They gotta put those Tegra CPU's somewhere I suppose.
Nobody else wanted them.

It is me. Not sure about the legend bit though lol

there's no cure for stupid is there ?

Not bad but total overkill if just for kodi :smiley:

showing as on back order but may change near to the offer going live

They gotta put those Tegra CPU's somewhere I suppose.
Nobody else wanted them.

so tempted just for the dreamcast / gamecube emulation. They ain't perfect for emulation yet, so maybe i'll wait for the inevitable upgrade version next year. Heat tho

At that price wouldn't say it's overkill for kodi as it runs it great and then you have the extras the box can do.

Will i get benerfits with no pc? I have 150mb virgin upgraded to 200 in january. Will i be able to stream games well or buy and down load to external itb harddrive and play or is a PC a must?

[/quote]You will be able to stream games flawlessly with that speed[/quote]
Ace. Kids use a wii u for there games think for thos price i will be buying. Supose our lass will like movie content too

Bargain really, and a no brainer if you need Kodi + have a decent PC with an Nvidia card.

Agreed.

All over this.

How do they know this? I see no evidence.

Scorchio

So tempted but overkill for Kodi and I don't have a PC. Would love to use for emulation but not sure I can justify the price for that purpose.

wonder if Amazon will match this

Did they ever fix the two external hard drive issue? You can't use more than two drives with this.

Good deal, obviously ideally you would have a PC to gamestream from but even without this its still a pretty solid entertainment system (running android so Kodi is an option) and powerful gaming device with a good few AAAA standard android games and the monthly game streaming service Nvidia now

http://shield.nvidia.com/game-streaming-with-geforce-now

If you're not bothered about playing multiplayer that much, or play the latest games immediately (and considering you have to pay monthly subscriptions for PS/Xbox anyway) its quite a good option for some light gaming now and then if you have Fibre Optic

Good deal. It would be nice if they would do a similar offer on the K1 tablet too.

any idea of the time ?

gimme gimme gimme

Have the Steam Link in the bedroom but wouldn't mind this in the TV unit. Would look pretty nice.

Ruddy hell i want a K1 for christmas but may get involved in that as the pads like £50 for another 70 get the Shield TV & remote hnnnggggg

Does this stream games from your pc? if it does will it do it with an AMD gpu in the pc?

I assume you need a good broadband connection for this to be of any great use?

I've got sky broadband via BT's copper line and it seems unlikely to be upgraded soon.

Ahh ok thanks

​cheers mate, been looking on there all week but hadnt seen that!

is there a way to play pc games on this without an nvidia gpu?

great price if you want a 4k tv and game streamer.

Not a fan of Nvidia after their terrible shield tablet, but have some heat anyway

If you think this is amazing price you want your head feeling,it's what it should of been from launch and if it was £49.99 then I would be quoting amazing not at this price :smiley:

Terrible Shield tablet is a bit extreme, the first iteration was one of the best rated tablets released - blighted by manufacturing issues it appears. The revised model again also top rated.

The problem with Nvidia is they try to over power everything, sell to their core audience, then fire sale the stock, and it stinks

the first Shield was dropped almost as soon as it launched, then the first shield tablet, which was horrendous and recalled and massively overpowered where they have to release their own game re-written for it..

The we have this, the shield TV, clearly not sold well, it was £199 + £40 for TV remote....sold to their core audience, then BAM...fire sale price to be £120 tomorrow inc the expensive TV remote, that is over a £100 reduction in the first 6 months FFS! what does that say to those first purchasers

Now we have this new shield tablet, again over powered, joe bloggs wont want it, it is clear people want battery life and good all round performance over these over powered tablets....

I am moaning I know, and generally I like Nvidia, but they seem to want to play this game where they go "oohhhh look at how powerful this is" their core fan base buy it, then boom, drop support fire sale the stock

Shield Tablet had a dodgy Android upgrade that nerfed it. This has been sorted now. Aside from standby battery being a bit poor, I'm extremely happy with mine.

A bit unfair at £100 it is excellent value, the Amazon 4K box is £80 and this is a lot more powerful than that

does anyone know if this supports "WPA2 Enterprise PEAP MSCHAP2 authentication method"?

10MB

So tempted with this. I don't need it but I want it.

It's £120 for a start ,there's loads of android boxes out there for way cheaper than £80 4K etc etc etc its not an amazing price though but it's better than it was and will only get cheaper like everything though I suppose

I've not been gaming on my pc for a couple of years and my current PC has integrated graphics. Could I use this instead of upgrading my PC to play games like Skyrim at decent quality settings? Or am I off track with what this is for?

not android TV boxes though mate, big difference, there is only the google nexus and this that has the optimised Android TV OS, all the other Android boxes use a standard Android OS....hence why they all come with those floaty mouse controller.... just need to make that distinction, and I priced it after selling the game controller (my bad)

+1 :sunglasses:

It's just based on OnLive's tech isn't it IIRC?

It can run this sort of thing natively though whereas most other Android tablets can't (or at least they're not supposed to be able to).

http://www.geforce.co.uk/whats-new/articles/half-life-2-episode-one-launches-on-tegra-k1-exclusively-for-the-nvidia-shield

yes really, it is cloud based and totally reliant on rock solid connections, the last review I read wither 3 which is £49.99 BTW on their service does not play well at all on this cloud service

This or a Steam Link and a new 360 controller?

Got a Chromecast for all my media needs and a decent PC upstairs with a Geforce 970.

One of the reviews I read seemed to suggest this lacked a lot of UK based apps, is this still the case? If so can you just cast the likes of the iPlayer to it instead?

Yeah quite right, a number of PC games have been ported to run on Shield devices.

The last time I used OnLive, I was living in another country with faster internet. I played Arkham Asylum on it and it worked quite well but there was a definite loss in visual quality and I don't think I would be able to get away with using that kind of service on my internet connection here.

If you already own a game like Half Life 2 on Steam then can you play the Nvidia version for free or do you have to buy it again directly from Nvidia's store app?

You still need a nvidia card for moonlight . I use it on a cheap chinese gamepad its total hit and miss . Im sure it will work well on shield tv . U can access steam on moonlight to . When it works its amazing .

You would need to buy it again :/

what time does the deal go live?

Yeah that's kind of what I expected really. Some of their pricing doesn't look too bad though. The Park is actually cheaper on Nvidia's store than it is on Steam for some reason.

I am leaning towards getting myself one of these tablets for Christmas at the moment. I switched to a Chinese Windows tablet from an N7 2013 over the Summer but I can't get along with Windows on a touch screen and the battery life is awful.

What about NowTV and Netflix? Yes I know there are other means to get content for free, but I'm not the type of person who does that.

Apparently you can use the 360 or Xbox One controller with these devices now as well so you don't need NVidia's ridiculously overpriced pad anymore.

+1 I as I dont need it... but I WANT it :smile:

Heads up, they seem to be offering 50% off some of their custom apps for Black Friday well, like these:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.halflife2ep2&utm_source=nvidia&utm_medium=shieldhubweb&utm_content=detail

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.id.doom3bfg

Bargain.

Can anyone confirm if this will work well with kodi and two WD 5TB HDD full of 1080p movies and tv shows?

I hope Amazon matches

1000% HOT

I don't disagree its a good price for a power android tablet, but all that power comes at a price.

I owned a shield tablet and it was one of the most un reliable tablets ive ever owned, even after keeping it in a case, the thing still fell apart.

Thankfully nvidia recalled it due to the battery and gave me a new one ( which I sold )

If you buy an nvidia device then ask yourself:

- am I happy to take the risk
- if I take the risk am I tech savvy enough to mess around with wifi, tablet advanced setttings
- Nvidia promise features / games and never delivery
- some people still do not have their replacement tablet after 4 months

there are lots who report they are happy with their shield devices, but lots who were also very un happy and would regularly go on the forums to bash nvidia and the moderators.

also dont be taken in when a mod on the forum says hes going to get something looked into for you or fixed...........they tend to post that they will fix it but then never get back to you

Does it play 3D BluRay isos?
Does it play files via NFS? (I don't have nor want a Plex or Kodi device running as a server)
Does it support 4K Netflix?

I think it can do anything a regular Android device can do. It uses standard Android with the Play Store as far as I can tell.

That's why I am thinking of getting one from Amazon rather than another retailer. I think they're far more likely to be helpful if the device turns out to be faulty or doesn't do what the item description says it will.

​anyone any idea?

Would 500gb be there?

already reduced in the US http://shield.nvidia.com/black-friday $149 or £99

If it's to play android games then yeah get it.

If you want to pc game stream the either get the steam link or a fire tv.

Assuming you have an nvidias gfx card then stick moonlight on the fire tv.

The nvidias controller is very good, battery lasts for ages and its solidly built

Has anyone got one of these and had luck with sideloading old skool games? Thinking of getting one, just for loading with old skool games

Note, the Fire TV (haven't tested the newest one) doesn't allow 1080p streaming with Moonlight. It only really handles 720p. The Steam Link does 1080p at 60fps perfectly, network permitting.

The Nvidia Gameshield doesn't seem to work with Amazon Prime Video - if it does, it's glitchy.

The Steam Link will have the best software support because Valve are involved.

Either way you'll end up making some sacrifices.

Heat added.

It would be to play Android games and read books, watch TV on. Nothing else really.

I might stream a game to it from my PC occasionally but I don't have much need to do that sort of thing tbh. I have a Fire TV at the moment but I just use it to watch TV (Netflix, Amazon Video, Kodi) and not for games. I tend to game either on my consoles or sat at my PC.

I see people mention Moonlight, it is a great alternative but here is the problem, not very many android devices on the market can stream at 1080p/60fps, you are extremely limited in the choices you have to do this.

If you also want to stream wirelessly you will need the box to support 5ghz - homeplugs are out of the question as it introduces latency and is much worse that even a poor wifi connection.

Considering Steam boxes are around £50, yet can't do half the great things this device does it really makes little sense to get anything else. I can stream wirelessly 1080p/60fps, I can also hold down a button and get mouse/keyboard emulation in the event I need it - this alone makes it worth the price.

It's expensive, definitly for a niche audiance, but it is a quality, quality piece of hardware.

