NVIDIA SHIELD Portable

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The Ultimate Portable for Serious Gamers

NVIDIA SHIELD combines cutting-edge components and technologies to provide incredible mobile performance and precision gameplay for serious gamers. From next-generation Android games to wirelessly streaming PC games, SHIELD is gaming The Way It's Meant to be Played.

PC Gaming Made Portable

Now, you can get the full GeForce GTX gaming experience when away from your PC. Just wirelessly connect SHIELD to your home PC to stream your favorite games with amazing graphics and immersive sound on a console-grade controller. Stream anywhere in your home Wi-Fi network, or even connect to your PC over the Internet to game on the go.

Android Gaming — The Way It's Meant to Be Played

Game with the screaming-fast graphics of the NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, a stunning 5-inch display, an integrated game controller, booming stereo sound, and support for hundreds of games! You can even run the most popular game emulators available on Google Play to relive your retro gaming days.

Movies, Music, and More

SHIELD puts amazing entertainment in the palm of your hands. Get lost in the hottest movies from Hulu Plus or Netflix. Listen to your favorite music with booming, bass-reflex audio. Explore Google Play for music, books, movies, TV shows, and apps anywhere you go. Even control an AR Drone — right from your SHIELD.

Features

A Blazing-Fast Mobile Processor

The NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor features a 72-core NVIDIA GeForce GPU and quad-core ARM A15 CPU for graphic-intensive Android games without compromising battery life.

Console-Grade Game Controller

NVIDIA SHIELD is the perfect mobile game controller, ergonomically designed for maximum comfort, whether you're playing Android games or streaming PC games on the go.

HD Multi-Touch LCD

A vibrant 5-inch LCD tablet display makes text, colors, and images look sharp at every angle in all your favorite apps, games, and movies.

High-Fidelity Speakers Engineered to Immerse You

SHIELD takes mobile sound farther with a unique bass-reflex, tuned-port system designed for enthusiasts who crave high-fidelity audio when playing games, movies, and music.

Expanded Connectivity

Stay connected with 802.11n 2x2 MIMO Wi-Fi for fast PC game streaming, as well as a Mini-HDMI port, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack. Plus, free up your SHIELD memory by moving your app and game files to an external microSD card.

Android KitKat OS

SHIELD comes with full support for the latest KitKat operating system from Google for easy access to all your favorite Android games and applications.

NVIDIA GameStream

NVIDIA GameStream lets you stream games from your GeForce GTX-based PC and play them on SHIELD's integrated console-grade controller with ultra-low latency.

Gamepad Mapper

Gamepad mapper allows you to add gamepad support to native touch Android games, so you can play thousands of games using SHIELD console-grade controller. Use NVIDIA's default game profiles, or create your own.

Console Mode

Transform your NVIDIA SHIELD into a full living room gaming and entertainment experience on your big-screen TV. Sync a Bluetooth controller and play your Android and PC games in HD.

NVIDIA TegraZone

Get anytime access to your personal library of Android and PC games, search for the hottest SHIELD- optimized games, and stay current with the latest SHIELD news.

4K Ultra-HD Ready

Play your favorite movie files like FLV, MKV, and even 4K media on next-gen 4K TVs.

Grid Cloud Gaming Beta

For a limited time, stream PC games for free from the cloud to your SHIELD.

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Edition:Standard Edition

ASIN

B00E3667XQ

Release date

July 31, 2013

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372 customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars

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#20,320 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#8 in Nvidia Shield Games, Consoles & Accessories
#321 in PC Gamepads & Standard Controllers

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Damon

(Personal and Long review) Flawed, I But Still Loved it

April 18, 2018

Edition: Standard EditionVerified Purchase

I have bought the Nvidia Shield at a time I was in to emulators, and for its price I will state that I loved it. I have bought it used, but it was in good condition and was function perfectly to me, I will state that I am a freshman in college, and I do love videogames even if it can be a distraction, but I have always had a tendency to play more of my portable systems, then the stationary one. So if you like the portability of the DS and the phones most people use now a days then you will love this. I will state that when you are planning to use this, plan it on a day when you will have plenty of time, it is simple to set this up since it is like a phone on a controller, you may want free time to personalize the shield.

I would recommend looking on some YouTube videos such as SimplyAustin or Shield in 2017 which can give good details on this product. I will describe a few flaws that are presented to me, an owner of this which would be about 3 Months by now. As I mentioned I was excited to get the shield when I got it on January, and I had to go out and I was hoping to use the car charger to charge it quickly and also stop somewhere to eat for Wi-Fi, (yea was not a good idea on my part) but that is when I realized that the battery would be charging slowly. So if you do get yours, make sure you do plan ahead and make sure you don't get excited as well. However the upside is that despite the battery being slow to charge, it actually lasts a good while. I am a player of JRPGs and those games can be long, and when I have a good amount of battery I would not get the battery warning for around 6-9 hours which is a good amount of time.

