The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI

The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive. Even devices with years-old tech inside are still apparently subject to that unwritten rule.

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• Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive.
• Even devices with years-old tech inside are still apparently subject to that unwritten rule.
• Nvidia has just announced that the Shield TV Pro is getting $100 more expensive, effective immediately.
• The most recent version of the Shield streaming box debuted in 2019, running Android TV with AI upscaling and hardware decoding for almost any type of media.
• While it ran an aging Tegra X1+ processor, that was (and still is) fast for a TV media streamer.
• The device launched at $199.99, with a non-Pro variant at $149.99.