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NVIDIA Announces 2017 Shield TV With 4K HDR

Nvidia announced the 2017 Shield TV. This device connects to your TV, and works as a game-streaming device that streams games rendered on your PC from another room, the cloud, through services such as GeForce Now, and “smarten” your TV through technologies such as Google Assistant. Nvidia has given the 2017 Shield hardware upgrades that enable 4K HDR, that’s 4K Ultra HD resolution with 10-bit HEVC/VP9 support, and HDR.

NVIDIA Shield TV 2017

The company is claiming that the new 2017 Shield home entertainment comes with up to 3 times the performance of any other system out there in the market. Running on Android TV, you can access all Google Play content in addition to Netflix and Vudu.

Apart from that, the Shield TV will also support Google Assistant, including support for voice commands. To be able to use voice commands, you will have to purchase an accessory separately, called the Nvidia Spot. Additionally, the Shield TV can also work with SmartThings smart home system.

Nvidia says that it plans to sell the Shield TV at a price of $199. The company is also planning to launch a Shield Pro with a controller later this year, featuring a remote headphone jack and 500 GB internal storage. The Shield Pro is expected to launch later this month.

Rounak

Student, smartphone enthusiast and a Nexus fan.

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