- The Nvidia Defend TV (2019) is out of inventory just about in every single place
- Nvidia says it is right down to shopper demand for the streaming machine
- It isn’t but clear if we’ll ever get extra inventory or a substitute gadget
Whereas there hasn’t been any new Nvidia Defend TV {hardware} for seven years now, the streaming units proceed to be common — but it surely seems as if it may lastly be the tip of the highway for the most cost effective base mannequin within the collection.
As noticed by Android Authority, this $149 / £129 mannequin is now out of inventory through Nvidia’s official channels, and Nvidia has stopped in need of promising that these inventory ranges shall be replenished anytime quickly.
In a press release to Android Authority, Nvidia stated the Defend TV was out of inventory “attributable to demand”, and that there was nothing to say “concerning future availability at the moment” — so make of that what you’ll.
Nvidia additionally took the chance to spotlight that every one Defend TV fashions continue to get software updates and continue to be supported by Nvidia, even though it’s now more than a decade since the first of these gadgets went on sale.
More to come?
Both the base model Shield TV and the more premium Shield TV Pro were given a refresh in 2019, and Nvidia says the Pro version is still on sale. Whether or not Nvidia is planning to let the stock run down on that model too remains to be seen.
Even something like the recently launched Google TV Streamer only just about catches up to everything that’s possible with the Shield TV boxes — and that’s saying something considering Nvidia’s devices made their debut in 2015.
Nvidia execs are on the record as saying they’re open to the idea of new Shield TV hardware in the future, so hopefully this clearing out of stock will be followed by a brand new model in the not too distant future.
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