2017 Nvidia Shield

OmegaGene

Benzino wrote: »

Thanks, hopefully that is the case here too.

It will be shipped from the uk so it should be

kala85

Which is the cheapest place to buy from with cheapest shipping to Ireland.

Will the price drop more

OmegaGene

kala85 wrote: »

Which is the cheapest place to buy from with cheapest shipping to Ireland.

Will the price drop more

Amazon and it won’t drop below this price in my opinion and if you wait too long it will be gone, they will only have a certain number at this price

xckjoo

OmegaGene wrote: »

Amazon and it won’t drop below this price in my opinion and if you wait too long it will be gone, they will only have a certain number at this price

Amazon.fr deal gone already by the looks of it. Back up to ~€180

xckjoo

Annika Careful Snake wrote: »

What's the advantage of having a game controller?

It might be an obvious answer

Apparently it works better as a remote than the actual remote but that's only from what I've read

Bacchus

xckjoo wrote: »

Gone already by the looks of it. Back up to ~€180 on Amazon.fr

Still at sale price on Amazon UK.

dodzy

xckjoo wrote: »

Apparently it works better as a remote than the actual remote but that's only from what I've read

There are some apps which perform better with a screen cursor I find, so the gamepad is used, at least in my place.

dodzy

xckjoo wrote: »

Apparently it works better as a remote than the actual remote but that's only from what I've read

There are some apps which perform better with a screen cursor I find, so the gamepad is used, at least in my place.

And personally, if I was in the market for one, id jump at £149 for the full kit. Great price and really cannot see it dropping much more. Not worth the risk IMO.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-SHIELD-Remote-Controller-Black/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=sr_1_4?s=receiver-speakers&ie=UTF8&qid=1542622165&sr=1-4&keywords=Nvidia+shield

xckjoo

dodzy wrote: »

There are some apps which perform better with a screen cursor I find, so the gamepad is used, at least in my place.

And personally, if I was in the market for one, id jump at £149 for the full kit. Great price and really cannot see it dropping much more. Not worth the risk IMO.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-SHIELD-Remote-Controller-Black/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=sr_1_4?s=receiver-speakers&ie=UTF8&qid=1542622165&sr=1-4&keywords=Nvidia+shield

See I don't technically "need" it so still mulling it over

OmegaGene

xckjoo wrote: »

See I don't technically "need" it so still mulling it over

It’s only 20 quid more and you can always sell it on here or adverts if need be.
I only use mine for gaming with the small fella
Xbox controller also works with it btw

OmegaGene

If anyone misses out on the amazon deal it’s also here but you need a uk address like parcel wizard



https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/shield/shield-tv/

Doge

How does the game streaming from a PC compare to Steam Link?

Can it do higher resolutions for example?


Already have steam link and an Android TV so just wondering if it's worth buying or not.

fjon

Ordered mine off Amazon.fr yesterday and got an email saying it has arrived already. Looking forward to trying it out.

OmegaGene

fjon wrote: »

Ordered mine off Amazon.fr yesterday and got an email saying it has arrived already. Looking forward to trying it out.

out of curiosity why did you use amazon.fr

fjon

OmegaGene wrote: »

out of curiosity why did you use amazon.fr

It was a bit cheaper there - I paid €156 (including €4 for PM).

OmegaGene

fjon wrote: »

It was a bit cheaper there - I paid €156 (including €4 for PM).

is that for the remote only one ?

fjon

OmegaGene wrote: »

is that for the remote only one ?

No, remote and controller. It was one of the posts in this thread that alerted me to it. The offer didn't last long and it went up to €180 a while after I ordered.

OmegaGene

fjon wrote: »

No, remote and controller. It was one of the posts in this thread that alerted me to it. The offer didn't last long and it went up to €180 a while after I ordered.

Good price

Invincible

Bought it for £160 around this time last year, it's £150 now on Amazon with game controller & remote or £130 with remote only.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NBJ6KZY?tag=22

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075TBK232?tag=22

Benzino

fjon wrote: »

Ordered mine off Amazon.fr yesterday and got an email saying it has arrived already. Looking forward to trying it out.

When you get it, could you post if it includes the right plug for us please? Sorry for going off topic.

OmegaGene

Benzino wrote: »

When you get it, could you post if it includes the right plug for us please? Sorry for going off topic.

It will be a different plug coming from France surely ?

The high horse brigade

OmegaGene wrote: »

It will be a different plug coming from France surely ?

The box contains a universal power supply and worldwide adapters

OmegaGene

The high horse brigade wrote: »

The box contains a universal power supply and worldwide adapters

Very fancy, I just got the regular 3 pin plug

The high horse brigade

OmegaGene wrote: »

Very fancy, I just got the regular 3 pin plug

Maybe it does now, I got mine a long while

Ivefoundgod

Anyone know if currys.ie are going to match the price that their UK counterparts are selling this at? Have seen it on Hotukdeals at the amazon price in currys.co.uk but wondering if they'll do it here as well.

