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Title: Nvidia Shield
Post by: badcop on Wed, 21 August 2013, 20:03:00
(http://shield.nvidia.com/images/shield-front-open-real-boxing.png)
anyone have one?  talk me out of buying it please.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Topre on Wed, 21 August 2013, 20:26:39
Here are some reason to not buy it.
☻ Android
☻ Enjoy two pre-loaded SHIELD-optimized games right out of the box.
☻ Access a catalog of over 100 Android games on Google Play™ and NVIDIA TegraZone™.
☻ May not fit in your pocket
☻ Play on SHIELD's console-grade game controller.
☻ Featuring a new and innovative PC game streaming capability available in BETA at launch*, SHIELD gives you the power to wirelessly access your GeForce® GTX-powered computer from the comfort of your couch. Play your favorite PC games on a full-size controller with ultra-low latency thanks to SHIELD's game-speed Wi-Fi and the fast performance of GeForce GTX GPUs.
☻ 5-inch 720p retinal quality multi-touch display for high-fidelity visuals.
☻ Battery life of five to ten hours
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 21 August 2013, 22:10:17
you actually want one of these?

why?

your phone can't do this?
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Puddsy on Wed, 21 August 2013, 22:17:08
It's a phone with a controller attached.

No thanks.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Trent on Thu, 22 August 2013, 00:22:18
This looks so damn stupid
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Input Nirvana on Thu, 22 August 2013, 00:25:13
Buy it = because it keeps the economy rolling along

Then sell to me for some ridiculously low price when you're done with it.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: fydo on Thu, 22 August 2013, 00:28:38
Don't forget that, in true nVidia fashion, it has a little fan in it to help with cooling. Makes me giggle. :)
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Input Nirvana on Thu, 22 August 2013, 00:33:19
I go to Nvidia somewhat regularly, and they have little fans everywhere. It's their thing.

Rather fanny.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: PointyFox on Thu, 22 August 2013, 00:38:26
Looks like it would feel heavy after a short while.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:47:20
Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 21 August 2013, 22:10:17
you actually want one of these?

why?

your phone can't do this?

can you stream games from you computer to your phone?  i'd be interested in what you have.


the only reason why i'm interested is in game streaming but it doesn't look like it supports enough to warrant the $300 price..  I guess i'll pass.  after looking into a little more its basically an android ipod equivilant on a controller.


EDIT:  my idea was to use my VPN to play games when i get dragged away from my computer
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:52:05
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really

not so much the toilet but outside of my house.  i have a healthy upload so i'm thinking i might be able to pull it off.

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2916719153.png)
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:45:40
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:52:05
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really

not so much the toilet but outside of my house.  i have a healthy upload so i'm thinking i might be able to pull it off.

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2916719153.png)


that part has nothing to do with your streaming experience.

Your wify consistency will determine streaming experience if you're in the yard. VPN would make this so much worse because you'd be encrypting data that NO ONE cares about. and it takes time to encrypt

Overall if you game on wify, FAIL, if you also game on a controller, Combo Fail.

I recently attempted a wify game server.. FAIL, erratically increased ping up to 50ms over wired connection @ 20feet from router.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:50:20
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:45:40
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:52:05
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really

not so much the toilet but outside of my house.  i have a healthy upload so i'm thinking i might be able to pull it off.

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2916719153.png)


that part has nothing to do with your streaming experience.

Your wify consistency will determine streaming experience if you're in the yard. VPN would make this so much worse because you'd be encrypting data that NO ONE cares about. and it takes time to encrypt

Overall if you game on wify, FAIL, if you also game on a controller, Combo Fail.

I recently attempted a wify game server.. FAIL, erratically increased ping up to 50ms over wired connection @ 20feet from router.

i wasn't talking about tunneling from my yard but more like from a friend's house.  it uses a proprietary protocol for streaming that's supposed to be much more efficient than previous attempts.  regardless i think think im going to pass.  take the 300 bucks and buy myself a nice monitor.

thanks guys.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 09:55:11
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:50:20
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:45:40
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:52:05
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really

not so much the toilet but outside of my house.  i have a healthy upload so i'm thinking i might be able to pull it off.

