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The shield was portable. This not so much if you include the controller.

 

Not really, mine never leaves the house as its just too bulky to take

 

 

For the price of this tablet + the controller you can buy a PS4. See the problem?

 

What an irrelevant thing to say, this is not really competing with the PS4, it is competing with tablets, but with the added ability to stream to it and use it like a console 

 

Even if you did not use it for game streaming it seems like an excellent tablet in its own right

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Not really, mine never leaves the house as its just too bulky to take

Point still stands. If even the shield wasn't portable enough for some than this is even worse.

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Point still stands. If even the shield wasn't portable enough for some than this is even worse.

 

Sort of, though i find a tablet fits easily into a bag more than the shield, most backpacks, camera bags etc have a tablet slot these days

 

The shield just sort of rolls around in the bottom of my bag and is completely unpocketable like my psvita

 

Its sort of inbetween. I wish they would have somehow kept it to the origional design of the shield as I love mine but I do also like tablets so ... sort of on the fence here

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I would have liked it better if it retained the shape of the first Shield :( Now its gone from a 'definitely buying it' to 'considering buying it'

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Does anyone about the battery life of that thing?

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I guess it just depends on the person of which niche this tablet will fill.

 

Seems to me, this tablet is the first step in integrating an ecosystem that can fill all your entertainment needs.

 

Tablet on the go where you can watch movies, play mobile games, etc.

 

Tablet at home which turns into a multi-functional media device. Pretty much a Roku + console put together.

 

Basically, it's a portable steambox.

 

I will definitely get one of these since I have a GTX 780 anyways. Now I can finally unplug my media PC that's become a frankenstein of old parts that I put together.

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I guess it just depends on the person of which niche this tablet will fill.

 

Seems to me, this tablet is the first step in integrating an ecosystem that can fill all your entertainment needs.

 

Tablet on the go where you can watch movies, play mobile games, etc.

 

Tablet at home which turns into a multi-functional media device. Pretty much a Roku + console put together.

 

Basically, it's a portable steambox.

 

I will definitely get one of these since I have a GTX 780 anyways. Now I can finally unplug my media PC that's become a frankenstein of old parts that I put together.

 

Problem with these things is that you get locked to nvidia. the moment you get any card other than nvidia half of it's use is gone.

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does this run like a normal android tablet too it doesnt really say this in the vid

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Was looking at getting a shield. Won't buy this but hope it causes a price drop on the original.

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does this run like a normal android tablet too it doesnt really say this in the vid

Yep, Kitkat.

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LOL really? Come on Nvidia

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Yep, Kitkat.

thanks im getting one instead of a ipad mini then play warthunder on the go

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thanks im getting one instead of a ipad mini then play warthunder on the go

If you want to see it in action a little bit : Interview with Nvidia guy (Will). 24 minutes long... 

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Damn you nvidia, damn you. All that hype about a tablet? What are you, an apple wannabe? Seriously, it's all very nice having a pretty powerful tablet in your products, but it's not what we want, and that disappoints me. Maxwell had better get some serious hype going if this is what a tablet gets.

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This make me tempted to buy the V1 Shield. The Shield Tablet makes no sense to me IMHO. If I wanted a tablet, I would just get an iPad and be done with it. 

Now where is Maxwell?

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I'm actually really looking into buying the Shield Tablet with a controller... For me the charm isn't that it is a tablet that does gaming. For me it is that you are able to stream games with the device.

 

You could just hook this up to a TV and stream games from your PC. The not-so nice thing is that you can't use the controller on the PC, due to Nvidia's own wireless tech. Which makes it a pricey controller for what it is.

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I like the idea, but I don't see it being practical for the gaming aspect. As an 8" tablet it looks like a great buy. I'm going to be more interested in Shield Portable 2

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Who cares. Just give us our GPUs, damn it.

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Honestly I thought they would be giving in depth specs of the new 800 series GPUs but NO! It had to be some useless tablet. 

 

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Not impressed. 

The whole appeal of the original shield to me is that it's one device that I can easily hold and game on anywhere. With this I have to carry a tablet and the controller which will just be awkward if I want to game sitting down without a table in front of me to place the tablet on. 

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I personally hate the idea. Why would I want to carry around a screen AND a controller? Can you imagine how awkward it would be to have the screen on your lap and then hold the controller? If I already need to put down a screen to game, I might as well just bring my laptop or something. I liked the original shield form factor much better. 

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Really pumped for this.  I actually like how this one is a tablet and not some monster that the previous version was.

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