NVIDIA Shield Tablet - Tegra K1 chip - Will you Buy?

ionapaul

Got my UPS tracking number yesterday, so mine is on the way as well and due for delivery on Monday - cue a few evenings next week trying to nix the kill switch before setting up the new Shield!

super_furry

ionapaul wrote: »

Got my UPS tracking number yesterday, so mine is on the way as well and due for delivery on Monday - cue a few evenings next week trying to nix the kill switch before setting up the new Shield!

Is there a way to do that? Mine's on the way too and I'd love to be able to hold onto my original.

ionapaul

Yep, think there's a link earlier in this thread? The info is on XDA Developers website I think.

millie12345

My son is thinking of replacing his iPad mini and ps vita with the Nvidia shield portable or the tablet. He thinks the portable would be the best option. Is he mad? I'm clueless on these. Are they hard come by second hand? Any advice or help you could give would be much appreciated.

Rossi IRL

Hi all,

Question to anybody who owns a shield k1.

Can you play games like lego batman without using gforce now, as my connection is very poor (2mb).

Does nvidia gamestream need a good connection, my pc says that it is gamestream ready.

Realistically if i dont use gamestream or nvida now, are the only games i can play the android games?

Thanks
Ross

Rossi IRL

OSI wrote: »

If you want to stream from Nvidia Grid you'll need an excellent connection. You'd really be wanting UPC or similar. If you just want to stream the game from your PC to the Shield, you just need a decent wireless router, that's what "Gamestream Ready" is referring to.

Thanks, i have a decent router but at least that can be upgraded, unlike my connection.

Can i ask where you bought yours from? amazon.co.uk dont seem to have any

Rossi IRL

OSI wrote: »

I don't have the K1, I have the original Shield Tablet, which is the exact same bar comestics and a stylus. But a friend of mine bought the K1 from Nvidia direct and it arrived after a couple of weeks, and they seem to be showing as in-stock there now.

http://shield.nvidia.co.uk/store/tablet/k1

Cheers think ill pull the trigger.

They have them on komplett.ie but i think i will go direct.

Rossi IRL

Got my Shield today, first ever android device.

Charger will be out of stock for another 2-3 weeks so just wondering if a ps4 controller charger cable and an apple wall base thing will work to charge the shield without damaging it?

Thanks

god's toy

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Got my Shield today, first ever android device.

Charger will be out of stock for another 2-3 weeks so just wondering if a ps4 controller charger cable and an apple wall base thing will work to charge the shield without damaging it?

Thanks

If the USB cable fits then it will be fine. You can charge with any micro USB charger really as the tablet (and all devices the cable fits) only takes what it needs. If the crapple charger has a lower milliamp output than the nvidia one it will just take longer to complete.

Rossi IRL

god's toy wrote: »

If the USB cable fits then it will be fine. You can charge with any micro USB charger really as the tablet (and all devices the cable fits) only takes what it needs. If the crapple charger has a lower milliamp output it will just take longer to complete.

Cheers, yeah i ended up using the shield controller micro usb and the apple base.

Feckin 3 hours remaining and it wasnt even empty.

god's toy

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Cheers, yeah i ended up using the shield controller micro usb and the apple base.

Feckin 3 hours remaining and it wasnt even empty.

Yep it will take a while as the battery in the shield is bigger so takes longer to charge fully. If the charger can handle it, you should be able to play and use at the same time.

Rob C

This tablet is astonishingly good value. Has great specs, display, speed and even though it's not as thin as others, it's still light.

I was thinking of getting the iPad Mini 4 for travelling mainly but I could get 2 Shield Tablets for one Mini....Front facing speakers as well? Superb. Great to see a new player doing such a good job like. More of the same please Nvidia.

breadbin

Thinking of getting one of these. Hate to read all the earlier posts though about returning them. Hope all that is sorted. Can't get them from amazon.co.uk so might try amazon.de? Anyone get one from here? I presume I can change the language to English right?

Just seen they are cheaper on komplett.ie so will get it there instead.

god's toy

Shield just popped up with some Marshmallow love! Downloading now

god's toy

OSI wrote: »

Yeah I saw a few sites saying it was up, but damn tablet is just giving me an "error fetching OTA info" when I check for updates.