Another flaw is something trivial, but it can be a bit annoying if you over think it, but I have been told about the system needing an update, but for some reason this 12 GB system can't handle the data that is about 500 MB which to me should not take too long, and from what I researched there is possibly no actual update, so don't bother with your time unless I am wrong and if there is a solution.

It is bulky but kind of comfortable for me to hendle, and it may look like an Xbox controller, but it is designed like a PlayStation one (look at it and you will know what I am talking about) so if you are going to take it, have a bag you carry with you when you do go outdoors, cause it won't fit in your pocket (of course).

And as I mentioned you will need Wi-Fi, which if you are reading online I am sure that is not an issue (unless it is 4G any # G), and if you download emulators and Roms that won't be an issue and you will be able to play them offline. You should be able to play games from NES to DS really well, I have tried PSP games but while I was trying to play Yu-gi-oh Tag Force 2, It was a glitchy mess ( and it was horrifying yet hilarious), maybe it may not be impossible to make the graphics work, but I don't think I plan to find out at anytime. (Oh also Arcade games such as Metal Slug and TMNT from the 80s)

And this is a important flaw I want to share, even though this is very rare, if you close the lid of the shield to place it in sleep mode, it will be in a in between state where it is on yet off. I have looked online for a solution, and if you have a charger and the shield attempt to plug in the charger, and push the power button, and it should make the shield simultaneously, this may take about multiple trys and the longest time I can state is about 5 minutes at most. (Not that long for me just a possible statement). This has happened to me twice today on April 18th, and a few months in February, but it is fixable. (The charger that can be used is a Micro USB and AC adapter which are commonly used for most of the technology to day, so there should be no issue getting one).

For these flaws I have mentioned I will give it 4 out of 5. As I mentioned earlier despite these flaws, I still love the Shield even for these flaws, and if you are willing to get one with the flaws I mentioned I highly recommend it. For its price you can focus emulating games on a system that can be great for playing emulating games anywhere.

I was against emulating games, until I realized that I have downloaded some games from Nintendo E-shop and PS Network on my 3DS and Vita, and When I played Megaman Battle Network on my phone, I ended up loving emulating the games I could not have possibly played. (This was on a college night and I did not go to bed till 4 a.m, at least my class was at night).

So what I am trying to state is that if you want to play a large selection of older games and you do love videogames games and what to have the best experience to play them with physical control's I highly recommend the Shield. Its price maybe a bit high, but trust me the games you will have avalible to you will be plentiful, and cheaper in the long term of videogames. Nvida has made me become a fan of their product, and there may not be that many Shields produces, but I hope someday they will come up with a Shield 2 and any flaws with the first one has, and they are able to fix it from something I have already loved, I will be a proud consumer for that amazing job they did, and I am willing to buy it no matter what price it is.

Thank you for your time, I apologize that I have Personalize this review and made it long, but I do love the Shield and I believe that maybe even if you grow up and maybe you will have responsibilities ahead in the future, maybe you won't have time for a hobbies you are passionate about, but videogames are my passion and the Shield has allowed me to play some games that I could not have possibly played in their physical representations, but now I know this passion of mine does not need to be given up, and the games I played may have been emulating, but the experience and inspection I get from them are not fake, and the money I have spent (College Money, trust me I am still good at saving) the 100 some thing dollar's was worth little compared to the treasure I have gotten.

(Conclusion Finally)

Thank you for your time, and I hope that if you do considered buying the Shield, I hope that you will love It as much as I have. If you have any questions possibly Google them, and if you do ask me any, I promise I will be more focused and on point and a lot shorter. Thanks for your time Amazon consumer.

Damon

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Gaming laptop...? When you have a beast desktop, SHIELD is all you need.

May 12, 2014

Edition: Standard EditionVerified Purchase

In short, here it is. Nvidia SHIELD, the portable handheld android gaming with the option to REMOTELY GAMESTREAM using your desktop's resources and project the video to your SHIELD.

Anyway, here is a bit about myself, stuff, and why I am so excited for the SHIELD. I purchased this because I wanted to game on when I am at school and at my friend's house. I have a mid-tier gaming desktop--i7-4770k @4.7Ghz, Vengeance 16GB 1866, and GTX760 with SLI upgrade ability--, which I put a lot of effort to overclock, optimize, and push to its limit and, importantly, do not want to spend extra on a gaming laptop that is expensive for its performance. I use a chromebook and a linux laptop primarily for school and a part-time job. If I were to buy a gaming laptop, then I would have three laptops carrying around like an idiot. As a result, SHIELD becomes a must-have gaming device for me.

If you are interested in SHIELD, here are the reasons why you should consider SHIELD to be your main gaming device.

