By Nick Pino
Nvidia isn’t changing much with its 2017 Shield TV. But the changes that Santa Clara-based company is making – both to the design that’s now 40% smaller, the decision to include a remote inside the box and to Android TV – are going to make a world of difference.
In that way it’s best not to think of the next-generation Shield as the second incarnation of the device, but as a great half-step improvement for those just jumping on the 4K HDR streaming bandwagon.
But there’s one small caveat to get out of the way before we start: Almost everything you read here – I’d say about 90% of it – is going to be available on the previous version of the Shield. The Android TV update, local and online streaming and heck even the new controller will all be available for the ol’ 2015 Nvidia Shield.
OK, now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s focus first on the design of the system.
Design
The headline here is that it’s 40% smaller than before, bringing it from about eight inches wide down to about five. It’s able to shed some plastic by dropping the micro-SD card slot that used …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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