Yep I had that too (it even downloaded the update but would not install) but I just got it there now full install so whatever the bug was it's gone for me anyway.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I was able to download Marshmallow about 10 days ago without any issue!

god's toy

BDJW wrote: »

I was able to download Marshmallow about 10 days ago without any issue!

If its ota updaye, you were probably part of the soak test before the mass role out

OmegaRed

god's toy wrote: »

Shield just popped up with some Marshmallow love! Downloading now

Just saw that they have stopped the roll out due to a potential issue of it breaking wifi

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/02/02/nvidia-has-halted-the-android-6-0-update-for-the-shield-tablet-because-it-might-break-your-wifi/

god's toy

OmegaRed wrote: »

Just saw that they have stopped the roll out due to a potential issue of it breaking wifi

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/02/02/nvidia-has-halted-the-android-6-0-update-for-the-shield-tablet-because-it-might-break-your-wifi/

Yep. Mine downloaded fine and my WiFi is still working but I've read people who updated and it killed the WiFi . expected an update file asap from them

god's toy

FYI. Getting another update from nvidia.

Still says 4.0 LTE but I suppose it's a fixed version of the wifi Bricker before it.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Any cover/cases recommendations? Not interested in the official cover so was just going to go for a universal 8 inch cover

ldr

BDJW wrote: »

Any cover/cases recommendations? Not interested in the official cover so was just going to go for a universal 8 inch cover

I have this one:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Black-Leather-Folding-Stand-Case-Custom-Designed-For-The-Nvidia-Shield-Tablet-/381107950222?hash=item58bbcdd28e:g:4dMAAOSw7ThUo~Pe

very nice and fits really well

Claude Burgundy

Thinking of getting this for my son with a controller, are the majority of android games supported by the controller and will the unit be updated in 2016 ?

ldr

Something I had never noticed on tablets is that we can't use the remote buttons on the headsets.

moonboy52

The tablet seems to be on preorder at the usual online places.

It's on Amazon.de for close to €200, but they will not ship to the UK or ROI as far as I can make out.

ldr

Try amazon.fr I have 4 of this tablets in my household all bought from amazon.fr

moonboy52

They were 245e when I checked last direct from Amazon FR. Only two sellers selling it now it seems. I'd only buy direct from Amazon. I'll keep looking back every day.

moonboy52

Amazon UK now has the K1 in stock guys, in case anyone is after one. I just bought it.

Hitchens

moonboy52 wrote: »

Amazon UK now has the K1 in stock guys, in case anyone is after one. I just bought it.

Have you tried it out yet and if so how do you like it?

moonboy52

Hitchens wrote: »

Have you tried it out yet and if so how do you like it?

En-route with DHL Hitchens,

The Internet seems divided. Some say it is amazing, whilst the Geforce forums are rife with horror stories.

I may just return it straight away. It was a bit of a rash purchase as i have a Shield TV.

Maybe others in this thread who own it with the MM update could chime in.

Hitchens

moonboy52 wrote: »

En-route with DHL Hitchens,

The Internet seems divided. Some say it is amazing, whilst the Geforce forums are rife with horror stories.

I may just return it straight away. It was a bit of a rash purchase as i have a Shield TV.

Maybe others in this thread who own it with the MM update could chime in.

Ta Moonboy, give us the lowdown when you've sussed it out if you have time.

moonboy52

I have had the tablet for a week now.

It was a bit of a hasty purchase as i had the Shield TV. I was planning to send it back if i found any issues relating to the horror stories i was reading about on the Geforce forums.

I updated to 6.0 and then took the 1.1 OTA and then factory reset.

The first day i had the miscellaneous battery drain that others have reported of 20%.

I was thinking fugg this i'm sending it back to Amazon

Some guy on Reddit said he wiped the cache so i booted into recovery and wiped the cache.

The drain has not appeared since (not sure if it was coincidental or not).

I am seeing 4 hours of SOT at nearly full brightness, with WiFi turned off when the screen goes off.