Been waiting for this one.

there's plenty of cheap half decent tablets however if you want something half decent at gaming what options do you have? niche things with little market can rely on customers willing to pay a bit more, same with their GPU's and titan with the 980ti releasing so soon after. What we need is a half decent AMD based tablet to encourage more competitive pricing a monopoly only suits the producers

Indeed, there is a good thread about this on Neogaf, basically because AMD are such rubbish competition to Intel, people with PC's can still use the Intel 2500K chip many years after it's release to play the latest games...Same with Nvidia, they need more competition

I have 50mb download, sometimes up to 55. The upload never gets above 3mb though. Pathetic. I think I'm going to switch

When the hell is this live!!

any Idea on what time e it goes live?

When the hell is this live!!

When the hell is this live!!

We don't know what price that'll be though. :disappointed:

Im guessing im not the only one constantly refreshing the Nvidia page.

i'll wait for xmas sale

I bought this a few weeks ago at 150 and without the remote. So this is a bargain.

When the hell is this live!!

oops stupid laptop

how mich you reckon amazon will sell it for?

this is a brilliant product but lacks uk apps on demand tv apps but kodi bbc iplayer is there
i always find bbc app to disapear and i need to redownload, its superfast

anyone know if you can keep subscribing to the 3 month free game trial on different cards?

Shield does full 60hz refresh too unlike fire tv 4k at 30

Can anyone tell me if this box will output the HD audio formats such as DTS-HDMA, DD-HD, True HD etc to a surround sound amp over HDMI when using Kodi or Plex?

In my experience all the android based media boxes can only output bog standard DTS 5.1, or DD 5.1.

cheers!

Im totally having this and gonna sell the pc i currently use for koid , steam streaming etc... just wish it would go live

Nvidia fan boy here. Had sheild portable brill, had shield tablet brill, have Nvidia gpu brill and have the shield tv it's outstanding. Kinda wish I kept my shield portable there selling for over 200 on eBay, more than I paid to import from Canada new. If the new shied tab takes a price drop I will buy for sure. The remote for this is a lovely premium remote. Voice search outstanding. I watch you tube more than ever, Netflix is super as are kodi and plex. There is no better streamer. Gaming is good too.

Nope you still need a Nvidia GPU in your host pc. Moonlight is just an open source copy of the Nvidia tech. If you have an AMD GPU and want to Gamestream local then you are better off with a Steam Link which does support AMD.

Waiting for the amazon price match tomorrow

i doubt amazon will beat it... maybe 115 at best and probably will be without remote.

rememebr fire tv is a competitor

Looking for a box for kodi mainly. Anyone recommend one at half this price or bit more?

for kodi only i would get fire tv 4k
ive had both but prefer this box, it just seems to offer a lot more everything is the latest spec from the hdmi 2.0 to the additional usb 3.0 ports, graphics chip, memory etc etc

Well they seem to have updated their page?, now with links to Partners, but none of them are showing the discounted price.

i have a dreamcast and a gamecube, With the Nvidia shield you can play them with increased resolution making them look much better then the original systems.

ah ty :smiley:

Has anyone managed to run skype on this?

The router plays a massive part, but it's entirely possible.

Edit: I'd also like to point out that for people who are on the fence about emulation that this is the only android device (including the latest phones like the S6) which can do the xBR filter for emulation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvFrWN0Ztvg

So, how do you know this is going to be on offer at this price?

Has anyone tried the BBC apps on this? I know they are paid for by Nvidaa, not the BBC. Are they decent quality? The reviews on the app store would suggest they are naff.

BBC appa work fine only tried iplayer the only issue I have is it sometimes disappears and I need to re enable from google play store

What time is this on ... ?

As far as I know, Fire TV 4K does not decode natively DTS, nor srt subtitles. If you plan to have a system where you do the video decoding on the client side (which I believe would include Kodi, but would exclude Plex which transcodes on the server end), then this makes the Fire TV pretty useless for a large chunk of MKV files which have DTS audio. By contrast, the Nvidia Shield TV decodes all those formats natively and should be far superior for a Kodi setup I would have thought.

I previously swore by Powerlines but my experience is that after a year or so of intensive use, they burn out and need replacing (a problem widely reported by others online). I now bought a top notch Wifi AC router and streaming high def 1080p MKVs from my NAS to my IPad Air 1 (which isn't even Wifi AC) on nplayer is an absolute breeze and blazing fast.

According to the quote from Eurogamer above this deal won't go live until 11:59pm on Thursday.

Link to article

Collectors mate

Ye

Yeah, pretty sure it isn't happening tonight.
I might try and get it through Amazon's lightening deal tomorrow and then if I can get it through Nvidia later, I'll just cancel the Amazon order.

I think I want one but I have literally no idea what it is

What time is Amazon deal live ?

I already have one ordered from Amazon, hopefully they will price match it there and I can ask for a refund of the difference :smiley:

I have done a bit of research on this and looking through some comments on here, I would just like to clarify some points:-

1) I know from personal experience and logic that unless you have a crappy router there should be no problem streaming content even over the 2.4Ghz band at upto 300Mit/s, for instance a 20GB 2 hour long blu-ray rip would only be hitting approx 20Mit/s, so it can more than handle the throughput. If it's not able to handle it then there's something at your router that's the problem. I suffered with stuff like this for about 2 years, tearing my hair out trying to figure out where the problem was and tried everything I could think of... I purchased a new router, a decent one and didn't have to configure anything but a relatively free band as usual, my streams work perfectly now even streaming a long way and through walls with no halting or buffering etc even on 2.4Ghz band to mobile phones, tablets etc.

2) There is apparently (can't try this until tomorrow or friday when the shiled tv arrives) a simpler way of loading apps onto the shield tv even if they don't show in the android tv store. Go onto PC and search for the apps and then choose which device you want to install to. I do this already with my android devices anyway, but have no way of checking the validity of this way as yet. Will save having to sideload some apps maybe.

I hope this has been of help to someone, and if I find any more tips I will share them :smiley:

great price if true

Is it tonight or tomrrow night?

What time is deal going live

pmsl

23.20 nothing

I was thinking of picking on up, but I was hoping it would be around the £100 mark. Will probably hold off for a bit longer

The best news will be tomorrow night as that way we can all see what price the Amazon deal is...

No HD audio bitstreaming though, thus no Dolby Atmos, firestick not for me

Can I buy steam games with this machine?

Hi while watching kodi on this can u use the headphones with audio jack on the remote

I guess that would make sense. Might see what Amazon's offering is like and then decide

I have one of these with kodi running on it and kodi is faster and smoother than anything else I've tried it on
much better than a fire stick or fire tv

Still £149

well never saw this deal happen today.......

Waiting....:confused:

Waiting....:confused:

Waiting....:confused:

Waiting

Waiting...

Not happening today was just hype so that some poor sods got trigger happy and bought regardless of the price....:neutral_face:

I dont think the price going down today. Maybe tomorrow night

It's painful waiting, I guess it's not that different to watching paint dry....:smirk:

The walls are starting to spin.....:confused:

:disappointed: Tomorrow it is then....

is Kodi just used as a media player? anything special about it?

Amazon lightning deal tomorrow too. Prime members get it first

​it's not better than netflix. I wouldn't even compare it to netflix. Netflix plays the videos it has on offer, and it does it very well. kodi can play videos, music, photos, programs etc. It's not a dedicated VOD service. It's possible to get decent quality movies and tv shows on there, and you can get pretty much anything. But for quality audio and visual, netflix wins hands down. And don't give me this about "oh but on navi x you can get 5.1 1080p streams...", they hardly ever work and are mostly cack.

I have an even cheaper solution for streaming games to your big TV from your PC, its called 'A long HDMI cable'

Quite possibly the only piece of tech I wanted this black friday/cyber monday!

3 months free access to Geforce Now (Netflix style game streaming service) adds quite a lot of value to the equation for me. Plus this seems to be the only practical device to provide a 4K TV with useful 4K content this year.

Interesting I might bite at this

Genesis is exactly like Netflix, and the 1080p streams work :smiley:

still £149

The price still hasn't dropped.

What time is the Amazon deal can't see on upcoming deals on Amazon

I've been pressing the refresh button nearly all night. Has anything been confirmed that it will actually happen? :smiley:

Can this be hooked up to HP microserver (with Win7 and 10TB)?

I am sure someone mentioned PC link?

I use the HP on the main tv for the kids to watch their millions of cartoons stored on it. Would this link up and run all the files via the shield.

Also want to get the old skool game emu loaded on to it. Make it a all in one machine.

You guys, just don't know what are you talking about. And guess never had a shield in hand. I have a shield tablet, and like to play with it on my TV. You can stream PC games, NVIDIA Grid (I know it is payd monthly now) and all your favourite android games on the TV. With the controller and remote included it is really a decent deal! Haters gonna hate! Heat added!

​No it isn't. lol.

Read the posts and you might learn something those saying it is still the same price.

This deal isn't live yet, but Nvidia tells us that at 11:59pm on Thursday, you'll be able to get the Shield Android TV console with its standard wireless joypad and a free TV remote for just £120
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-black-friday-technology-deals

Then you have not set it up right to be honest. Genesis looks amazing. Plus I can tell it to have all my tv shows ready as they come out. Everything in hd. You are right it is not. It is much better

Cheers for that - I guess, I better get check out some forums to get it setup. Hopefully someone will start a help owner site on here

This is a great deal.. install iPlayer and Kodi and you're pretty much sorted and bonus if you have a good desktop rig with a nvidia card, game stream works flawlessly with wired connections.

This or a gaming laptop

Decisions Decisions

An easy alternative solution is to use Plex.. although we're talking about a verybeefy android device here so there're plenty of options to let it stream from PC..

Must be the hottest deal for a deal that doesnt actually exist!

I had expected it may go live when the USA site went live..
"Offer valid Thursday, 11/26 12:01am PST to Saturday 11/28 11:59pm PST"

But that was 8am GMT by my guess.. and no sign of it on either site!

Does any one know when this is actually going live? I have been checking every hour or so since yesterday and nothing yet... I am getting kinda tired :smiley:

Hi, Amazon deal at 1.10pm

This deal isn't live yet, but Nvidia tells us that at 11:59pm on Thursday, you'll be able to get the Shield Android TV console with its standard wireless joypad and a free TV remote for just £120
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-black-friday-technology-deals

Better off buying an Amazon Fire TV.

