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At the start of Google I/O on May 28, NVIDIA released the shield console. Available on Amazon.com and Nvidia.com for $199 and reviewed here:
http://anandtech.com/show/9289/the-nvidia-shield-android-tv-review
It supports 4K Netflix streaming out of the box, and is the only device to do so. Now subscribers to Netflix 4K can finally use it. It costs extra, the base Netflix subscription price ($7.99) doesn't include the 4K streaming package.
Is this the start of Google taking over the living room? Games, movies, music, infotainment, all streamed from the cloud.
Fastest Android SoC out there at the moment:
-Quadcore A57
-Maxwell 2 SMM GPU
-3 GB LP4 DRAM
-4K display (OK not included :-P )
It also includes a game controller. The games streaming service might be cheaper than buying a GTX, and could potentially be used as a home server for movie streaming or basic FTP /disk streaming tasks. Should be interesting to see what apps get released for it. It's faster than most embedded systems used such as routers, scanners, and HTPCs. With Kodi + portable HDD, I could keep my desktop PC turned off most of the time now.
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday June 01 2015, @04:21PM
Don't you feel sorry for non-nerds who have to put up with that crap? I've been using a 42 inch TV as a monitor for well over a decade.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday June 01 2015, @10:36PM
The problem is that non-nerds now drive the market. It gives us the benefit of low prices on electronics due plain volume and omnipresence of equipment. Even equipment thrown away these days are immensely powerful. The downside is that non-nerds also drive the market to dumb down and lock down. They don't watch for quality and thus the market adapt. The huge e-waste causes new regulation to put in place that may result in things like tin whiskers etc.
But yeah, I do pity non-nerds for having put up with all bullshit and not knowing there's a way out and how to get there.