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expiredphoinix | Staff posted Aug 12, 2022 01:52 PM

NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player

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Amazon has NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • The Best of the Best. The world's most powerful Android TV streaming media player upgraded to Android TV version 11. Enhance HD video in real-time to 4K for clearer, crisper visuals using next-generation AI upscaling. 2x USB 3.0 ports for storage expansion, USB cameras, keyboards, controllers, and more. Plex Media Server built-in, 3 GB RAM, and 16 GB storage
  • Dolby Vision - Atmos. Bring your home theater to life with Dolby Vision HDR, and surround sound with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus—delivering ultra-vivid picture quality and immersive audio
  • 4K HDR Content. Get the most 4K content of any streaming media player. Watch Netflix, Amazon Video, Apple TV+, Disney+ and Google Play Movies & TV in crisp 4K HDR, and YouTube, Hulu, and more in 4K. Stream from your phone with built-in Chromecast 4K.
  • GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming. GeForce NOW instantly transforms SHIELD TV into a powerful PC gaming rig. Play over 1000+ titles and nearly 100 of the biggest free to play games. The new GeForce NOW RTX 3080 membership unlocks GeForce RTX 3080 gaming servers in 4K HDR, the shortest wait times and longest session lengths, with RTX ON including ray tracing and DLSS graphics for supported games.
  • Voice Control. The built-in Google Assistant is at your command. See photos, live camera feeds, weather, sports scores, and more on the big screen. Dim the lights and immerse yourself in your favorite show or music using only your voice. And control your SHIELD hands-free with Google Home or Alexa and Amazon Echo.

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Amazon has NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member phoinix for finding this deal

Features:
  • The Best of the Best. The world's most powerful Android TV streaming media player upgraded to Android TV version 11. Enhance HD video in real-time to 4K for clearer, crisper visuals using next-generation AI upscaling. 2x USB 3.0 ports for storage expansion, USB cameras, keyboards, controllers, and more. Plex Media Server built-in, 3 GB RAM, and 16 GB storage
  • Dolby Vision - Atmos. Bring your home theater to life with Dolby Vision HDR, and surround sound with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus—delivering ultra-vivid picture quality and immersive audio
  • 4K HDR Content. Get the most 4K content of any streaming media player. Watch Netflix, Amazon Video, Apple TV+, Disney+ and Google Play Movies & TV in crisp 4K HDR, and YouTube, Hulu, and more in 4K. Stream from your phone with built-in Chromecast 4K.
  • GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming. GeForce NOW instantly transforms SHIELD TV into a powerful PC gaming rig. Play over 1000+ titles and nearly 100 of the biggest free to play games. The new GeForce NOW RTX 3080 membership unlocks GeForce RTX 3080 gaming servers in 4K HDR, the shortest wait times and longest session lengths, with RTX ON including ray tracing and DLSS graphics for supported games.
  • Voice Control. The built-in Google Assistant is at your command. See photos, live camera feeds, weather, sports scores, and more on the big screen. Dim the lights and immerse yourself in your favorite show or music using only your voice. And control your SHIELD hands-free with Google Home or Alexa and Amazon Echo.

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Dud321
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Let me be the first to say, I'll wait for the new release that must be coming soon.
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Great product. I use mine almost every day for streaming, Steam streaming and Kodi. Much better for kodi than firetv if you have a large library.
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Its interesting to see most positive comments are from people who own this and use it daily. The nay sayers look at the spec on paper and call it crap or they dont have a use case for such a powerful player.

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Aug 12, 2022 07:30 PM
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RH1992Aug 12, 2022 07:30 PM
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Could someone help me understand the benefit of using this if I have Android TV already on my Sony a80J?

I love movies and I'll usually watch them with Atmos on local storage using USB-to-TV. I'm also able to get Atmos with Netflix or Disney+ on the TV.

Does the Shield help with Atmos or HDR or anything else in a way that I'm missing?

Thanks!
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MafatConspiracyAug 12, 2022 07:30 PM
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Quote from regulat0r :
How well does this work as a Plex Server if I want to connect an external drive with large media files? My old QNAP NAS just chugs, but have heard mixed things about the Shield as a Plex Media Server.
It can handle a couple clients that are transcoding. It's preferable they don't (transcode).
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VioletRaccoon567Aug 12, 2022 07:33 PM
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Use a wired network connection lf you're connecting a storage device at the same time. USB 3 interference WiFi significantly.
Never had issue with 4k/Chromecast.
I even stream my console and PC games from time to time, you need a gamepad for that of course.
Nvidia game steam offer free streaming at no cost for some trials and titles you already own for up to 1 hour each time, not the best graphics but you can play games without downloading it.
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Aug 12, 2022 07:36 PM
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kumpletekappaAug 12, 2022 07:36 PM
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this is a champ for use with Plex. no more transcoding for me.
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Aug 12, 2022 07:38 PM
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masterz13Aug 12, 2022 07:38 PM
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Got mine for $100 used at a local bookstore. Great little device for retro gaming and streaming.
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masterz13Aug 12, 2022 07:38 PM
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Quote from kylwilliams11 :
At this price point, why not get an Xbox One X?