You can tweak each app though to specify the amount of cores used so i'm sure i could eek some more minutes out if i wanted.


Things i like:

Nice rubberised feeling to the case which makes it nice to hold

Nice screen with good viewing angles as you would expect from an IPS screen

Almost stock Android and i have hardly noticed any lag at all

Nice speakers, not the loudest but does the job without having to reach for a Bluetooth speaker all the time

Streaming from my 780Ti through Geforce Experience is for the most part flawless

Geforce Now works great. Their Northern Europe server is based in Ireland which helps but a 50Mb+ connection is required. Not sure i will keep the service as it is €9.99 per month, although they are adding more titles and have 100 games now i think

Plays most Android games really really well

Some say the build quality is bad but i honestly think it is well built

Nvidia have been good with updates and as it is near stock Android, we should get N and maybe more

Things i did not like:

The power button is hard to press although i bought the Nvidia official case which will negate this

Screen on time is not the best but that is down to the K1 chip using more power than its Snapdragon equivalent. Not as optimised really i reckon.

You do not get a power source and the official controller is pretty expensive

Lack of AC wireless, N works fine but only seeing 90Mb from my 240Mb connection

For £150 / €200, even if you are not a gamer it is a fast tablet. For another £70+ you can get the Sony 8" tablet which may be a better choice but if £150 is your budget for a 8", you can't go too wrong with the K1

Hitchens

moonboy52 wrote: »

I have had the tablet for a week now.

It was a bit of a hasty purchase as i had the Shield TV. I was planning to send it back if i found any issues relating to the horror stories i was reading about on the Geforce forums.

I updated to 6.0 and then took the 1.1 OTA and then factory reset.

The first day i had the miscellaneous battery drain that others have reported of 20%.

I was thinking fugg this i'm sending it back to Amazon

Some guy on Reddit said he wiped the cache so i booted into recovery and wiped the cache.

The drain has not appeared since (not sure if it was coincidental or not).

I am seeing 4 hours of SOT at nearly full brightness, with WiFi turned off when the screen goes off.

You can tweak each app though to specify the amount of cores used so i'm sure i could eek some more minutes out if i wanted.


Things i like:

Nice rubberised feeling to the case which makes it nice to hold

Nice screen with good viewing angles as you would expect from an IPS screen

Almost stock Android and i have hardly noticed any lag at all

Nice speakers, not the loudest but does the job without having to reach for a Bluetooth speaker all the time

Streaming from my 780Ti through Geforce Experience is for the most part flawless

Geforce Now works great. Their Northern Europe server is based in Ireland which helps but a 50Mb+ connection is required. Not sure i will keep the service as it is €9.99 per month, although they are adding more titles and have 100 games now i think

Plays most Android games really really well

Some say the build quality is bad but i honestly think it is well built

Nvidia have been good with updates and as it is near stock Android, we should get N and maybe more

Things i did not like:

The power button is hard to press although i bought the Nvidia official case which will negate this

Screen on time is not the best but that is down to the K1 chip using more power than its Snapdragon equivalent. Not as optimised really i reckon.

You do not get a power source and the official controller is pretty expensive

Lack of AC wireless, N works fine but only seeing 90Mb from my 240Mb connection

For £150 / €200, even if you are not a gamer it is a fast tablet. For another £70+ you can get the Sony 8" tablet which may be a better choice but if £150 is your budget for a 8", you can't go too wrong with the K1

Thanks for for the review. Did you get it from Amazon for €200? Seems to be €300 now and no delivery to Ireland.

moonboy52

Hitchens wrote: »

Thanks for for the review. Did you get it from Amazon for €200? Seems to be €300 now and no delivery to Ireland.

I did Hitchens. It was back in stock yesterday but sold out again.

Set up a Camelcamelcamel alert for £150 and they will notify you when it is in stock again

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I bought this cover off eBay a couple of weeks ago. Very happy with it for a tenner!

god's toy

BDJW wrote: »

I bought this cover off eBay a couple of weeks ago. Very happy with it for a tenner!

Ah ha, Just ordered too.

