- NVIDIA Tegra K1 192 core Kepler GPU, 2.2GHz ARM Cortex A15 CPU
- 8" 1920 x 1200 Full HD Touchscreen
- 16GB Storage, 2GB Memory
- MicroSD up to 128GB
- 5MP Rear and 5MP front camera
- Android 4.4 KitKat
NOT A STEAM BOX REPLACEMENT
09/17/2014
This review is from: NVIDIA SHIELD tablet 2GB Memory 8.0" 1920 x 1200 Tablet Android 4.4 (KitKat) Black
Pros:
Can't think of any as it is terrible for what I purchased for.
Cons:
Let me begin by saying that I purchased this tablet for the sole purpose of using it for PC game streaming to my tv and for watching Netflix. It doesn't stream PC games at all from day one with Steam. I have a GTX 680 and an ASUS RT-AC66U router which I purchased as well for the sole purpose of streaming games via Steam. The writing was on the wall as soon as I plugged in the tablet to my 1080p tv, when I noticed that in console mode the tablet resolution doesn't fit the tv screen. There is a little of the edge icons that you cannot see. Upon launching Steam via the tablet into Big Picture Mode the tablet started to access it but then the screen went to the blue background color of Big Picture Mode and wouldn't show any games, options, settings or anything. Not only that but it froze on the PC side of things so I had to CTRL-ALT-DELETE to exit out. This is ALL THAT HAPPENS! Contacted customer support and they stated that Steam needed to be updated. So I tried only to find out I was on the latest version of Steam. They then said I would have to contact customer support for Steam as it is their issue. So I spend over almost $600 (Router, tab, controller, and stand/case), and wait 3.5 weeks for delivery only to have it not work for its main selling point and then have them finger point instead of working with Steam to resolve the issue.
As of this writing I cannot play more than 7 supported PC games (a few that were listed as supported are apparently no longer supported!) from my 150+ Steam library!
Also my other main reason for purchasing was to enjoy Netflix in 1080p on the TV (don't have a smart tv only Wii U which is slow but works fine). Well when you plug it into the tv and switch to console mode to use the controller for Netflix it is obvious this was never optimized AT ALL! Besides the aspect ratio of the tablet not that of a standard 1080p tv (meaning that some stuff is off screen) the controller doesn't work with it at all! When in Netflix there is a recently watched tab and other tabs below which the left stick will select but will not scroll. Duh, the right stick! Wrong! That is a mouse courser! Then the track pad does the same as the right stick! However the real problem is that you cannot scroll what is on the instant ques, recently watched, recommended for you, etc. The only way I was able to find and watch a show that wasn't on there (such as my 4th most recently watched show) was to use the clumsy mouse courser to select the search icon (almost off the screen btw!) and to use the controller to type out the title then select it. Then I had to exit the show to select the correct episode as it assumed since I searched it I wanted to watch from the beginning!
Horrible experience and no customer support!
Don't waste your money unless you just want a standard tablet that can play Android games (pointless they all aren't very good!)
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- Sean K.
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