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2916719153.png)


that part has nothing to do with your streaming experience.

Your wify consistency will determine streaming experience if you're in the yard. VPN would make this so much worse because you'd be encrypting data that NO ONE cares about. and it takes time to encrypt

Overall if you game on wify, FAIL, if you also game on a controller, Combo Fail.

I recently attempted a wify game server.. FAIL, erratically increased ping up to 50ms over wired connection @ 20feet from router.

i wasn't talking about tunneling from my yard but more like from a friend's house.  it uses a proprietary protocol for streaming that's supposed to be much more efficient than previous attempts.  regardless i think think im going to pass.  take the 300 bucks and buy myself a nice monitor.

thanks guys.

LOL friends house? no way dude.. and if you're at A HOUSE, why can't you just play on his other PCs.

and wait what? you have friends?   why are you on the internet?
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 10:08:05
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 09:55:11
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:50:20
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:45:40
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:52:05
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really

not so much the toilet but outside of my house.  i have a healthy upload so i'm thinking i might be able to pull it off.

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2916719153.png)


that part has nothing to do with your streaming experience.

Your wify consistency will determine streaming experience if you're in the yard. VPN would make this so much worse because you'd be encrypting data that NO ONE cares about. and it takes time to encrypt

Overall if you game on wify, FAIL, if you also game on a controller, Combo Fail.

I recently attempted a wify game server.. FAIL, erratically increased ping up to 50ms over wired connection @ 20feet from router.

i wasn't talking about tunneling from my yard but more like from a friend's house.  it uses a proprietary protocol for streaming that's supposed to be much more efficient than previous attempts.  regardless i think think im going to pass.  take the 300 bucks and buy myself a nice monitor.

thanks guys.

LOL friends house? no way dude.. and if you're at A HOUSE, why can't you just play on his other PCs.

and wait what? you have friends?   why are you on the internet?

my friends are poor and don't have p... you caught me. i dont have any friends  :(
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: ekw808 on Thu, 22 August 2013, 10:13:54
Reminds me of Ngage
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 12:34:09
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 10:08:05
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 09:55:11
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:50:20
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 08:45:40
Quote from: badcop on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:52:05
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 07:50:45
its not worth it for android games, but its brilliant at streaming steam big picture, so its a case of whether you wanna play steam games whilst sitting on the toilet, and what that is worth to you really

not so much the toilet but outside of my house.  i have a healthy upload so i'm thinking i might be able to pull it off.

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2916719153.png)


that part has nothing to do with your streaming experience.

Your wify consistency will determine streaming experience if you're in the yard. VPN would make this so much worse because you'd be encrypting data that NO ONE cares about. and it takes time to encrypt

Overall if you game on wify, FAIL, if you also game on a controller, Combo Fail.

I recently attempted a wify game server.. FAIL, erratically increased ping up to 50ms over wired connection @ 20feet from router.

i wasn't talking about tunneling from my yard but more like from a friend's house.  it uses a proprietary protocol for streaming that's supposed to be much more efficient than previous attempts.  regardless i think think im going to pass.  take the 300 bucks and buy myself a nice monitor.

thanks guys.

LOL friends house? no way dude.. and if you're at A HOUSE, why can't you just play on his other PCs.

and wait what? you have friends?   why are you on the internet?

my friends are poor and don't have p... you caught me. i dont have any friends  :(

hahahahaha.... I just imagine you going to another room in your house with a stuffed animal on a chair.

And you wave.. hi dave... wanna play some smash bros...  and you proceed to do this for hour..

LOL... kiddings. :D
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 17:05:58
Quote from: ekw808 on Thu, 22 August 2013, 10:13:54
Reminds me of Ngage

i totally had the first gen of that, it was horrible
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 17:19:08
Quote from: BunnyLake on Thu, 22 August 2013, 17:05:58
Quote from: ekw808 on Thu, 22 August 2013, 10:13:54
Reminds me of Ngage

i totally had the first gen of that, it was horrible

I wanted one sooooo bad... parents didn't understand... I already had a gameboy advance and sp, so they were like,, enough is enough..  and I was a kid, so I was just like buh buh buh..never got one.