12:40 if you have prime :smiley:

and I suspect it will all be gone by the time it goes to the masses

Having bought the Shield tablet last year I was wondering if there would be another Nvidia deal, I read the article too but didn't post because
1. Deal wasn't live or confirmed by other sources
2. Deal did appear to be available in the US so wondered if TrustedReviews had made an assumption

Seems like a nice package, the remote has been bundled for early adopters but price drop and inclusion of controller makes it a good deal. Some reviews do slate it saying it just lacks TV orientated software.

Yeah did see that.. but couldnt see an "add to cart" option to be able to buy it.. so thought it was just like a placeholder...

Stupid question here, can you not just use hdmi cable to stream games to a tv? why would you need this device?

Not 'THE' MetalKettle? Kodi legend?

Yes if you want to game on your TV buy this, to be honest though no one does.

If you want Kodi buy a cheaper box, like an Amazon Fire TV/Stick/Pi2/one of those hundreds of cheap android boxes.

If you want iPlayer and all those also buy a cheaper box, like an Amazon Fire TV/one of those hundreds of cheap android boxes.

This is overkill and too expensive for what it is.

You sound like an AMD fanboy

You've certainly got a point that this is a premium product with an appropriate price and that it's probably overkill merely for Kodi. However, once you use one of these and then use a Fire Stick (I still have one in the kitchen) it feels painfully sluggish.
Don't really understand the 'no-one wants to game on TV' comment - what about the millions of games consoles sold.
Some people just want to buy the best, and this is probably the best android box out there .

I have tried most of the top Android boxes for Kodi and this beats them all by a mile.Everyone raves about the Fire stick but their ok if you know how to sideload apps ect and have a decent net speed.There is no option to attatch a pendrive/usb as well which is no good.The Shield flys like a Lambo and leaves the rest of the boxes behind..Well worth the money unless you like slow speeds...

What time is Amazon LD I don't see it

The Amazon Fire TV has sd card support and you can just send files to it from your PC, who needs more than that. It also has great developer support, and supports 4K. Better than moving a physical object around by putting it in your PC copying the file then going to the box and putting it in, after you put it in the wrong way first (that's what she said). Then after finishing watching the said porn taking out the USB device and putting it in a drawer, never to find it again. Your wife finds it one day and starts asking questions. You wouldn't want that to happen would you.

Or you could just install ES file explorer...

If only my wife understood my needs for this... :disappointed:

I wish I hadn't bought mine earlier now I have seen this deal, but that's what happens when you buy tech on launch day!

I absolutely love mine and my main use (until I hurry up and buy a GTX compatible card) is for video streaming using Plex, Kodi, Netflix, WWE etc and compared to the cheaper devices (Fire TV stick etc) it does feel a lot better.

Using it for emulation is great and the Nvidia streaming service is surprisingly good (I have the 152MB Virgin Media connection).

The controller could be better, but I don't game heavily on this device.

It may be a little overkill for my current uses, but it should only get better and I can't recommend this device enough.

still 149.99 for me, this is not a deal!

there's no cure for stupid is there ?

Did the deal not go live?

No, these muppets cannot even manage a Black Friday promotion... doh

Yep you can only use two hard drives with it. If you try a third it can't mount it. Annoying as I have a bunch of drives from over the years that have all my movies on. I ended up sending it back for that reason and they don't seem to state it anywhere.

I would rather have my Minix X8-h Plus, but this is still a great looking device albeit restrictive in some ways

This "Hottest" deal never happened. Ridiculous.

Is there any good sites or forums which will give a guide on how to link up to the PC to access the HDDs and also setup the emu for gaming?

Plenty of Kodi guides, but never used plex before, so look into that, I am sure there is a guide for that too!

If anybody else was hoping like me that they would also do a Black Friday deal on the K1 tablet then I think you'll be disappointed.

Amazon are currently out of stock and the thing is getting rave reviews everywhere. There also isn't any other big mid-range Android contender on the market this Christmas so Nvidia probably don't need to push sales of it all that much.

​yes you can

Good god this is a great deal for the whole kit. I'd be all over this if I had actually moved into my new place. Probably be 6 months till I can actually play a game so just will be sitting in box doing nothing. BUT STILL I WANT IT NOW!

That controller looks like a prototype, but what do I know, it gets average to good reviews.

real shame that there's no Amazon Video app form this, nor ever likely to be, then it would be a truly awesome box. Guess I'll have to wait to see if the Roku 4 ever becomes widely available over here at a decent price, till then will have to stick to Amazon Fire Tv.

Post updated :smirk:

Good deal to those who waited from last deal that did not have remote included at higher price. Very tempting deal.

Everything for Plex can be found on Plex.tv and they have some really helpful people on the forums. It's very simple once you've got it up and running.

I used YouTube to help with emulation, so just search for something basic like "emulation on nvidia shield tv" and you should be spot on.

Really tempting at £120. The thing is I think I would struggle to make best use of it and could imagine it getting very little use at all as I already have alternative devices for everything this does. I have consoles and a HTPC for big screen gaming, tablets for touch screen gaming. Consoles, tablets and my Now TV and Chromecast 2 (if Wuaki makes good) can more than handle my entertainment needs. My PC has an AMD GPU so I can't game stream and I don't have a 4K TV to take advantage of one of it's main features, the 4K support.

All that aside, it is a lovely tempting piece of kit and if it went down to £100 I still think I would bite and to hell with the practicalities, though I doubt we will see £100 this year unless amazon pulls something REALLY special out of the hat.

Buying this and putting the Nexus Player in the bedroom thanjks!

Before this goes live, want to clear this up

If I add the net cable from the router (BTInfinty 70MB+) to this, which also has my HP Micro hooked on as well as the main PC. Will the Shield pickup all the drives via the router?

I am guess this is how the Shield picks up stored movie/tv files, is this correct?

The same goes to the emu games - if you have the emus on the shield to access the games - will you then make a games folder for the roms on your PC or have I got this all wrong!

Cheers for that - I am reseaching the Plex and the emu. just posted another questions about the HDD and storage access via the router

Cheers, looks like youtube is next to get the info on settings. Only thing I need to get my head around is the emu and where the games are stored.

Nvidia site still showing the old price for me. 12:02 now.

So it's gone 11.59...where is the deal? Or is this 23.59, in which case I'm annoyed I've been pressing refresh for a deal still 12 hrs away !

i keep seeing the amazon deal dissapearing and appearing... lets see

Hmmm still nothing (taps watch) :neutral_face:

To be fair, the Minix has plenty of power for what it does, it has hardware support for Dolby and 4K and it has an established support network that the Nvidia does not (which for me is key as everyone is whacking the latest and greatest hardware into the devices but few have the support when it doesn't work well). Minix is still the best device for me (and for most others). Maybe when the shield has decent software support and doesn't need everything useful to be sideloaded....maybe then I'll consider it, but I suspect they are going down the restrictive Apple TV route which generally is not what people want.

I agree. This is a gamer's device and a hardcore gamer's device at that. If all you want is streaming TV then an Amazon Fire TV should be fine.

I am someone with very little patience for poor performing devices but I use the Fire TV for Netflix, Kodi, Amazon Video, iPlayer etc and it's near perfect.

You'll store them on the device... You can plug a memory stick in or access a remote drive and transfer to internal storage?

Been eyeing this up for weeks. I think this is going to be hard to resist tonight. It's defo up tonight right?

I like the look of the shield but if Im going to upgrade my graphics for sub £300 I'm going AMD cause the cards are just plain faster, so shadowplay is useless, be nice if this was the tablet instead of the shield tv.

Nope.

At near the same price it's night and day difference between the two, it's not even a contest as this monster can run Super Mario Brothers Wii at full speed. It will take years for any rockchip/amlogic to get within touching distance.

If you search XDA you can find how to root and flash full android if you don't want to use official firmware. Devices like the one you mentioned make this look positively cheap.

From someone who has used all chinese rockchip/amlogic soc's avaiable, I cannot stress just how much better it is in every aspect, from build quality, wifi, and the sheer speed of it. However as mentioned if you need just a Kodi box it's OTT although this is one of the few boxes that does have offical Kodi builds specifically for it.

Yup

2 questions,

1. Is it possible to play MKV files via USB?
2. If I sign in with my Google account will I be able to access the apps I've paid for previously?

so here we go with Amazon, price predictions?

if it is £120 I am all over that

I guess, that answers it. Usually its a rom file I would find and play via the emu. So have the roms stored on the main PC in a folder and if you want to play the Dreamcast game or whatever - just transfer the game file over and run via the shield.

Like the sound of the shield more and more now that it will play the games. The plex is a bonus, just throw all the movie files onto the 5TB and good to go.

I can't see 12.40 for prime.

1 min, I am excited :smiley:

£117.99 at amazon

Amazon Deal Price: £117.99

117.99

sweeettttt cheaper than Nvidia

£117

Just bought it for £117.99

Actually you won't be able to access all the apps you have paid for.

done, £117 was too good to say no.

Got one from Amazon for £117.99 :smiley:

Not a chance of getting this unless you have prime...

Either they don't have many, or they are selling quickly.

Ordered from Amazon, excellent!

Purchased

£117.99

Edit - 40% claimed.

bought via amazon

Got my order in. If you don't have Prime I think you'll be out of luck with this deal.

see we are glad the Nvidia offer was not on now, or we would all be annoyed as Amazon CS, much better than Nvidia and we get it tomorrow

shared prime membership not allowing early access, damn.

​It's £117.99 on Prime

I would help someone out here who does not have Amazon but it wont let me buy another...sorry

Signed up for a free Prime trial 30 seconds before this deal went live and got for the great price, feeling rather chuffed right now!

Amazing price!

45% gone already

Better off buying from Nvidia

Nice! Got it with the prime trail, so next delivery too :smiley:

£117.99 good deal

how do you tell? as amazon cs wont know

Better off buying from Amazon. There is no difference between the controllers except the logo!

Great deal - I love mine.

how can you tell which controller is which?

how can you tell which controller is which?

I bite at the Prime deal.

how can you tell which controller is which?

