OK, it's time for me to gripe a bit. Ever since I pre-ordered this thing, I've been expecting to see Console Mode brought to this tablet. It's a feature found on the Shield Portable, a device with nearly identical specs, so it's hard to imagine the TN7 isn't capable of this feature. What's really grinding my gears is that now we see this feature on the new Shield Tablet, yet it's still not on the TN7. You know what it's called when a manufacturer withholds certain software features from a previous device despite the fact that it's perfectly capable of said features?
Planned obsolescence. It's an attempt to strongarm you into buying their latest product. It's infuriating and one of the primary reasons I left the iOS ecosystem years ago as Apple is the true master of this deplorable practice. Companies are so focused on using tactics and subterfuge to get you to keep buying the latest product that they completely overlook their most important commodity: loyalty. Apple lost any shred of loyalty I had toward them, and now I'm concerned Nvidia may be doing the same thing with their products.
Don't punish me for being an early adopter of your products, Nvidia. I bought into this whole Tegra/Shield platform early on because I felt I could trust a company like Nvidia to not leave me hanging, but after 9 months of waiting for a feature as simple as Console Mode, I'm beginning to question my loyalty, just like I did 4 years ago with my iPhone.

It would be better if you posted your concerns on NVIDIA's forums. EVGA is only a retailer and does not have control over the developement of this product nor its software.
https://forums.geforce.co.../board/138/tegra-note/

Well May not be Console mode i doubt if they will ever come to this tablet but if you want to be able to use Gamestream you're covered
Non Root
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight&hl=en

 
Rooted
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight.root&hl=en
 
I can use the Gamestream tech on my HTC one and Nexus 7 using the app above and with more controler support if your rooted

rchrdcrg

Dooms87
Well May not be Console mode i doubt if they will ever come to this tablet but if you want to be able to use Gamestream you're covered
Non Root
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight&hl=en

 
Rooted
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limelight.root&hl=en
 
I can use the Gamestream tech on my HTC one and Nexus 7 using the app above and with more controler support if your rooted

That's great and all, but I'm more of a console gamer and not so much a PC gamer, so I have no use for Gamestream.

okay..... not really sure how you would intend to use console mode if you're not a PC gamer since you're PC is whats rendering the game for you. Unless you want to play android games on a big screen i guess? either way if Gamestream was reverse engineered they might find a way to do it for console mode also

rchrdcrg
That's exactly what console mode is, an easier way to play games on the TV. For the Shield Portable and Tablet, it outputs the image at a 16:9 aspect ratio, offers a controller-compatible interface, and gives the game you play full command of the device's resources (instead of sharing them with all of the other apps that can run in the background). It's a completely separate feature from Gamestream. You can get the same effect using the right launcher, setting background apps to zero in developer settings, and running a terminal command to fix the output resolution, but that's all quite a pain. The lack of an official feature from Nvidia is frustrating since it's on their other devices, and there's no technical reason it wouldn't work except they probably won't spend the resources to rework the console mode interface for 720p output (and running games at 1080p on a tab with only 1 GB of RAM probably isn't a great idea either).

I'm well aware what console mode is. The two technologies were built to work in sync with each other you game stream to the device and go to console mode and PC games from the couch so i'm not really sure what you're trying to achieve. If Android games on a big tv is what you want well i guess to each their own.

Dooms87
 
I'm well aware what console mode is. The two technologies were built to work in sync with each other you game stream to the device and go to console mode and PC games from the couch so i'm not really sure what you're trying to achieve.

I don't think that you are well aware.
 

Dooms87
okay..... not really sure how you would intend to use console mode if you're not a PC gamer since you're PC is whats rendering the game for you.

 
Console Mode != GameStream
 
http://shield.nvidia.com/specs-and-features/
 

CONSOLE MODE
Transform your NVIDIA SHIELD into a full living room gaming and entertainment experience on your big-screen TV. Sync a Bluetooth controller and play your Android and PC games in HD.

 
Console Mode is for HD TV gameplay.
GameStream is for streaming PC games to the SHIELD.
They are different things.
If you want to GameStream in Console Mode, it is an option; but still different things.

I think streaming a game from your PC (on SHIELD or Steambox) is horribly stupid and will never plan to use such a feature myself (even though I do own a SHIELD and have screwed around with setting up a Steambox).  Yet, even though I think it is a horribly stupid and inefficient method "bringing the game to your living room" due to the added complexity, latency, unnecessary abstraction, and power wasted, you don't see me saying that it is not possible to do so or that a SHIELD is incapable of doing such a thing.  ;)