CES 2017: Nvidia announces Shield streaming box for games, 4K HDR video
Shield will be 'the first entertainment platform that is able to enjoy Netflix and Amazon's content in 4K HDR.'
Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced a Shield entertainment box that features 4K HDR gaming and video-streaming capabilities.
The Shield box will retail for $199, and offers compatibility with Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Google Play, Steam, and Nvidia Games.
To expand the Shield's functionality, Nvidia created an "AI microphone" called AI Spot, a home assistant-type device that plugs into any wall outlet. It's a peripheral for Shield, and the tablet handles computing. Users can convey commands to Spot via speech, and the tech triangulates your position so you can talk to it from anywhere in your home.
Editor's note: Why, yes, it did sound like Huang said "Nvidia Spy" instead of "Spot."
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replyDavid Craddock posted a new article, CES 2017: Nvidia announces Shield streaming box for games, 4K HDR video
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Can't both the PS4 and Xbox One S do 4K HDR Netflix and Amazon?
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Same internals as the old version so the APPA are pushed out to current owners
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/01/04/nvidia-updates-the-shield-android-tv-with-a-smaller-body-and-a-new-controller-for-hands-free-voice-control/
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Kinda disappointed this isn't a new chip. Guess Nintendo soaked up all of their new tech. But, that could be a good sign that the actual chip being used is customized, and not the off-the-shelf version that would have been used in the tablet refresh or this box. So, hopefully the Switch is going to really benefit. We'll know in 7 days I guess.
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This looks like the case. This guy deduced that the Switch dev kit that was leaked over the summer and is still the basis for what we know about its specs was an old Jetson TX1 board: https://youtu.be/n3_IE1LMmSY
There is a faster dev kit some got in October that we know very little about. That is presumably custom and much closer to the shipping retail units. Very curious to see what it ends up being.
I'll note that the video is wrong about one thing. There is zero performance difference between Maxwell and Pascal given identical clock speeds and core counts. Again, it comes down to whatever custom configuration they make for this thing.-
I'm also disappointed that none of the media has talked at all about possible customizations. I saw on the Nvidia blog that they mention custom software for audio, and a few other bits. I assume they're providing a much tighter integration between the OS and hardware to squeeze more performance out of the closed system than an open architecture like Android. Plus whatever customizations they actually make in the hardware - which I think really will only be power management. The more I think about it, this seems the best place that Nintendo would want to spend any money on an existing chip design. Well, power and heat.
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