A used one, maybe. But this device can play retro games and work as a Plex server.
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Quote from RH1992 :
Could someone help me understand the benefit of using this if I have Android TV already on my Sony a80J?

I love movies and I'll usually watch them with Atmos on local storage using USB-to-TV. I'm also able to get Atmos with Netflix or Disney+ on the TV.

Does the Shield help with Atmos or HDR or anything else in a way that I'm missing?

Thanks!
First of all it should be much faster/smoother in terms of user interface. If you require upscaling shield is supposed to do better but I never managed to do a side by side comparison and honestly I don't see any real difference when used concurrently. If you are getting 4k source with HDR and Atmos you should not really see any difference. Where the shield shines is streaming (e.g. avoiding the step of putting the movie on USB). With Kodi it can be an incredible one stop media hub. You could do the same with your Android tv but in my experience (not sure how Sony is doing here) they put as weak a CPU in the tv as possible with least amount of ram so trying to run Kodi or something more demanding just becomes pretty laggy after a while, especially if you have a big library.
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Ersatz_HaderachAug 12, 2022 07:42 PM
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Quote from regulat0r :
How well does this work as a Plex Server if I want to connect an external drive with large media files? My old QNAP NAS just chugs, but have heard mixed things about the Shield as a Plex Media Server.
It's only suitable as a server for small libraries with optional features like thumbnailing turned off. The real problem is the 16GB which gets eaten up by metadata and fanart fast. You can add usb storage (sata or nvme, thumb drives are not recommended) but that's an additional cost.

For plex playback it's a champ.
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wiffleAug 12, 2022 07:43 PM
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Quote from cicigen2 :
I just bought Samsung 8K tv. I have my older one hooked up but honestly prefer to use the Smart tv function so I can get as much good picture as possible and minimize any loss in the cables. nVidia is still the best tv box ever. I would like to see a refresh or even better an 8K version. I think what would be the Greatest is if nVidia comes out with a 4K Blueray media streaming that is very powerful!
What loss do you think you will get from a proper HDMI connection?
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Check your WiFi router. If you have a weak WiFi and slow internet speed, streaming over WiFi might not be the best option. In any case, wired internet is the best option.
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LavenderHeat614Aug 12, 2022 07:46 PM
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Quote from kylwilliams11 :
At this price point, why not get an Xbox One X?
Xbox has one of the worst video watching experience I have ever seen (to be honest I tried S rather then X and that was some time ago) even when laying UHD Blu ray the image looked much worse than what shield does when streaming. On top of that while you can run Kodi on an Xbox setting it up is a nightmare, Microsoft doesn't support smbv1 so if your Nas/router is old no Kodi for you. They update it and wreak havoc to the setup. Plus it spins the fans while playing a movie... I tried the very same thing thinking the CPU in Xbox should run laps around shield which was getting laggy and overcrowded for me, it went back within a week.
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shouthouseAug 12, 2022 07:48 PM
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Quote from mwiley62890 :
Does PS Remote Play work on this device?
Yes, you can get a pretty great app that will do it. It's not through Sony though.

edit: Someone else has answered this question but incorrectly. so here is my reply to them.

The app is called PSPlay and it works great. It's on the Amazon store and can be downloaded directly to any firetv but for this you have to side load it. Been using it for a couple years now myself and can attest to functionality.

It's incredibly easy to use if you're on the same network, but can also be used if on an entirely different network, but with some more complicated setup. http://grill2010.github.io/psplay/index
Last edited by shouthouse August 12, 2022 at 03:59 PM.
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Quote from LavenderHeat614 :
Xbox has one of the worst video watching experience I have ever seen (to be honest I tried S rather then X and that was some time ago) even when laying UHD Blu ray the image looked much worse than what shield does when streaming. On top of that while you can run Kodi on an Xbox setting it up is a nightmare, Microsoft doesn't support smbv1 so if your Nas/router is old no Kodi for you. They update it and wreak havoc to the setup. Plus it spins the fans while playing a movie... I tried the very same thing thinking the CPU in Xbox should run laps around shield which was getting laggy and overcrowded for me, it went back within a week.
I've been using my Xbox one x for some time now and haven't had any issues. I don't use Kodi though. I haven't heard any fans on the XB1X kick in at all yet, even while gaming.
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This seems to be one of the lowest prices it's ever been. I also just called customer service and for Bluetooth it supports the aptx and LDAC codecs. For this reason I'm going to buy one.
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