Thanks!

breadbin

Recently bought 2 of these tablets and have had no problems whatsoever. Brilliant yokes. Got them on komplett for € 199 each. Just seen the price of them now on Amazon:-o had to check that I bought the right ones!! What's the story with the pricing?? Must be no stock of them.

Also I was looking at cases and didn't want to spend £50 on the nvidia ones but then I seen them for £20 so I got 2. I think these are fluctuating in price too cos I'd swear I seen the very same ones for £50 on Amazon a couple weeks back.

I've had no bother buying from amazon.de. Bought a good few things off them. Like amazon.co.uk it depends on the item as to whether it ships to Ireland I'd say.

god's toy

breadbin wrote: »

Recently bought 2 of these tablets and have had no problems whatsoever. Brilliant yokes. Got them on komplett for € 199 each. Just seen the price of them now on Amazon:-o had to check that I bought the right ones!! What's the story with the pricing?? Must be no stock of them.

Also I was looking at cases and didn't want to spend £50 on the nvidia ones but then I seen them for £20 so I got 2. I think these are fluctuating in price too cos I'd swear I seen the very same ones for £50 on Amazon a couple weeks back.

I've had no bother buying from amazon.de. Bought a good few things off them. Like amazon.co.uk it depends on the item as to whether it ships to Ireland I'd say.

Just thinking, could the ones on amazon going for mad money be the older model? That's the one i have, it came with a PSU and stylus and some games? Some even had the the controller bundles too.

Hitchens

moonboy52 wrote: »

I did Hitchens. It was back in stock yesterday but sold out again.

Set up a Camelcamelcamel alert for £150 and they will notify you when it is in stock again

thanks for all the info MB. I wouldn't be into the gaming at all (just freecell or crosswords etc ) and I'm wondering about web browsing, video etc. Is it okay for just ordinary tasks so to speak?

(If you load an intensive full colour photos and text page like 'The Mail Online' site for example, can you scroll though the page without very noticeable lag?)

moonboy52

As a "Normal" tablet it's more than capable.

I loaded up the Daily Mail website on Chrome.

It took a few seconds to load it as it is an image rich site.

A teeny bit of lag I guess but almost smooth. Their app may give better results.

YouTube is buttery smooth though and using the likes of Flipboard and Reddit

Hitchens

moonboy52 wrote: »

As a "Normal" tablet it's more than capable.

I loaded up the Daily Mail website on Chrome.

It took a few seconds to load it as it is an image rich site.

A teeny bit of lag I guess but almost smooth. Their app may give better results.

YouTube is buttery smooth though and using the likes of Flipboard and Reddit

what is this battery for at all?

1 A batteries required. (included)

breadbin

The one on Amazon.co.uk now for £299 seems to be the new one from the photos. The 'Shield' on the back is silver. It seems like a ripoff though. Like someone trying to make a quick buck. I'd say wait til more stock becomes available:)

moonboy52

Hitchens wrote: »

what is this battery for at all?

1 A batteries required. (included)

No idea man, i wondered at that myself.

moonboy52

FYI: Available to order again from Amazon UK (Stock on March 27th)

Hitchens

moonboy52 wrote: »

FYI: Available to order again from Amazon UK (Stock on March 27th)

thanks bro, just ordered one

moonboy52

Hitchens wrote: »

thanks bro, just ordered one

Looking forward to your review Hitchens from the point of view of someone just looking for a fast tablet at a decent price

god's toy

BDJW wrote: »

I bought this cover off eBay a couple of weeks ago. Very happy with it for a tenner!

Mine arrived today from that same ebay seller, man its good stuff for the right price.

Perfect Thanks for the link!

DezoLord

Guys, where to get one?! I tried ordering it from the official nVidia website (UK one) but they don't deliver to Ireland...

moonboy52

DezoLord wrote: »

Guys, where to get one?! I tried ordering it from the official nVidia website (UK one) but they don't deliver to Ireland...

Are you sure? Ireland appears in the drop down box.

DezoLord

moonboy52 wrote: »

Are you sure? Ireland appears in the drop down box.

"We are unable to verify the address you entered." That's the error I get. I've entered all the details correctly. I'm thinking it could be because of the Post Code which my town doesn't have...