OmegaGene

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Anyone know if currys.ie are going to match the price that their UK counterparts are selling this at? Have seen it on Hotukdeals at the amazon price in currys.co.uk but wondering if they'll do it here as well.

It’s the same price I’ve nvidia website and amazon now
149 for the full set 129 for the remote only

Ivefoundgod

OmegaGene wrote: »

It’s the same price I’ve nvidia website and amazon now
149 for the full set 129 for the remote only

Ah I know it is, i don't really need it but if I could walk in to a shop come the weekend and pick one up then I could be persuaded.

RossieMan

Highly doubt it'll be that price in a B&M shop this side of the pond.

styron

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Ah I know it is, i don't really need it but if I could walk in to a shop come the weekend and pick one up then I could be persuaded.

Curry's ROI - major dissuasion €200 (and delivery only for an extra €4.99 ... five day wait).

Mike9832

Why would you buy one of these over a PS4?

Is it more powerful, Ps4 ancient at this stage

As a media centre is the shield OS locked down like Amazon Fire or pure android?

Curious what's the appeal

The high horse brigade

Mike9832 wrote: »

Why would you buy one of these over a PS4?

Is it more powerful, Ps4 ancient at this stage

As a media centre is the shield OS locked down like Amazon Fire or pure android?

Curious what's the appeal

Android TV isn't that customisable. It's not locked down but you can side load apps that are not in the play store. There are no restrictions

This is a different type of console, you can't really compare it to Xbox or PlayStation. It plays Android games, runs lots of emulators and streams pc games both from your pc if you have a Nvidia graphics card (Gamestream) or using Steam and Uplay running on a Nvidia virtual machine (GeforceNow).

Google for a few reviews and videos

dodzy

£129 - controller only
£149 - with gamepad & controller

Amazon UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075TBK232?tag=22

fjon

dodzy wrote: »

€129 - controller only
€149 - with gamepad & controller

Amazon UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075TBK232?tag=22

£, not €
It has been that price since Monday. Definitely a great deal .

RossieMan

That's should be pounds, not euro for anyone looking. Still a decent deal.

fjon

Benzino wrote: »

When you get it, could you post if it includes the right plug for us please? Sorry for going off topic.

Can confirm it comes with both UK and euro plugs.

OmegaGene

fjon wrote: »

Can confirm it comes with both UK and euro plugs.

Verdict ?

fjon

OmegaGene wrote: »

Verdict ?

Haven't plugged it in yet, but am working from home today so will try it out later

OmegaGene

fjon wrote: »

Haven't plugged it in yet, but am working from home today so will try it out later

You look a bit sick


If you need a smart dns for uk player or Netflix then
Black70
Gives 70% off getflix

McMurphy

OmegaGene wrote: »

You look a bit sick


If you need a smart dns for uk player or Netflix then
Black70
Gives 70% off getflix

I got the getflix deal before, but iirc I can do nothing with it, with regards having a virgin hub

OmegaGene

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

I got the getflix deal before, but iirc I can do nothing with it, with regards having a virgin hub

Can’t you change the dns directly on the shield rather than use the hub

McMurphy

OmegaGene wrote: »

Can’t you change the dns directly on the shield rather than use the hub

Must have another go at it tonight, but from memory, I think it had to be changed from within the hub, though it's so long ago, I'm not entirely sure.

I got caught by the stack social lifetime deal earlier in the year, so maybe that's where I'm being mixed up on.

OmegaGene

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Must have another go at it tonight, but from memory, I think it had to be changed from within the hub, though it's so long ago, I'm not entirely sure.

I got caught by the stack social lifetime deal earlier in the year, so maybe that's where I'm being mixed up on.

I remember the stack social debacle
I know people have done it direct on the shield and lg tv too

moonboy52

Not sure if others games are discounted, but Borderlands: The Pre Sequel is €3 odd (75% discount i think)

redcup342

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Must have another go at it tonight, but from memory, I think it had to be changed from within the hub, though it's so long ago, I'm not entirely sure.

I got caught by the stack social lifetime deal earlier in the year, so maybe that's where I'm being mixed up on.

Ya you can change it on the shield, just note down the details and then change it to static and change the DNS

phobia2011

Anyone know if fortnite- save the world can be played on the shield?

Benzino

fjon wrote: »

Can confirm it comes with both UK and euro plugs.

Great, thanks for letting us know

redcup342

phobia2011 wrote: »

Anyone know if fortnite- save the world can be played on the shield?

https://www.reddit.com/r/GeForceNOW/comments/91ndzz/fortnite_save_the_world_geforce_now/

phobia2011

redcup342 wrote: »

https://www.reddit.com/r/GeForceNOW/comments/91ndzz/fortnite_save_the_world_geforce_now/

Thanks for that, will purchase later €29.99
Just wanted to be sure it worked

xckjoo

Is Black Friday usually the only sale day/week of the year? I've other things I should probably spend my money on at the moment

Suckit

xckjoo wrote: »

Is Black Friday usually the only sale day/week of the year? I've other things I should probably spend my money on at the moment

I guess it will probably be on sale a load of times between now and February. Always on sale anyway.