Greetings everyone, Kogan have just further dropped the Nvidia Shield to $168 / $228 respectively considering the recent deals it seems. Free delivery is available with Shipster, a 1 month trial is always available if you don't have it!
What makes this deal awesome is that you can combine with the recent Amex deal to bring it down to $148 Delivered after the credit, insanity!
NVIDIA Shield TV Streaming Media Player with Remote & Controller $228.
Kogan is an official partner for the Nvidia Shield.
As always, enjoy :)
I don't think you can game remotely on the AU version.
The use case for this is like for any android box, a lot of people have dumb TVs or underpowered smart TVs that have horrible UI's. This gives you the almost best in class UI experience, powerful enough to run anything android related you can throw at it, has the chops for home streaming/PVR setups, android gaming and emulation, etc.
Why is it better than a raspberry pi? Well it probably isn't, but out of the box it just works with no building/configuring for most peoples needs, has a decent remote, the game controller is right up there with PS4/Xbox etc.
But if you are comparing the two, you probably aren't he type of consumer the nvidia shield is aimed at!