Nvidia Shield Android TV review: The future, at a price<article>
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<p>In a year or two, 4K resolution will likely be a standard feature in streaming media boxes. Until then, we have the Nvidia Shield Android TV. The Shield is more than just an Android TV set-top box with 4K streaming. It’s a lightweight gaming console, whose Tegra X1 processor can handle some modern games like
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel,
The Talos Principle, and
Portal. It can also stream high-end games from the Internet using Nvidia’s GRID subscription service, and from networked PCs with Nvidia GeForce graphics processors on board.</p><p>All of this power comes at a cost, however; at $200 with 16 GB of storage (or $300 for a “Pro” version with 500 GB of storage), the Shield Android TV is twice the price of a Roku 3 or Amazon Fire TV, and nearly three times pricier than an Apple TV.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2951850/streaming-hardware/nvidia-shield-android-tv-review-the-future-at-a-price.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Nvidia Shield Android TV review: The future, at a price
