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July 2014
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Stock Android! Stock Android is great. The fact that the Nvidia Hub is just an app where you can spend time but then totally escape is so much better than even the best skin. Also the ports and extras! A Mini HDMI out and MicroSD expansion slot are as wel
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Battery life is not great. 3-ish hours of K1 gaming isn't bad
But six and a half hours of video is weak. Screen could be better but considering the battery life it's probably for the best. The bezel could definitely be smaller though
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.) ...
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Published: 2014-04-07, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Chris Burns It's not often that we review the services of a device we've reviewed in the past, but the opening of the gates NVIDIA is providing here in the SHIELD, we must. When NVIDIA SHIELD was first introduced, the service that would eventually...
Published: 2014-04-07, Author: Dan , review by: legitreviews.com
The NVIDIA SHIELD is without a doubt one of the coolest mobile gaming devices out there! When you couple the NVIDIA SHIELD capabilities before the OTA update, with the added features from the latest update the SHIELD only got better. When the SHIELD first...
Published: 2014-01-17, Author: Ben , review by: engadget.com
Fast and powerful, Gorgeous screen, Excellent media player, Impressive battery life
Heavy, not very portable, Gamepad needs work, thumbsticks too low
The Shield is a pleasant surprise and quite an impressive device. It's not the portable console you're looking for, but it's also so much more than that....
As someone who has invested fairly heavily into android based gaming over the past two years (bot in time and with game purchases) the Nvidia Shield was especially interesting to me. Now that we have covered most of the details on the device itself, I re...
The SHIELD is a device in a category of its own and pitting it against other Android devices readily available is just not fair. Have any of you come across a portable gaming platform of this size that's equipped with active cooling? Not me anyway! I did ...
Ahh, conclusion time. Is NVIDIA's SHIELD worth picking up? If that question even has to be answered, I'd have to imagine that you didn't read the rest of the review. But to be fair, there are multiple angles to look at, so let's break it down. SHIELD i...
Published: 2013-10-28, Author: Don , review by: tomshardware.com
Nvidia isn't calling its October 2013 OTA update a re-launch per se, but from where I'm sitting, that's certainly what it feels like. In my opinion, this mobile gaming platform shouldn't have been released without a game control mapper and working App2SD ...