Yeah got one. Thanks

my wife is going to kill me

I don't want to sideload stuff mate and Minix have official Kodi builds specifically for it and they are high build quality.....they just have a lot more support than Nvidia. Maybe in a year's time it will be different.

Ignore the controller issue, makes no difference what so ever!!

£110.49 with my student discount :wink: Steal

is that it? no functional difference, as I will be selling mine so want to make sure I know what i am talking about

i prefer the look of the old controller :wink: if theres no tech difference then its fine

I don't think it's even possible to get the old controller in this country with the shield.

Bought mine months ago from the US and that came with the 'new' controller.

No need to worry then, that's literally it.
It would only be a concern to those who want the newest symbols.

Any ideas how to get it working with NOW TV? Just want to make sure before buying as that's a deal breaker for me.

If anybody is interested in selling their controller separately then please create a thread in BST as I might be interested.

They make look higher spec'd on paper but they are also a lot more inefficient and you will almost always get better performance from Nvidia.

don't think that is any real difference between the new and old controller... and it's very rare to find one with the old controller...

All over this like a fire blanket

got the Amazon deal with free remote at 117. bargain!

Great, thanks. Please PM me when the thread is up and we'll take it from there. :smiley:

I will need to wait for it to arrive mate as Mods will lock it down instantly

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give it a try you may change your mind :smiley: It's surprisingly usable and there're quite a few enjoyable free games on Google Play for Android TV too!

Bought one as well £117 at Amazon delivery tomorrow

Managed to bag one just after the deal got opened to non Prime customers. Absolutely thrilled. Can't wait for it to arrive. Thanks again to the poster on this.

bought via amazon. why has this been expired? Still on sale tonight direct from manufacturer?

Managed to snag one of these rascals! :man:

Why expired? Its on amazon still.

How did u get student discount on Amazon

Despite saying I would wait for sub £100, I went and ordered the Amazon deal. Thing is I really could do with reclaiming a little cash to make up for all that spending.

Heard a few people on here mentioned selling the remote and I'm thinking of doing the same. However, I don't want to spoil my experience of using the shield TV. Is there anything you must have the remote for or can you do all the same things on the included controller?

Managed to get one. Came up as 2 packages and a higher price, but was discounted at the end.

Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal:
£124.99
Postage & Packing:
£3.96
Total Before VAT:
£128.95
VAT:
£25.79
Total:
£154.74
Promotion Applied:
-£36.75
Grand Total:
£117.99

Well in that price range it's 970 v 390 and the 390 is cheaper and beats the 970 in fps by around 5% it may use a bit more power but that works out at about 11p per 25 hours gameplay. Also the 390 has full DirectX 12 support and has 8gb VRAM which makes it far more future proof. So the only advantages the 970 has is shadowplay and MXAA which are both excellent but don't compete with the advantages of the 390 for me.

I just pulled the trigger on the Amazon deal...missed a £10 off voucher I read about after....the hot-dealer in me is fuming for not checking first!

No it's OK, that's what I meant. There's no rush anyway. :smiley:

I got mine from amzon delivery tomorrow i was going to buy a minix x8 but the nvidia shield blows it out of the water especially at this price thanks to the original poster for the information

Need a mod to un-expire, still going on amazon (just) and then direct from NVIDIA tonight (hopefully)

Picked one up as a Christmas present. Nice price. Thanks OP!

Student discount didn't work for us

This also has google chromecast built in and its much better quality than the standard version.

@poopscoop - the posting was for the NVIDIA online deal @119.99, it's due to go live tonight

@poopscoop - the posting was for the NVIDIA online deal @119.99, it's due to go live tonight

Amazon discount code:£10 - MUSICTEC10

That is not valid on this.

Student discount 100% works on all lightning deals. Its automatically applied to every purchase direct from amazon once added properly to your account.

Thanks. Already tried that but didn't work.

Got the link to that page by any chance?

How did u get student discount on Amazon

Got it fro £110.99 here :smiley: very pleased.

Hesitated but got on Amazon's waiting list and bought. Very happy with the firestick but it has its limitations so that will go in another room :smiley: Confirmed that MUSICTEC10 discount does not work either.

Yeah, been using the firestick but we're lazy and get annoyed when we finally remember to take it up / downstairs but keep forgetting the remote!

Firestick can live in the bedroom now.

I missed out on the Student discount, forgot to enter the code. Spoke to customer services to see if the could apply the discount to my purchase and they said that the discount can't be applied to Lightning Deals!

I told them that the discount works now when I check out with another item in the lightning deal and they said that shouldn't work!

Oh well £117.99 is still a good deal. Well done to you for getting a better deal! :wink:

Am I missing out on something here, when the op posted this deal it was £149 and is still £149 ?

Same here but I was offered £10 would be refunded once my order has been despatched via chat. Claims no option was available to add code to adjust price on order. Just waiting for despatch now.

Well the deal came and went on Amazon. I believe all sold out in an hour.
Still think the nVidia deal will kick off tonight, you'll have to wait and see.
If you have non-smart TV these things are ace, plus with sideloading you can add lots to it.
Shame that Amazon Prime TV is not available though!

J

If you look at the first post he has edited it...
This deal isn't live yet, but Nvidia tells us that at 11:59pm on Thursday, you'll be able to get the Shield Android TV console with its standard wireless joypad and a free TV remote for just £120
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-black-friday-technology-deals

I have Nus card what is the code that u need to enter, I thought If u have the student Amazon account it applies automatically

Got way too many gadgets to play already! Definitely buy this.

These a lot better for streaming films/tv/football than the Fire TV Box with Kodi on it?

You'll need to buy an NUS Extra card and you'll then get a code you can redeem on Amazon. Everything on Amazon.co.uk sold by Amazon will get 5% off discount.. This is actually very very useful particularly on those heavily discounted items..one of my mates bought a TV (expensive but still the lowest price in the UK) and saved like 50 quid...

I never mentioned navi, I gave my opinion based on my user experience, there are pros and cons with Netflix and Kodi/Tvmc and some may prefer to save their cash when it comes to streaming....

Thanks. I wouldn't be interested in the game aspect of this, I'm not worried about Prime content and not fussed with 4K streaming.
Be after a more stable/reliable content/streams though if this would offer that?

​Sorry, it wasn't specifically aimed at you. I agree that Netflix is an expense (unless you know the right people...) And kodi can be a good alternative.

By 'the right people' you mean account thieves presumably. :laughing:

I argued exactly the same point and got a £5 discount voucher off my next order which ive already used

Out of my own stupidity, I didn't check back in here before I pulled the trigger on the Lightning deal through amazon. If I had I would have used the discount code as I have a prime student account. So I called them and and argues for a few mins and they have refunded me £10. So the total purchase price for me has come to £108, and I expect to be able to sell the game controller for about £25.

seems it may only be the 16gb model as 500gb is not available on uk site shows Portugal for some reason??

now in stock at GAME :smiley:

You obviously didn't read my comment then and jumped in trying to get a bit of limelight!

May be sound bit dump but if u want to play games u need the controller

Appears available from Game.co.uk for £119.99 now with free delivery. Haven't tried ordering myself, as I got the Amazon lightning sale earlier.

also avail at ebuyer and scan and amazon but the discount will be only as I understand on the 16gb model as that is the only model available on the NVidia site where the discount is being applied

For anyone who's interested, Scan will be selling the 500gb version at a discount price of £189.99 :smiley:

Is the Hard Drive a Mechanical 2.5"? If so that make it £70. Crazy money for 500GB.

Hard drive is a hybrid 2.5 I think.

thanks for that, I really need to do some serious file moving and dump all the movie/tv files onto the 5tb and make folders for the roms for the emus.

thanks

Managed to get one earlier for discounted price. Should arrive tomorrow.

It is me. Not sure about the legend bit though lol

Ha ha. I hope your purchase helps you in the great work you do!

Is it worth buying one of these and does Kodi work fine on them.?
I see game have them at this price ,anyone know how long FREE delivery takes from Game.

out of stock @ game :disappointed:

Lol I was just thinking the same,about time we had a famous face on here keep up,the good work pal

thanks mate.. is that at 12 tonight?

Just says Friday mate

Is Google still backing Android TV or is it already abandon-ware? I keep hearing how small the app/game choice is for the Android TV platform. I would use it mainly for Netflix/iplayer/kodi and a few games like Minecraft. Would I be better off going for an Intel NUC or something that's more versatile? I know a NUC would be more expensive but I don't want to be stuck with something that Google is going to consign to the scrap heap along with Google TV.

good deal, order now

Might have been mentioned already but this is £113 at scan

No worries, but Android isn't great for working with NAS for moving files between the NAS's own disks, it's complicated. If you just want to delete/copy some stuff it's not too bad as the controls are there, but for moving files it's way too complicated to even explain why, lol. If you plan on moving a lot of files on your NAS, I would suggest using a computer or SSH into your NAS to do it as it's much faster and simpler than trying to use android. You can do it, but the ease of use just isn't there for moving files through a shared network device.

Had my micro n36l setup with win7 and the pci graphics card for easy basic setup access. Mainly used by the kids to watch their TV shows on the big tv. The 3rd drive is the 5tb, plan was to move all the avi/movie etc., files into the 5tb in folders. Hopefully going down the plex route. Will make a games folder on that too!

I guess once the router links the shield and pc together and will be able to move things much easier.

We need a owner thread on here

It's now live!
Add to basket and buy!

Price Now showing £119.99 when added to basket

Wonder how long they'll last...

How long is shipping from Nvidia?

can't see the one with hard drive on sale on their site, has anyone seen any at a bargain price?
thanks

Just bought one, as others say, add it to your basket and the price changes to 119.
Money has come out of my account, so I guess I will be getting one :smiley:

Thanks OP

Well i got my order in thankyou to the op very much! x

Cheers op got one

Order Placed

Order Date: 26/11/2015
Order Number: ***************************
Digital River Ireland Ltd.
Unit 153, Shannon Free Zone West
Shannon, Co. Clare, IRELAND
Qty Product Name Price Extended Price VAT %

1 SHIELD Boxed Shipment £149.99 £99.99 20%
1 SHIELD Remote Boxed Shipment £39.99 FREE 20%
Sub-Total £99.99
Shipping FREE
Tax £20.00
Total £119.99

Yup live now :smirk:

Finally!

Game site not seam to be live wonder they will order from nvidia store!!!!!.