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-001.gif)
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Thimplum on Thu, 22 August 2013, 20:17:54
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918010982.png)

I'd do great at this.

AT&T likes to throttle our internet randomly, like right now... and for the past 6 months...
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 21:20:40
Quote from: Thimplum on Thu, 22 August 2013, 20:17:54
Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918010982.png)


I'd do great at this.

AT&T likes to throttle our internet randomly, like right now... and for the past 6 months...

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918091906.png)

Fios is everywhere in Jersey

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-037.gif)

Google internet is taking forever to get to my area though, oh wait, it's never coming.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LeS2qnYvbzw/TdU2-1UqajI/AAAAAAAADjQ/m9B2qAVAxTI/s1600/tuzki70.gif)
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Thimplum on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:39:48
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 21:20:40
Quote from: Thimplum on Thu, 22 August 2013, 20:17:54
Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918010982.png)


I'd do great at this.

AT&T likes to throttle our internet randomly, like right now... and for the past 6 months...

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918091906.png)


Fios is everywhere in Jersey

Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-037.gif)


Google internet is taking forever to get to my area though, oh wait, it's never coming.
Show Image
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LeS2qnYvbzw/TdU2-1UqajI/AAAAAAAADjQ/m9B2qAVAxTI/s1600/tuzki70.gif)


Where I am, at&t runs a monopoly on internet service. It's awful.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Tarzan on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:44:44
Quote from: Thimplum on Thu, 22 August 2013, 20:17:54
Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918010982.png)


I'd do great at this.

AT&T likes to throttle our internet randomly, like right now... and for the past 6 months...

I had been with Clearwire for years, ever since living in Texas.  WiMAx internet, consistently 5-7Mbps donw, 2-4Mbps upload speeds.  But two weeks ago they decided to drop my connection speeds into the gutter.  Called tech support, opened tickets, checked status... no improvement.  So I ordered FIOS internet, had it installed last weekend.  20Mbps download and upload.

Of course, Verizon did send me a nasty-gram that I was downloading illegally pirated TV programs, so it's not all blissful.  But unless they start choking my internet access I can live with the random mass-mail.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: badcop on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:46:31
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 22 August 2013, 21:20:40
Quote from: Thimplum on Thu, 22 August 2013, 20:17:54
Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918010982.png)


I'd do great at this.

AT&T likes to throttle our internet randomly, like right now... and for the past 6 months...

Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918091906.png)


Fios is everywhere in Jersey

Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-037.gif)


Google internet is taking forever to get to my area though, oh wait, it's never coming.
Show Image
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LeS2qnYvbzw/TdU2-1UqajI/AAAAAAAADjQ/m9B2qAVAxTI/s1600/tuzki70.gif)


Fios won't lay fiber by me.  i kept throwing money at them but they dont care.
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Tym on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:48:45
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918928811.png)

See apparently I get 4MB/s down, but thats pure bull, I never get more than 500/600KB/s, once I saw 900, but only for a few milliseconds. Then it all went tits up again :(

Why does everyone lie to me?
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:55:10
Quote from: Tym on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:48:45
Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918928811.png)


See apparently I get 4MB/s down, but thats pure bull, I never get more than 500/600KB/s, once I saw 900, but only for a few milliseconds. Then it all went tits up again :(

Why does everyone lie to me?

I do good at home to break 200KB/s :(
Title: Re: Nvidia Shield
Post by: Thimplum on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:58:36
Quote from: Tym on Fri, 23 August 2013, 07:48:45
Show Image
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2918928811.png)


See apparently I get 4MB/s down, but thats pure bull, I never get more than 500/600KB/s, once I saw 900, but only for a few milliseconds. Then it all went tits up again :(

Why does everyone lie to me?

They aren't lying. That's real all right. Internet speed is measured in Mb, not MB. Megabits vs MegaBytes. Big difference. You're getting what you're supposed to.