Razer Forge TV was built to bring hard-core gaming and entertainment to the big screen. Forge TV opens the gateway for next-level Android gaming that is designed for the serious gamer. Intense Full HD graphics combined with the Razer Serval controller provide the detail and precision that is needed to dominate the living room.
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Experience the best of PC gaming from the comfort of your living room, no matter which room your PC is in. Razer Cortex: Stream enables you to play your favorite PC games by streaming them to your Android TV, then automatically adjusting your resolution according to your WiFi connection, so you'll always enjoy optimal performance on your home entertainment system.
Designed with the single focus of bringing the PC gaming experience right to the couch, the Razer Turret consists of a fully-fledged PC gaming keyboard with full anti-ghosting and a highly precise ambidextrous gaming mouse with a 3500 DPI sensor. The integrated magnetic mouse mat ensures that you never have to worry about your mouse slipping off even during the most intense gaming sessions.
Lapboard
• Anti-ghosting capability for up to 10 simultaneous key presses
• Chiclet styled keycaps
• Dedicated Android buttons
• Cortex quick launch button
• Battery life of up to 4 months - The life expectancy of this battery depends upon its usage
• Battery type: Li-Po (1500 mAh)
Mouse
• 3500 DPI laser sensor
• Ambidextrous form factor
• 40 hours battery life for continuous use - The life expectancy of this battery depends upon its usage
• Battery type: Li-Po (1000 mAh)
Control goes beyond pure power, it requires absolute adaptability. Complete with the features of a full-fledged console controller, the Razer Serval elevates your android gaming experience to a whole new level. Designed for the Razer Forge TV, this Bluetooth enabled gaming controller has been built with the same precision and ergonomics as Razer's award winning console controllers.
Together with an adjustable game clip for your mobile phone, the Razer Serval can be used for a multitude of functions, making it the ultimate controller for gaming on your Android devices.
• Designed for the Razer Forge TV
• Wireless mode (Bluetooth 3.0)
• Wired mode (1.5 m Micro USB to USB)
• 4 Hyperesponse action buttons
• Adjustable game clip
• Player LED indicator
• Android navigation buttons (Back and home)
• 2 Analog stick rubber grip caps included
They're pretty much trying to make a shield rival that's compatible with both AMD and Nvidia, you should watch the vid If you haven't yet. (Note that its still in alpha, the latency is terrible.)
My guess is that the Forge will be more focused on PC game streaming than actual android gaming.
They're pretty much trying to make a shield rival that's compatible with both AMD and Nvidia, you should watch the vid If you haven't yet. (Note that its still in alpha, the latency is terrible.)
My guess is that the Forge will be more focused on PC game streaming than actual android gaming.
Ah, that makes sense. I didn't watch the video before
But the "proprietary" codec thing worries me. They should really use NVenc/VCE/Quicksync to encode videos, otherwise Razer will have a performance disadvantage against Steam/Shield streaming.
Agreed. The Turret looks pretty awesome, but whats the point of making the mouse ambidextrous if the mouse pad is only on the right side? I mean, I can understand if people like ambidextrous shaped mice, I just found it kinda funny.
I might be interested in trying the Forge and the Turret. God job Razer.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think the controller is similar to Nvidia's Shield controller, and has some low latency tech wired in. So it might be possible that you'll need that controller for game streaming, or at least for better latency's.
Ah, that makes sense. I didn't watch the video before
But the "proprietary" codec thing worries me. They should really use NVenc/VCE/Quicksync to encode videos, otherwise Razer will have a performance disadvantage against Steam/Shield streaming.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think the controller is similar to Nvidia's Shield controller, and has some low latency tech wired in. So it might be possible that you'll need that controller for game streaming, or at least for better latency's.
Hmm. Guess we'll have to wait for some more details to come out. I'm always on the lookout for some really small device that can replace the htpc in the living room. Crossing fingers that 99 bucks can do it.
Ah, that makes sense. I didn't watch the video before
But the "proprietary" codec thing worries me. They should really use NVenc/VCE/Quicksync to encode videos, otherwise Razer will have a performance disadvantage against Steam/Shield streaming.