Well it's ordered so let's wait and see...
Thanks for the heads up Op!

Hot purchased

What the....

Another purchase here! Thanks OP!

189 at game for the 500gb

It's showing the correct price on main page now.
No idea how long shipping will be.
My luck, Ebuyer will be same price today with free next day delivery, but I could't risk missing out. :smirk:

2 cards, both getting : "Payment authorization failed, please try again or use another payment method." :confused:

Just ordered. Cheers laa. Amazon nowhere near as of yet

Same here, could not place the order

The 500GB is on sale at Amazon U.K.
Your text here

thanks. it's £189.99, i.e. effectively £190 at Game. I don't know why HUKD doesn't have a rule that people round up to the nearest pound if the price ends 90p or more.

Game's website seems to be struggling, it collapsed earlier.

30th Dec shipping...... Hmmmmmmm anticlimax

Been trying to buy it from game all night but website is/was playing up.
Tried nvidia store and got it at 00.02 no probs, that'll do for me

my banks fraud dept. didn't like the site. order processed now though

Thank you for ordering from the NVIDIA.

Your order has been submitted and is currently being processed. You will receive another email with the details of your order within 48 hours.

hope this aint me too!

Game Cancelled my order then the site went down.
Ordered it from Nvidia no probs...Unless they do the same.

Where are you guys finding this shipping date? I ordered mine a few mins after 12pm and there was no mention of this anywhere I could see...

My order was placed on the 26th according to my email confirmation.
The email confirmation just states that I will receive an email when my products have been shipped.
No mention of a date.

Where did the 30th December come from ?

Got mine. Wouldn't even show a price or add to cart on my iPhone 6s. Had to use use another phone. Didn't see delivery date like

On the Nvidia website below Add To Cart

http://shield.nvidia.co.uk/store/android-tv

I see. That message was not there when I ordered mine and my basket showed both items in stock so I'm hoping for sooner...If you add to basket now it's shows on back order so hopefully I got my order in on time...

That 30th December date definitely wasn't there when I ordered.

if you can wait order the pro (with controller and remote) from amazon.de for £122 - here's the link. Deal posted 30 mins ago here

I never saw that message ( Starts shipping on Dec 30, 2015 ) either when i placed my order

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nvidia-shield-500gb-with-remote-amazon-de-get-quickly-misprice-122-2334031?p=26588624

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0171RCVEC/?tag=digidip-21

NVIDIA SHIELD Pro (500 GB, incl. SHIELD Controller) + SHIELD Bluetooth Remote Control
EUR 159,00 = £122.00

Use Crome to translate Page to english

I also did not see the shipping notice when i ordered, now I see it. Has anyone managed to cancel their order?

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nvidia-shield-16gb-including-controller-and-free-remote-android-tv-4k-video-and-cloud-gaming

In Stock £119.99 Inc VAT
Delivered to you on Mon 30th Nov
Carriage £9.58
£131.48

I've only gone and ordered this too! The curse of HUKD!
Not going to cancel my 16gb order in case they cancel the 500gb order due to misprice!
If they do both turn up looks like I'll have one to sell on...

You can return items back to Amazon until Jan 19th now as its holiday season so returns are extended.

Starts shipping in over a month?? Hahahaha what a deal

if you get a cust service email can you share please mate? going to cancel too

I really want one of these but I dont know why. Its basicallya steam box from what I can tell or a media player at best?

Maybe im wrong :/

Website now showing that they aren't going to be shipped until the 30th December.. I don't recall seeing that at midnight??

Ebuyer has plenty in stock

Really can't believe this! Ordered using the last of the money in my account by the time my money is back the deals will be over great! Thanks for the heads up Nvidia take our money so you can put a batch in to be made

I ordered at 2.50am and at the time the Shield appeared as 'backlogged' while the remote was 'in stock'. The dispatch date was stated as 30th December 2015 just below the add to basket button.

However, now when I check it's coming up as in-stock. I'm confused as to whether mines will be shipped before the 30th Dec or not. Sent an email to customer service to cancel my order if it's going to be shipped on the 30th Dec or later. Will update here.

Cripes! Thats shipping date is a joke, good job no one is buying one for a xmas box! So glad i ordered from amazon lightning deal, mines due for delivery today

I just rang customer services on 0203 0145286 and a lady assured me that mine will ship in the next couple of days.

im on the phone now to sort it out

I cancelled my lightening deal order and arranged a free return.
I bought in Amazon.De the Pro versionfor £122 with the additional hard drive. Is everyone else doing the same?
Not sure the point of ordering anywhere else as the Amazon.De deal is the best.

ok so I spoke to customer services they told me that my order is in processing and that I should get a email very soon to say it has been dispatched and that i wont be getting it dec 30th. hope this helps i placed mine about 12.10am as the site isnt good with passwords

i used web chat mate dont use your phone youll be waiting forever use it on your laptop or pc got in then they conference called me into the support

Does the amazon one have the remote as its on amazon for £119.99

Just ordered mine from GAME , to be delivered 5 to 10 days. (Hopefully it comes earlier ) with remote for £119.99.

just rang customer services on 0203 0145286 and a lady assured me that mine will ship in the next couple of days.
They were very quick to answer as well

That deal is long gone, was only available for a few hours from 12am I believe. Sadly I missed it. I got the Amazon UK lightening deal but kinda wish I hadn't now as I know it's always gonna bug me that I didn't get the better 500GB one on Amazon DE.....

If they hadn't already sent it I think I'd cancel it. I know I could return it but then I imagine I'd be stuck with the return postage cost....

Sorry guys had no idea it was short time deal. I did wonder, hence why I stayed up till 2:30am last night ordering it and trying to cancel my UK lightening deal. It was just luck that I saw it as I was still subscribed to this thread and some clever person on here spotted it and I received the email update.
I feel your pain as It was pure luck that I got it.
It's still a pretty good deal without the hard drive.
Let's not forget there is still cyber Monday, so who knows what other deals there may be?

Says its in stock now

I went through all the options in Amazon for return reason as most were a fiver. If you chose "not compatible" return postage is free.
It's funny I have already arranged a return for something that has not arrived, lol.

Not quite sure what you mean re honouring it? Why what reason would they have? They would be breaking the law and trades description act or the equivelent for Germany.
They have already brought forward the date of arrival for the remote to the 3rd December. If you buy something and they take payment they have "honoured your purchase".

As far as I know its not until they dispatch the item , its not classed as a complete transaction.

I think it depends any terms and conditions of sale. As I understand it, If it doesn't say they are allowed to cancel an order, then when they take the money it means the contract has been made and they are obliged to supply the goods at the price set, and if they then change their mind they are breaking the contract and therefore you can sue for damages and costs to be put into the position you would have been in had they not broken it.

It's not unusual for orders on mispriced items to be cancelled as you'll have seen many times on HUKD. Usually retailers have a provision in their terms that they've not accepted an order until the item has been dispatched or something to that effect. The payment is usually kept on hold and taken at the point of dispatch. Not saying that yours will be cancelled, but was only answering your original question why people might not have been cancelling their Lightning order for the the amazon.de one. :smiley:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/chat/chat_launch there u go mate, wasnt on my laptop so missed your message

Actually forget what I said before, ES file explorer is actually pretty good at using network devices and moving etc now.. I think it must have been an old version where it was difficult maybe. But anyway, I tested it and moving files is easy enough now, just select the files you want to move (press and hold first file for it to go into checkbox mode) then select the other files you want to move to the same destination, then click the icon at the bottom/top (depends on which version of android you're using) that looks like 3 dots in a vertical line, this gives you more options of what to do with the files. Then click "move to", it will bring up a box for you to select the destination... if you want to move to a network location, click on the left arrow (top left) and it will go to the root directory, and there you can select your network location and destination folder.
Sounds way more complicated than it is in practice believe me.. anyway, hope that helps :smiley:

Thanks, just tried that and was told that this was for technical support and they're based in the US going by the number they game me to contact the Nvidea Store. Anyways, I'll trust you on it being dispatched sooner than the 30th. Thanks :wink:

customer services on 0203 0145286

I've just had an email to now tell me order approved and they will send another email when dispatched. I got the original email about order being processed even though I had ordered at 00:03 this morning and at that point no mention of the delivery after 30th Dec.
Tried using chat and no help at all but directed to call a US number, here's hoping another email shortly for delivery.

Spoke to customer services. They couldn't guarantee my order would be received in time for Christmas even though I ordered it literally as the price changed at 00:00. They said the item is now on back order. This is no good to me, so I cancelled it. Ordered one from Scan.

Just in case this has not been added. Amazon now have it at £119.99.

NVIDIA Shield 16 GB Android TV Box With Controller and Remote Bundle

Remember to click the with remote box.

Helps a lot as I notice on loads on youtubes that ES is a popular app to move files. I sure I had that on one of my phones a while back.

I am looking at ways to root it and add emus.

Also had a email from amazone that mine is being delivered tomorrow, even though it said next week

Had the email from Amazon.de...
Order cancelled as the item is no longer available from the manufacturer? We know that's not true but doubt complaining would make any difference...

got the same cancellation email, no good will gesture or anything from amazon. will kick up a fuss though for the sport. wasnt a burning need for me so will wait until it drops down to this level in 6-12 months time cant imagine the pro units sold in huge quantities and they will have stock to offload in the future

Back in stock.
NVIDIA Shield 16 GB Android TV Box With Controller and Remote Bundle
£119.99 & FREE Delivery in the UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015CM435I/?tag=ho01f-21

ordered from nvidia, but just did a request to cancel
re ordered from flubit with ebuyer link and it said £109.00

i just hope it comes with the remote... from chatting with flubit a week ago they said it should

I had the same email the ****. I had cancelled my Lightening UK order just to buy the Amazon.de pro version. Sooo I called back Amazon UK and they reinstated a new order refunded the old and knocked off £4.
So I got the original deal for £114 including the remote. Worked out in the end! :smiley:

you leant a lesson there on Mis-Price, until you see despatched and it pops through your letter box...NEVER presume you are getting it.... you can jump and jump until the cows come home, every website will have a clause stating they can cancel the order at any time prior to them despatching it... you got lucky with Amazon next time...patience young padawin...patience

I've sent various emails to Nvidia with no response So cancelled my order. Hopefully they actualy will cancel it as a month might go by before they bother reading it and might gey dispacthed all the same.

