What could use more work from customer feedback is the user interface, which is still a bit on the clunky side. Mercifully, Nvidia has also shifted to AAA batteries, which are included so you can use this bad boy out of the box. There’s even an option to locate your remote if it’s slipped down the side of the couch. It boasts motion-activated backlights for easy lights-out navigation, some essential dedicated buttons (power, volume and playback controls), as well as a prominently placed programmable button for pretty much whatever function you fancy. Where the last one felt like a slimline afterthought, this newbie has reportedly evolved from customer feedback. Even connecting hard drives with 4K digital files work a treat on Shield.Īll of this media playback is complemented by a markedly improved Shield Remote.
The trick for appreciating the differences is you want to jump straight into the settings to push the AI upscaling to full, then use the quality slider in demo mode to properly appreciate the extra detail in a paused scene.įor those with a library of their own digital content, the Shield plays very nicely with popular third-party streaming app Plex and can even act as a server if you connect a USB hard drive or two. It may be a cognitive bias after a lot of comparisons, but even regular 4K streamed content (which isn’t upscaled) looks crisper when played on Shield compared to default 4K TV apps. There was only one instance of a 720p animated TV show where the AI upscaling aggressively added too much light to a dark scene that felt off in comparisons, even if the overall quality was noticeably cleaner. Lighting is subtly boosted, pixelated edges are smoothed out, and overall detail is improved. In my tests across a range of streaming content, the results are consistently impressive. Nvidia uses cutting-edge AI upscaling to boost HD-quality content (720p or 1080p), in real-time, to 4K fidelity levels for the many homes that, these days, have a 4K screen as their main entertainment hub. Even without the requisite surround sound setup to appreciate those audio gains, there’s still the impressive eye candy boost to factor in. More importantly for those seeking a fidelity boost for their streaming apps, Tegra X1+ translates to better audio to the tune of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for compatible streaming apps (like Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+). No matter what you’re opening, navigating or the apps you’re flicking between, this Shield never feels like it’s lagging. First and most noticeable is responsiveness. The beating green heart of this new-model Shield is a beefier Tegra X1+ processor that has some important edges over its older sibling.
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