{"id":73073,"date":"2015-03-04T14:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=73073"},"modified":"2015-03-04T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T12:03:29","slug":"nvidia-unveils-worlds-first-4k-android-gaming-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/73073-nvidia-unveils-worlds-first-4k-android-gaming-console","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia unveils world&#8217;s first 4K Android gaming console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia has finally revealed its Shield Android TV console.<\/p>\n<p>The device is Nvidia&#8217;s first &#8220;living-room&#8221; gaming offering, and uses the company&#8217;s\u00a0Tegra X1 processor\u00a0and the\u00a0Grid game streaming service to push out 4K video and Full HD, 60fps gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you unfamiliar with Grid, it is a cloud-based gaming service backed by\u00a0Nvidia Grid supercomputers worldwide and can stream games in &#8220;half a blink of an eye&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Besides a controller, the Shield also comes with compatibility for over 50 games ported for the Android operating system which are available to download, including:\u00a0Crysis 3, Doom 3: BFG Edition and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing for the console starts at $199, and is expected to launch in the US in May 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The consoles specifications are detailed in the table below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#0099FF\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Nvidia Shield Console<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Processor<\/td>\n<td>Nvidia Tegra X1 processor with 256-core Maxwell GPU with 3GB RAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Video Features<\/td>\n<td>4K Ultra-HD Ready with 4K playback and capture up to 60fps (VP9, H265, H264)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Audio Features<\/td>\n<td>7.1 and 5.1 surround sound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Storage<\/td>\n<td>16GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wireless<\/td>\n<td>Wi-Fi. Bluetooth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interfaces<\/td>\n<td>Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI 2.0, USB 3.0, Micro-USB 2.0, MicroSD slot, IR Receiver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gaming Features<\/td>\n<td>Nvidia Grid streaming service. Nvidia GameStream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>654g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dimensions<\/td>\n<td>130 x 210mm x 25mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Power<\/td>\n<td>40W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OS<\/td>\n<td>Android<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Nvidia&#8217;s &#8220;makes gaming seem super awesome and powerful&#8221; promotional video for the Shield is embedded below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9Yu3u8yl9I?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do you think about the Nvidia Shield console? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/72182-a-gamers-guide-to-load-shedding.html\">A Gamer\u2019s guide to load shedding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/72629-the-hardest-gaming-quiz-in-the-world.html\">The hardest gaming quiz in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/73009-this-is-whats-actually-literally-killing-gaming.html\">This is what\u2019s actually literally killing gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia has unveiled its Android-based gaming console, the Shield<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":73077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,45,13347],"class_list":["post-73073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-headline","tag-nvidia","tag-nvidia-shield-console"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73079,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73073\/revisions\/73079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}