Anyhow ordered off Ebuyer with next day delivery so make up for the stress.lol.
I've had an email saying it's been dispatched earlier today so should get it Saturday hopefully.

On their site it says cancellations are possible for items on back order so they should do if they haven't dispatched it.
If they have already sent to warehouse for dispatch Ill just have to sell it I guess. Or send back for refund. Says 30 day money back guarantee.
LINK

Received my today from Amazon, it is amazing piece of kit I had many devices to play kodi but nothing works like it super fast, I was about to buy new Apple TV and jailbreak my iPad to watch kodi none of that now. Only problem not able to start bbc iplayer

Hate to say it, but we did say there's the risk of it being cancelled. At least it all worked out and you ended up getting an even better deal :smile:

I purchased it on my credit card and it hasn't yet appeared as a transaction. Customer services told me it hadn't been dispatched but couldn't say when it would. So it could be tomorrow or in a month, which is ridiculous. I told him I would buy it elsewhere and to cancel the order. He put in a cancellation request whilst I was on the phone. He told me if it turns up, then to refuse the delivery and I would automatically be refunded.

Got mine today from Amazon (ordered it before any deals had shown up), noticed they had dropped the price so rang them and asked for the difference to be refunded and they did, plus got the delivery refunded too - so all-in I got the shield TV/controller/remote for £115.25 delivered in 2 days :smile:

I'm pretty happy with it, nice and fast operation through the menus and apps. Kodi works almost flawlessly although I did notice at first a little problem with audio sync (can be corrected in kodi anyway), but tried it again later and audio was fine again. In case anyone else is wondering, if you do have problems with video playback the best method across pretty much any android device I have found is to use ES file manager and browse to the file you want to play and choose VLC as the video app to play it with... reason I am saying this is I have had issues with some things not playing correctly in kodi before, yet they played fine with VLC.
I'm a little under-whelmed at the choice of apps/games in android at the moment, but hope the list will get better. In the meantime I am going to side-load some and see how I get on and also make use of the 3 month free NVIDIA pass. Also will be trying some emulators for the NES etc and get some old-skool gaming going :smile:

Anyone started an owners thread for this yet? Would be cool to have a separate thread for tips/tricks etc and discussion about what emulators work best so that everyone doesn't have to go through trial and error with everything :smiley:

Sorry if this has been mentioned but there are so many pages!
Will Gamestream work ok with AV200 Powerline Adapters? I know they're only 10/100 ethernet ports but they work fine in my current setup for streaming HD video from my PC to my TV.
I currently have a number of these dotted around the house and they work flawlessly so very little electrical interference.
Is there any real need to go and get a whole set of AV500 or Gigabit adapters?

Use this link to test your network speed to the Nvidia server. You will need Java installed though.
Only tested on PC so not sure on other OS.
Nvidia Server Speed test

Scroll down to bottom.

*Test your network works on IE, Safari, and Firefox. Chrome not supported at this time.

There are some limitations to Android TV at the moment (not Nvidia's fault) in that the version of the Playstore it uses may well not show various games you have purchased on other devices. I couldn't play my GTA games at first.
Some people have mentioned side loading and some may have said this on another page but there is an easier solution.

Open the Playstore using chrome browser on your computer for example, then click on the game you want and there should be a drop down box showing a list of devices to send the game to download to. From here you can select your Shield TV and it will automatically download the next time you use it.

Well mine has just arrived by courier :stuck_out_tongue:

Yup

Received in a large box, haven't received any email from them apart from the confirmation of order at just gone midnight

Flip sake, I received the email confirmation after purchase but selected an address of a house that I am working on which is empty, hoping it would be delivered when I'm there next week. I may now call past to see if I have been carded.

Man, need a owners thread on here, mines is about to arrive, according to the courier tracker

Which courier was it?

Mine arrived from Amazon yesterday morning. Absolutely loving it so far; massive step up from the fire stick and some superb features!! Kodi works well and managed to get the fire stick remote working as well as a Logitech Harmony via ir. The headphone socket on the supplied remote was a very pleasant surprise; not fantastic sound quality but more than adequate for tv programmes.

I've installed Dolphin as a browser but it's tough to use as i can't see a mouse pointer. Currently using a Android TV Remote on the phone with its trackpad to try and simulate a mouse. Apparently they removed the cursor/pointer after update 1.1 for some reason. Anyone have a workaround for this?

Sorry it was Parcel Force, didn't require a signature

Damn you "Mainland" dwelling people! I bought on Amazon Prime via the Lightning deal and by all accounts should have got mine today, not coming until Monday

Should add I'm in Northern Ireland it's being delivered by Hermes.

Courier drop of your parcel, did any one check see if they took out any money from their bank account? thanks!!!.

Any owner updated the kodi to work with different builds like the beast?

I ordered yesterday morning when it said it was in stock. I had an order confirmation email, but no dispatch email.

Did anyone else who have received theirs get a dispatch email? Or did it just turn up?

Which is your preferred build?

This is why we need the owners to help share what works and what does not! Looing for a build that will play the roms and more - beast came up as it was mentioned a few times as a build.

Mine came from the lighting deal as I had planned to buy from NV direct but my amazon order went through first time!

Good site here with a nice list of the best builds and Wizards about at the moment
https://www.facebook.com/groups/488153121351032/

Thanks :smiley: Waiting for the add. Which one are you using?

Just turned up, anyone recommend a good kodi build - mainly for rom games?

yeh i know its a risk, but i emailed flubit customer service a few weeks back about this and said 'they don't see why it wouldn't' i believe they get their stock from these sellers i.e ebuyer/game etc

does anyone know how the remote is packaged? does it come in its own seperate box or is it included as part of the main package?

thanks

Ares wizard at the mo..a choice of 12 builds..Using the Spinz build...V nice.

Looks pretty good that one. Thanks :smiley:

In its own seperate box. I received my remote today. Main unit arrives later.

ah thats not a good sign for me anyway, i will see what flubit send, and return it back if neded
although maybe i shiuldnt have put a cancellation request with my direct nvidia order.. but hopefully that wont be processed.

cheers mate, all setup via my receiver - just the basic factory setup at the moment.

So if kodi goes on fully loaded - is there a need to root the shield?

kodi doesnt need root
no point rooting to be honest at all...
i believe the new android update allow the use of external sd for game apps etc, so its best just to wait for that

I just installed Kodi through Playstore on the Shield

Anybody else having problems with Genesis actually listing the films on this? Have tried two different versions of Kodi to no avail. Genesis works fine on all my other boxes

Issues already

1. If I have the hdmi on 60hz it will work via TV hdmi connection, but not via my receiver hdmi - no picture comes up.
So I need to select 50hz hdmi it will show via the receiver. The shield TV hookup is no good for me as the sound goes via the receiver.

2. where are all the drives and computers? I have the network cable going in the shield via the router which is hooked up to 2 PCs, but how do you see all the drives from the shield. I have loaded ES file manger on the shield.

my main computer sees the shield over the network as other devices.

So how do you see/move files from computer hdds?

Thanks guys

1. i used the supplied cable and at the moment its only allowing 50hz to work. will try the cable I was using before I hooked up the shield.
2. I found ips via the net and also got my IP4 addresses. Will try the ips first - The names and usernames etc - do I make them up? I first just put the IP address in first and clicked ok and it asked for a name.

Kodi has been put on via play - Just need the right build now that mainly has rom games on it. So many builds I need to figure out which one has game roms section on it. So far, they all state they are the best!

Genesis not working for me as well, anyone can help

update on Lan

So which IP do you add, the IP4 or the IP which I looked up on the net (myIP)?
Then
Do you need to put anything in the domain box? Also the username and password? Is that something new I create?

I tried without any names and error message on IPs entered
Made up some names and password and same again error

So I am guessing I need to add something for each box

No, I mean try a different cable from the amp to the tv, we know the one that came with the shield works for 60Hz as you said that the shield works in 60Hz if hooked directly to tv... hope that makes sense?

I'm sorry but I don't know what you mean by "found ips via the net"? but no, you do not make the usernames and passwords up... these have to be usernames and passwords for the devices you are trying to access eg, the NAS box password for either admin user or for another user that you set up previously. For instance, my NAS has 3 users that all have their own usernames and passwords, those people have different permissions to access shares on my NAS, some have read/write access and some have read only, and some have no access to certain shares. Enter the username and password for the user level you want the shield to have. I can't imagine that you don't have it set like that, but just in case, you can always try setting it up with the "anonymous login" box checked when you set up in ES file explorer, it doesn't work for me as I want it to block anonymous logins to my NAS for obvious reasons :smiley:

To people who bought from Amazon:

Did you get the new style controller or the old one?

as paddy stone stated - just tick the 'Anonymous' box

Has anyone who ordered from the official NVIDIA Store received their order or received an email stating that their order has been processed for shipping?

Other than an initial order confirmation I have not heard anything from NVIDIA. An email to customer support seems like they have no idea what they are doing. They've cancelled my order despite me stating that I wish to cancel ONLY if my order is going to be dispatched on or after the 30th December and asking for an estimated shipping timescale. Seems like they just ignored my email and went ahead and cancelled it.


So basically, I've been told to wait for this shipping notification email which could be sent out next year for all I know. They can't even provide me with a definite answer whether my order has been sent for dispatch or not and when I should roughly have it dispatched. Should have ordered from Amazon when I had the chance.

Sorted, both computers IPs have been added, just need to figure out how to use the ES to look at the drives on each PC.

I still have that HDMI 50Hz issue.

Having a go at kodi now

Anyone have any suggestions for good killer app style games to show off what this system is capable of? Are any of the ones that are on offer like Doom 3, Half Life 2 etc worth getting or are they better in their original PC incarnations? Does the shield tv have any good exclusive titles?

I know it's library isn't that mature or large yet (and may never be) but one really solid title to give it a good workout on would be really great....

Thanks for the reply. As long as everything works on the controller it's fine. I have mine arriving soon.

