The controller has an isometric like industrial design to it looking as if it was a version of its prior self but having had its polygon count lowered significantly. A Bluetooth controller the new version is wildly different in its form when compared to previous iterations that were released overseas. The remote’s hidden feature is a touch sensitive core that when brushed either up or down controls the Shield’s or, if appropriately linked via HDMI CEC, TV’s volume.Īvailable separately, or with included in the slightly more expensive bundle, is NVIDIA’s game controller for the Shield. Below that are Android’s customary “back” and “home” buttons and then a large microphone button to activate Google’s voice assistant. At its top is a large circular button which is really just a disguised directional pad with a round button at its centre that acts as your “select”. The full NVIDIA Shield offeringīundled with the Shield is a Bluetooth remote, which in comparison to the Shield itself is almost as tall as but still easy to hold and use. Also hiding back there is an ethernet port, HDMI and a proprietary power connector that connects to a simple adaptor instead of a giant power brick, which I was very impressed by given the size of the unit. There’s also 16GB of internal storage, some of which is already used by the operating system but is easily expandable courtesy of the two USB 3.0 ports on its rear. At its core is NVIDIA’s Tegra X1 SoC, boasting all the power of a 256 core GPU with 3GB of RAM. Powered by the same family of SoC as the Nintendo Switch, the Shield is no slouch. Now, finally, we’re seeing the latest version of the Shield released into the Australian market for the first time. Half streaming box, half game console, the Android TV powered unit has been wildly successful across North America and Asia for years. NVIDIA’s Shield TV is one of those products, that as an Australian, has been a long time coming.
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