready and play 4k video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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