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I think I agree with you pretty much on everything. >But nobody is making a dedicated portable streaming device as far as I know, and it seems like something t
by libertine 5y ago
I think I agree with you pretty much on everything.
>But nobody is making a dedicated portable streaming device as far as I know, and it seems like something that'd fit really well with a streaming service.
NVIDIA kind of did it with the NVIDIA Shield some years ago, and I think they're still supporting it.
- jsnell 5y agoMy recollection is that the original Shield was marketed as much for playing (Android) games locally as for streaming, and had a much more powerful GPU and CPU than contemporary mobile phones did. That's kind of losing the advantage of it being dedicated to streaming, which is that you could really cut down on the BOM.
- libertine 5y agoStreaming is still in a awkward position, both user experience wise, the cost of the streaming games (with data caps), and the competitive aspect of some games. People get blown away by the amount of data used by NVIDIA solution, Google Stadia is pretty much dead... It's hard to say if streaming would be the win condition.
- TMWNN 5y ago>NVIDIA kind of did it with the NVIDIA Shield some years ago, and I think they're still supporting it. Shield no longer receives updates. GeForce NOW still runs on it, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWCJxS0-HA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWCJxS0-HA Shield TV, the Android TV-powered settop box that most people nowadays call "Nvidia Shield", is still supported going back to the first version in 2015.