The (potential) problem is that the "proprietary" codec uses the CPU. Shield streaming uses the encoder blocks on the GPU itself (which is separate from the gaming/rendering part of the GPU), and Steam supports both AMD VCE and Nvidia NVenc. So Razer streaming will hurt performance if the game needs a lot of CPU, where Steam/Shield wouldn't.
I'm not sure how the hardware encoder blocks affects latency (though being on the GPU die can't hurt, as big uncompressed frames don't have to move over the PCIe bus).
The (potential) problem is that the "proprietary" codec uses the CPU. Shield streaming uses the encoder blocks on the GPU itself (which is separate from the gaming/rendering part of the GPU), and Steam supports both AMD VCE and Nvidia NVenc. So Razer streaming will hurt performance if the game needs a lot of CPU, where Steam/Shield wouldn't.
I'm not sure how the hardware encoder blocks affects latency (though being on the GPU die can't hurt, as big uncompressed frames don't have to move over the PCIe bus).
The (potential) problem is that the "proprietary" codec uses the CPU. Shield streaming uses the encoder blocks on the GPU itself (which is separate from the gaming/rendering part of the GPU), and Steam supports both AMD VCE and Nvidia NVenc. So Razer streaming will hurt performance if the game needs a lot of CPU, where Steam/Shield wouldn't.
I'm not sure how the hardware encoder blocks affects latency (though being on the GPU die can't hurt, as big uncompressed frames don't have to move over the PCIe bus).
Eh, Steam uses both well enough. MSI Afterburner can any one of the 3 to record gameplay locally.
All the GPU encoder blocks do is compress raw video into a common (non-proprietary) format. As far as the receiving devices are concerned, it's all the same video, whether it's from an AMD GPU, Nvidia GPU, an Intel GPU, or any AMD/Intel CPU.
EDIT: CPUs can potentially compress the videos using a higher-quality encoder, but at the cost of more CPU usage. That's what I suspect Razer is trying to say... They're probably using a high quality, CPU-heavy codec similar to H.265/HEVC that can make a better stream using less bandwidth than fixed logic hardware can.
This thing is basically a beefier Amazon FireTV. The Razer product uses a matured variant of the same processor as in the FireTV. Snapdragon 600 in the FireTV, which was the top SoC when being built, and the Snapdragon 805 in the Razer.
If you cracked this open, and a FireTV open, they would be the same internally, I can almost promise that. The obvious difference being the SoC stuck on the board.
This thing is basically a beefier Amazon FireTV. The Razer product uses a matured variant of the same processor as in the FireTV. Snapdragon 600 in the FireTV, which was the top SoC when being built, and the Snapdragon 805 in the Razer.
If you cracked this open, and a FireTV open, they would be the same internally, I can almost promise that. The obvious difference being the SoC stuck on the board.
This thing is basically a beefier Amazon FireTV. The Razer product uses a matured variant of the same processor as in the FireTV. Snapdragon 600 in the FireTV, which was the top SoC when being built, and the Snapdragon 805 in the Razer.
If you cracked this open, and a FireTV open, they would be the same internally, I can almost promise that. The obvious difference being the SoC stuck on the board.
It might very well be a beefed up FireTV, But the Snapdragon 600 was never a top soc. It was launched as a mid range soc.
Snapdragon 600 was based off Krait 300, the midrange soc, the high end soc at that time was the snap800, followed by the snap801 both based off Krait 400.
The Snapdragon 805 is based of Krait 450. so its a very substantial difference compared snapdragon 600.
I have NEVER been a fan of Razer stuff (especially their data mining controversy), but this is basically a gaming oriented Nexus Player with better specs/Ethernet with the ability of game streaming
If it does deliver all that smoothly...it'll be a killer value for $99
Imagine a refresh next year with nVidia X1 or whatever its successor is? Mindblown. You don't have to worry about less than stellar power efficiency because it's hardwired.
Yayyyyyy another snes emulator maybe this won't lag while playing smario 3 or smetroid or all time favourite FF3 that would be wicked I just wish this had like op posted a X1 in it I'd glad pay extra for that.
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