1. You have a mid-tier and up above gaming desktop that meets the gamestream requirement to make the most out of SHIELD.

GPU:
- Desktop: GeForce GTX 650 or higher GPU, or
- Notebook (Beta): GeForce GTX 800M, GTX 700M and select Kepler-based GTX 600M GPUs
> CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8 GHz or higher
> System Memory: 4 GB or higher
> Software: GeForce Experience(tm) application and latest GeForce drivers
> OS: Windows 8 or Windows 7
> Routers: 802.11a/g router (minimum). 802.11n dual band router (recommended).

2. You are most of the time on-the-go at school, work, abroad, and etc., which have decent wifi.

3. You would like to spend time outside of your gaming room, such as a living room with your loving family, front yard watching neighbors jealous of your SHIELD, or backyard praising the sun.

4. You want the best erotic, exotic, and sexiest pooping experience.

Now I want to clarify and elaborate reasons above. Hardware wise, SHIELD has quite powerful processor that can compete with $600-900 tablets. 5-inch 720p multi touch IPS panel retinal display is da bomb. Sure, your S4 looks stunning because it has 1080p. Yet, the 720p on SHIELD has not compromised that experience. It is considered retina when you look at the screen from 1ft away (retina is the point where you cannot see the pixels on the screen), which is reasonable because you will handheld it as a controller. Indeed, all the games that I gamestream, bioshock infinite; bioshock 2; devil may cry 4; borderlands; Batman: Arkham Asylum, City, Origin; Half-life 2; Civilization V; Left 4 Dead 2; and Warframe, look absolutely gorgeous.

Not only that, I can switch my SHIELD to console mode. In console mode, I connect TV to SHIELD via micro-HDMI and Xbox 360 for windows to USB OTG to micro USB port on SHIELD. Then, I gamestream all supported steam games to my TV at 1080p @60 FPS (confirmed the rate) and play them with xbox 360 or bluetooth keyboard and mouse to play League of Legends or DOTA 2. Yes, you can play LoL and DotA 2 on SHIELD using bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The experience has not been bad so far.

Also, I do not have a router. Yep, I do not have those 5.0 Ghz dual simul-blablabla router. I have AT&T Uverse Gateway s***ty modem running at 12Mbps down and 2Mbps up, but I still gamestream in-home without any problem. (0 latency to be exact) However, due to my 2Mbps upload speed, I cannot remotely gamestream on a different network (I am upgrading to Xfinity since they have 5+ Mbps upload plan). For those who have better ISP who is not a d-bag and limit your upload speed, you will have no problem remote gamestreaming.

This guy from tomshardware.com even remote gamestream ACROSS THE COUNTRY! HOLY@#$%^&. with 14-ish upload speed. Check it out.
Edited: Ok. Since Amazon doesn't like me linking a website, you can google "nvidia shield remote gamestream review tomshardware." It should be the first link.

Just to clarify, you will need 5Mbps download speed on your SHIELD network (to download streaming video from you desktop) and 5Mbps upload speed on your gaming desktop network (to project the video to your SHIELD).

So far with gamestreaming, it is absolutely fantastic and is now a must-have for me. Even more, Nvidia continues to impress me by providing more support and porting more top-tier games from steam to SHIELD. Future updates will continue to improve SHIELD's potentials.

Now for the android part. I have never been a big fan of android gaming, but they do have some free interesting games that keep me busy on the bus or on the train. I cannot say much about android gaming. It is mainly because I am not interested. Sorry to disappoint you.

Last of all, let's talk about a cloud-based gaming by Nvidia that is currently in beta. NVIDIA GRID. This is a feature that no one talks about (that I heard before purchasing). GRID streams high-quality PC games to SHIELD. It uses the resources from GRID servers in San Jose, CA. They let SHIELD owners try for free during the beta for three mopths and, then, will determine the next step for it. They let us try Darksider 1&2, Alan Wake American Nightmare, Dead Island, Overlord 2, Refaction: Armageddon, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and etc. during the three months period.

From my experience, it has been quite fascinating so far. Especially for those who do not have high-end gaming desktop to gamestream to your SHIELD, GRID would be the main feature that will attract those users. You do not need to have $600+ gaming rig. Just basically use Nvidia GRID servers and play high quality games on your SHIELD. Graphic wise, it looks stunning as if they are 720p with ultra quality setting. Conclusion to this? it will have to wait for NVIDIA's next move on this. Keep tabs on this. I am sure it will be amazingly interesting if they decide to continue and give it to SHIELD owners for free.

All things considered, should you buy it? Oh heck yes, man, I spent two hours writing this for those who have doubts. So, BUY IT! don't make my effort go down the drain. IT IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT.

Note: I do not use emulators that much, and you will find most reviewers talk about that already.
Edited: somehow Amazon doesn't like the link I quote.
Edited2: Sorry for my English, I am not a native speaker.

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