OK, glad you got the PCs IP addresses added.. now if you click those icons of the PC's in ES file explorer where you added them under LAN it should be showing the drives. If it's not then it could be down to file sharing permissions on the PC's you're trying to connect to. So, when you set up your PC's to file share between them before, what did you do? I only ask because that's pretty much going to give us a clue as to what's going on here. I thought you had a NAS box, which might be where all this confusion is coming from.

OK, something else I didn't think to mention. Because it's PC sharing you will only have access to the public folders by default, and also may not got access anyway if using an anonymous login. The login should be (if accessing a PC) a proper username and password of the computer you are connecting to.
For instance, say on my PC I have a user called Dobby, that username and password can be used to connect to my PC remotely. So that's the username and password to enter into ES file explorer on the shield device. Also, your shares may not show up, so in a file explorer window on your PC, go to the drive/folder that you want to share and right click, Go down the menu to "share with" and then click on "advanced sharing", a new window will pop up. Click the "sharing" tab, and then click the button named "advanced sharing", click the checkbox that says "share this folder/drive" and then either change the permissions for what this user can do , or just hit "apply" - if you don't change the permissions I think they only have read access by default.

I know I did say it's overkill for kodi but it's lightning fast no buffering it really is great for it

Amazon lost my parcel ffs apprantely Royal Mail scanned it incorrectly and it is in the nether world

Just had a 45 min call from them... Have had to have a refund, the re order and they refund the difference.....

They could not answer me as to why they just can not send a replacement....

amazon lost mine too ,had to re order

got mine today from Amazon besides kodi can anyone point me in the direction for any other stuff i can have a play about with ta

Excellent Deal. only place I could buy for £119 is Ebuyer.. all the rest £149... thanks OP..

Hi Guys

Just watched the rerun of the fight and great to see a Brit heavy win!

Anyway, thanks for all the help as always and the pointers which helped cleared up things.

I read all the numbers and letters all wrong.

IP - I used the IP4 number from cmd promt from both computers in the end, they worked.
PWs - I figured (in the end and your pointers) out the PW and UNames were the log ins (what i call them) for both computers. I went into 'YTS' mistake mode trying to figure out 'what password'!

Yip, I have log ins for both computers which only the family log into each day. I used them and the IPs are both on the ES file manager.

So now I have access to both computers via LAN and there is a public folder on there.

What I would like to do is make folders for game roms and movies/tv series (within the public), so I can get plex or kodi running to watch the movies and play roms via emu players.

I make it easier for the family to press on player and then choose what they want played. If that not the case choosing via the PC folder - would I need to stick USB stick on there and transfer files to that?

Bascially now getting the groundwork down to add all the files.

Thanks again for all the help

Bit the bullet and bought from Ebuyer @£119.99 with free Remote. :wink:

This is to upgrade from my Fire TV Box which i'll locate elsewhere.

Glad you've got it mostly working now. I'm a little confused about what you actually want to do now though. Kodi would have already been able to see the movie files etc... you just add the share into kodi, so if you want videos, you go to videos in kodi and [add videos], click on browse, then choose how you get those videos to the shield. You must have done this before if you used kodi to view them, for instance I use SMB, so scroll down to SMB and choose WORKGROUP, then the share. If you use plex then i'm not sure as I have never used plex, sorry.

Also kodi is damn good for streaming over networks. When i was experimenting with the fire stick, no app or combination of apps worked as well.

Question. When using Gamestream is my GPU in my PC actually "driving" two displays or what sort of jiggery pokery is going on to stream it to my TV?

The American nvidia website is having a cyber Monday sale with $50 off. I wonder will there be any deals in the UK.
I am going to ring tomorrow morning and see what's up with my order. I processed it at exactly 23:59 on Thursday night, when there was no mention of an estimated delivery date of 30th December. Like everyone else, I only received the confirmation email and money was taken out of my bank account straight away.

Ive ordered from Scan but no idea if i will get one or not bunch of muppets.

I am starting to think it was a scam by Nvidia, they lower the price on their site with loads of advertising, in turn Scan, Game and Amazon price match which sells stock, where do they then get their stock from..... Nvidia of course, who then try and get customers to cancel their orders by saying they won't get them until 30th of December.

I'm also trying to cancel my order with them, what's annoying me however is that they can never give me a solid answer!

Thank you for contacting the NVIDIA online store.

We show that your order hasn't shipped yet.

The charge you are referring to is a pre-authorization only.
A pre-authorization is a temporary hold to verify that funds are
available when you place an order. Pre-authorizations are typically
removed from your credit card transaction history when the full charge
processes and funds are withdrawn. However, in some cases, this process
can take up to 2 business days.

Please note that debit cards may display both the pre-authorization and
the completed payment as full charges for up to 5 to 7 business days
from the date of purchase. If you need assistance removing a
pre-authorization from your debit card transaction history, please
contact your bank or financial institution. We are not able to assist
with this action at the NVIDIA online store.

If cancellation is not possible, you will get a confirmation in the form
of shipping notification email.

They keep saying the same thing about if cancellation is not possible, I'm still £119 down as it stands.

i to have spoken to an american girl who says my order has been processed but can give me no specific date of when it will be delivered...really poor

Ordered from the Nvidia site a few minutes past midnight and recieved everything this morning.

Mine came to day Im all excited very happy indeed!. Order seven mins past midnight!.

so you cancelled from nvidia and it still came? ha

Why not expired?

just recieved a shipping confirmation email

After reading all this I am so pleased I went with Amazon. I guess it pays to go with retailer you know has superb service and customer service.
Hopefully everyone has luck and gets theres at the discounted price.:neutral_face:

Flubit cancelled mine and luckily my cancellation request to Nvidia didn't process and the item has been shipped . Anyone know a good second controller to get , ps4 wired or Xbox 360 but I believe that flashes when used wirelessly ....

I think they are out of stock so no offered anyway here

To those that have received their Shield from NVIDEA but cancelled, did you get charged?

Mine was ordered from Amazon, supposed to be here today....17:15 and leaving work in 15 minutes so I think it's not going to make it :disappointed:
It's being shipped by Amazon Logistics which apparently don't have a good rep! It was also shipped to the wrong hub in the activity log...says it's in Milton Keynes...which is a 2 hour drive from Newmarket, the destination. Tracking is adamant it's out today though..

Mine from Amazon (UK lightening deal) came and the weekend and I have just got round to putting it on now. After the usual wifi and google sign in it started doing a update,which looks a major one as it weighs in at 700 odd mb. The thing is, it is taking an absolute age to do it, it's taking like a minute to download a single mb! and I'm on 50mb Virgin Media. The wifi must be strong as it is about 10cm away from the router. No idea why it's going so slow?

Should have started it off this morning, at this rate I won't get to use it today! Annoying too as I wanted to check the Nvidia store while the sale is still on....

Mine arrived in days off Amazon.

Just got an email informing me that my order has been shipped.
For people saying that they didn't receive an email, have you checked your junk folder ?

My Shield is on the way, email received from Nvida today! I ordered a few mins after 12am, just after it went live and was showing as in stock...Happy Days!

That's funny in a way, as mine was from Amazon too, got here in 2 days, but sent through Hermes UK, went to Newmarket Depot which is about 50 miles from me... it all depends on who is doing the actual delivery I guess, for me even yodel hasn't been that bad, citylink were probably one of the worst.

Have had mine since Friday, love it :smiley:
Update took approx 5 mins in total, didn't notice it going slow at all, but have mine on gigabit LAN on an approx 69Mg down fibre. I tried out the wifi to see if it was worth me unhooking the gigabit, there's something weird there though, I tried connecting wifi without taking LAN cable out... kept telling me something was wrong, after checking password etc, finally figured out it might be overriding with LAN, but strange still that it gives you the impression there's soemthing wrong with your wifi connection.
Another thing is that I don't like using DHCP for connecting, but no matter what I tried with manually inputting static IP, it wouldn't let me... which is really strange as I know I'm not doing anything unusual for it to not let me, and all my other devices in the house (approx 22) I have set static IP addresses on with no trouble whatsoever :disappointed:

Bought mine just after midnight from nvidia.com had a confirmation email saying purchased but nothing since. Been on their website and put my email and order number in but saying not valid. Money has been taken off my card. Starting to **** me off

Yep from the shop!.

Kodi works far the best on this device beats any other android box plus the roku should ditch this device move onto shield!. Mobdro app works fine to on kodi.

Got it updated eventually, took well over three hours though! No idea why it was so slow as downloading apps from the store was super fast. Decided to get Doom 3 at 50% off as it seemed like the best value since it's effectively three games in one (includes doom 1 and 2).

Already filled the 16GB storage though just with that and the free apps on the Nvidia store. You only have about 11GB after the OS so can be filled quickly if your not careful. Have a 32GB micro SD on the way from Amazon so hopefully at least some of the apps can be moved over to make space....

Unfortunately whilst it may seem like you are buying direct from Nvidia if you buy through their website, I believe Digital River may have a big hand in running the shop thereafter, which is a whole other kettle of fish.

The product itself is proving to be great fun, although unleashing its full potential is down to the owner researching how to expand it beyond the basic functions of Android TV.

anyone had theres turn up from nvidia without any shipping emails. im still waiting on mine to be canceled havent been able to get my money back or order canceled either. not fussed i missed out on the price drop its put me off buying from nvidia ever again any graphics cards i buy im sticking with aftermarket

I've just had the same email for my cancelled order no money has come out YET so hopefully it has actually been cancelled if it does turn up and money is taken out think I'll just refuse to accept the delivery as I got mine from amazon in the end

Has Anyone received there shield or a dispatched email yet?

Anyone got a telephone number for UK nvidia pls so I can ring them.

Just got confirmation that my order has been cancelled. Received the email at 05.39am this morning:

I don't know if it'll make you feel any better but I ordered at the same time as you according to this thread, and I've had nothing either. I'm in no rush though so happy to wait for now, although some form of communication from nvidia would be appreciated!

Bought mine on the weekend and I've not received any information.

Dear xxxxxxxxx

Thank you for contacting the NVIDIA online store.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

We have verified that your order has been cancelled, and will not be
shipped out.
If your purchase was made via credit card, you will not be charged. If
you ordered using an alternate payment, a full refund is processing and
will appear in your account within 5-7 days. You may still receive an
order confirmation email since this is generated as soon as the order is
completed.

The charge you have referenced is a pre-authorization only.

A pre-authorization is a temporary hold to verify that funds are
available when you place an order. Pre-authorizations are typically
removed from your credit card transaction history when the full charge
processes and funds are withdrawn. However, in some cases, this process
can take up to 2 business days.

Please note that debit cards may display both the pre-authorization and
the completed payment as full charges for up to 5 to 7 business days
from the date of purchase. If you need assistance removing a
pre-authorization from your debit card transaction history, please
contact your bank or financial institution. We are not able to assist
with this action at the NVIDIA online store.

Checked Online Order below says Cancelled ?

1 SHIELD
Boxed Shipment
Quantity Cancelled: 1

1 SHIELD Remote
Boxed Shipment
Quantity Cancelled: 1

Item arrived yesterday Morning by Parcel Force

Like I said, these monkeys running the NVIDIA store have no idea what they're doing. Can I ask when and what time you sent your first email asking for cancellation and when you ordered?

I think it's the same monkeys running Scan no movement in my order not even been picked yet.

Really feel sorry for you all. For future reference out of all the sellers offering this deal, Amazon are the best followed by E-buyer. I am always nervous of buying direct from suppliers. Also heard bad things about Scan.

Mine came no problem. I might email them say "my item not yet arrived!" see what they say!!!!. Only joking!

Does anyone know if it is possible to get the Google play store on the Shield TV to list all your compatible apps? The thing is on mine it is only listing the apps I have bought since getting the shield TV despite me using the regular Google play for several years and having hundreds of apps, some of which are definitely compatible as I managed to find a few by just browsing the store.

Shame it can't (please prove me wrong) seem to install third party app stores as I have literally hundreds of games on the Amazon app store and hundreds more on the Humble Bundle app too....

Hi does it have screen mirroring and also does it have any mirroring for IPhone

does anyone else bbc iplayer keep removing from the app list
i have to keep enabling it

Order confirmed at 12.08am Then cancelled 9 hours later ( sunday ) when the Amazon misprice failed

Anyone heard anything?

Can someone pls post me the tel number for nvidia UK customer support. I can't find it anywhere.

+442030145286 gets you through from u.k.

that's the no. NVIDIA gave me to ring.

There's no point phoning them though, they just fob you off or ask you if you'd like to cancel.

Received mine from Game today ,not opened yet.
What has users found good to setup on it so far?

My is not working just started today and Google colour full circle just going round and round restart several time still same anyone have same issue

http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/nvidia-shield-tv-owners-club-2337013#comments

Have a look on there bud, I should imagine it needs to go into reset mode... and if not then a complete wipe and restore.

Got mine yesterday,mine updated 715mb in about 2 mins via ethernet.
Kodi app was there I did not have to download,jaus had to click to install.
Why do you need to sideload??

Did you order direct from Nvidia?

Got my cancelled from NVIDIA today. they posted yesterday via 24hr even though I've phones and emailed to cancel. cretins.

Like others I never got a reply when I inquired about the 30th Dec shipping date but i Just received a shipping email from nvidia so I'd wait a bit if your worried about not getting it before christmas

Cheers,Mine updated 715mb in 2 mins via ethernet.

Yes directly from Nvidia a couple minutes after the deal went live,infact I've just got home from work and it's already been delivered so it seems the shipping emails are either late or only being sent when delivery is made.

Seems odd although Digital River seem a bit crap. Who was it delivered by?

I ordered from Game

Parcel force shipped out 02/12/2015

i have a brand new one unopened with controller/remote if anyone is interested... i may post it online here later
cover postage costs

got mine today, very impressed by the game streaming from my PC (nvidia GPU) to the box but less than impressed with the very locked down version of android on it - very few apps are supported and even if you sideload them they can't be controlled properly with pad/remote and won't show up on app page. keyboard/mouse seem pretty essential and i do hope it doesn't end up like chromecast with extremely poor app support.

Digital river seem to be a joke, avoid buying anything from Nvidia direct again.

Just got in from work and mines here :smiley:
Time to play

I still haven't heard or received anything, not even a dispatch email. :disappointed:

Just got in from work and mines here :smiley:
Time to play

I can't use Facebook with wireless since plugging in my nvidia. Anyone else had this problem and if so what solution ?

Has anyone who ordered from the Nvidia Store NOT received their order yet? I haven't heard anything, received anything or even had a dispatch email.

I have just looked at my bank account and it appears that the £119.99 charge has been released by my bank making it available again. I'm assuming by this that Nvidia have cancelled my order even though I have never asked them to.

I got mine from Game on Thursday ,setup kodi but not had a chance to try any more will have a look it it tonight.
Anyone got any good links helping to get the best apps and games ,anything...

Phoned Nvidia today looking for a delivery date, all they can tell me is that it's left the warehouse, what does this mean exactly? Haven't a clue, no means to track as the status of order has never changed. Maybe need to look more at the digital river route now.

The only number I got was +442030145286, spoke to some American sounding lady, confirmed my order address etc, no more info than that, you got a better number for me to call digital river on jjbrunton? I will try phoning them on Monday if you can provide me with that number, cheers.

Yes I'm in the same situation as you, just annoyed at when placing order items in stock and then heard nothing, anyhow thanks for number and guidance, let's hope stock is replenished on Monday, I'll still be giving them call on Monday though.

If you guys get stuck, there are a few people in the owners club in misc who are thinking about selling up as it doesn't meet expectations.

Looks like I wasn't the only one who had issues with the clowns at NVIDIA.

I didn't ask for my order to be cancelled, but asked them what my estimated delivery would be and that ONLY if it is estimated to be shipped after 30th December, then to go ahead and cancel it. Without even bothering to clearly follow my instructions, they went ahead and blankly cancelled it. Even then, they couldn't tell me whether it has been cancelled for sure or not because they don't know if it has been sent for shipment or not. Basically, they have no idea what the status of the order is, when it will be shipped or what is going on. Luckily my cancellation went through a few days later and looking at the messages on this thread I'm glad mines was cancelled.

My experience with emailing NVIDIA seemed like I was talking to a brick wall and only got a pre-written response to my emails. There's clearly a lack of communication and information between NVIDIA and their fulfilment company.


My order was cancelled and it appears as:

"Boxed Shipment
Quantity Cancelled: 1"

under the Shield and Shield Remote in the Order Details page so I don't think yours has been cancelled. Hope that helps.

Hi, I ordered direct from NVIDIA (digital river) and it came today via Parcel force. Wasn't expecting it, they just appeared and I just happened to be in! I sent a chaser e-mail to Nvidia a few days ago, but I didn't use the word cancel, I just asked if I actually had a genuine order or not and they said yeah, of course. My order status hasn't updated yet despite the fact that I've got it, so don't expect that you'll know it's coming, it might just appear. Also, I think they are just getting these out in the order they were placed, probably, who knows for certain. So hang on in there if you've ordered the black Friday deal direct from nvidia with the free remote, hopefully you'll get it soon....

I've just had a look at my order and it just says 'Boxed Shipment' under Shield and Shield Remote. Even their order statuses don't seem to be consistent.

This is the first and last time I ever buy anything via the Nvidia store.

What a bunch of incompetent clown shoes.

My already broke just used once second time try to use but does not work, after spending 45 mins with Nvida shield customer service over the chat they said they cannot help, solution he gave me is to switch off for 10 mins and start again if still does not work return to retailer I bought from. Contacted Amazon they said will send me new on Monday and once I get that send the faulty one back. I agree with many people on here who say it is important to buy from good retailers.

Hi, it was 00:34!

Sorry to hear of your troubles and thank you very much for your help. Perhaps my order isn't yet cancelled after all, going by what you say.

I'm not too fussed either way, I think it's more the lack of Nvidia letting customers where they stand that is most frustrating to many of us.

I've given up and requested an order cancellation. I can't get any sense out of anyone at all regarding when (or even if) I will receive anything.

I'm going to buy a Steam Link and Steam controller instead.

Mine arrived today. Didn't receive anything other than the initial order confirmation email. I ordered fairly late on black friday.

So after phoning them on Monday and getting past first lady on phone, I was still no further forward on the status of my order, same answers as before "at warehouse" very frustrated and almost cancelled order.

SURPRISE my order has just arrived!!!!! No email of notification of out for delivery, no change in
status when I log in to my Nvidia order.

Here's hoping that for those that have ordered from Nvidia now get there's soon, guess it's just a waiting game and how long you are prepared to wait.

That's good to hear.
Did you order yours from NVIDIA? If so, what time did you order? Thanks

I ordered mine at 8pm on Friday 27th so I imagine I was one of the later orders they got that day.

I asked for my order to be cancelled four days ago as I was so fed up of waiting. I've just had an email to say it's been dispatched. :smirk:

Hang in there jj, looks like you were told a small truth about the re-stocking so hopefully yours will arrive soon

:O

I ordered mine direct from Nvidia around midnight on black Friday. It has eventually arrived this afternoon and I got the "dispatched" email around 3 hours after delivery!

Hopefully you guys that are still waiting should receive yours very soon.

For those looking to ditch the remote (and I can see why), try returning it to Amazon for a refund.

Just got mine refunded from Amazon. Time for Apple TV?

I finally got mine. I'm really glad they didn't process my cancellation request, it's a great device.

Apart from the obvious uses such as Netflix etc, I have a good selection of emulators installed and a few native Android games that can use the controller. I've signed up for the three month trial of Geforce Now, which works very well (much better than Playstation Now). Gamestream from my PC over AC Wi-Fi works flawlessly with no noticeable input lag. I've been playing Fallout 4 and GTA V on my TV at 1080p 60 fps. The quality is as good as sitting in front of my PC. Even the games that aren't officially supported work perfectly when running from Steam.

I'll probably have a play about with Kodi when I have the time.

£120 well spent for me.

Yeah, 5GHz AC. My router is in my livingroom and my PC is in the room above. The signal has to pass through one wall and the floor. I'm still going to buy some homeplugs for the added stability. I think I will get the TP-Link AV1200

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00X59GJGC

I ordered one from Game and one from Amazon. The one from Amazon arrived promptly and the Game order is still waiting to be picked up from Shrewsbury. Does anyone want it?

Any one go for the 500GB pro ?

Quick question can a ps3 controller be used with the shield. Cheers

Any one know how to get the best from kodi with this ?