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Various Merchants have NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for $174.99. Shipping is free.

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Available from: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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Various Merchants have NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for $174.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Slickdeals Staff Eragorn for finding this deal.

Available from: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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The Shield can't play YouTube HDR videos.
If you have a good home theater audio setup, this device is almost a must. Lossless audio is possible here where it isn't on any other streaming specific device (mostly applicable to high quality Blu Ray rips and the like). It does excel at other things though too (I.E. AI up scaling).

Unfortunately, it is expensive and uses older hardware that doesn't fully support all the new stuff. It does well with most things though.

There are some people that find it getting to be buggy, while others still have a great experience after 3 years of ownership.

I personally think this is still too expensive for a device using 3 year old hardware, but I would buy a new version of this. However, I'm not sure if Nvidia will update the hardware again.

If you just want a device that works and you aren't worried about playing high quality Blu Ray rips, this is probably overkill - I'd probably look at the firetv, Roku, ccwgtv, Apple 4k, etc.

Here's a decent discussion on Reddit comparing the Apple TV 4k / Firecube 3 / Shield Pro TV - https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAn...are_button

Edit - it's also at Best Buy and B&H Photo for the same price.
They have milked this hardware for to long now. It was the best of the best in 2016 but has been losing it's edge year by year. It has become a pain to reboot every few days after the Google update.

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If you have a good home theater audio setup, this device is almost a must. Lossless audio is possible here where it isn't on any other streaming specific device (mostly applicable to high quality Blu Ray rips and the like). It does excel at other things though too (I.E. AI up scaling).

Unfortunately, it is expensive and uses older hardware that doesn't fully support all the new stuff. It does well with most things though.

There are some people that find it getting to be buggy, while others still have a great experience after 3 years of ownership.

I personally think this is still too expensive for a device using 3 year old hardware, but I would buy a new version of this. However, I'm not sure if Nvidia will update the hardware again.

If you just want a device that works and you aren't worried about playing high quality Blu Ray rips, this is probably overkill - I'd probably look at the firetv, Roku, ccwgtv, Apple 4k, etc.

Here's a decent discussion on Reddit comparing the Apple TV 4k / Firecube 3 / Shield Pro TV - https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAn...are_button

Edit - it's also at Best Buy and B&H Photo for the same price.
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They have milked this hardware for to long now. It was the best of the best in 2016 but has been losing it's edge year by year. It has become a pain to reboot every few days after the Google update.
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Quote from swd1 :
trying to find a compelling use case for this. Haven't felt compelled.
Someone here convince me otherwise? Thanks
Nope. What's already been said is accurate.

Also, some apps like Hulu, Prime Video and Netflix have dogsh*t compatibility with Shield TV. Not Nvidia's fault but for the stability you can get Firesticks and the Google TV Chromecast for sub $40, I can't in good conscience recommend buying a Shield TV in 2022.

I love mine and it runs great most of the time but the inconsistency in the experience between different apps can be annoying.
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Quote from BUYMECAR :
Nope. What's already been said is accurate.

Also, some apps like Hulu, Prime Video and Netflix have dogsh*t compatibility with Shield TV. Not Nvidia's fault but for the stability you can get Firesticks and the Google TV Chromecast for sub $40, I can't in good conscience recommend buying a Shield TV in 2022.

I love mine and it runs great most of the time but the inconsistency in the experience between different apps can be annoying.
I've had two of these since 2017, what are wrong with those apps? They stream 4K fine to my TV...
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Quote from scotts9612 :
They have milked this hardware for to long now. It was the best of the best in 2016 but has been losing it's edge year by year. It has become a pain to reboot every few days after the Google update.
This isn't the same hardware exactly as the 2016 models. This is the more updated version with very good AI upscaling to 4k. I own the older version and it plays everything I throw at it with ease still. No bugs that I've noticed.

Until 8K becomes the standard, I really can't see this thing becoming obsolete... Unless streaming sites introduce new hardware DRM schemes.

But for DRM-free local content consumption on your tv, the only thing that will beat this is a dedicated HTPC.
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NVIDiA should really do more generous discounts for this hardware. They've coasted on this SoC for a while now. I'd like to believe they'll make the next gen version with the same chips theyre pepping for the next Switch?
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I own 2 of these and one Apple TV. Both work amazing. Yes these boxes are getting old and I believe Nvidia will be making a new Shield in the near future. However, I use the shield a bunch more due to Kodi support without having to do any insane methods.

Again both apple rv and Shield work great. I just don't know if Shield is currently worth 175.
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They seem to be showing
stubbornness on prices on this. Hey Nvidia, this is not your GPU line.Take it easy
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I have owned one for 3 yrs. it is still the best player for Kodi. No bugs all apps run like they should plays all video content with no hiccups. Just saying after 3 yrs the content I have watched with Kodi and a good vpn, easily surpasses the amount I paid for the box.
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What a lot of people don't understand here is the Shield is the gold standard of TV boxes, would be like an iphone. So yes you will pay more. But its 10 times more powerful then the cheap boxes. I have a google chromecast 4k, love it, but I could never use it on my 55inch 4k tv, its for bedroom use only. GFN, XBGP, KODI, AI upscaling, Emulation, all run grat on shielf.
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If you have an Avr that supports Dolby vision, and a tv that supports Dolby vision do I also need a shield that supports Dolby vision? I am currently passing my older shield through my avr and my avr is connected to the TV via earc
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I put an SSD in mine and you can't update it past a certain version or you will brick it. Also Android has a tendency to drop support for games when a newer version of Android is released. Which is absolutely absurd. My PC games from 2008 still work on my 2022 PC.
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Quote from Zeo :
This isn't the same hardware exactly as the 2016 models. This is the more updated version with very good AI upscaling to 4k. I own the older version and it plays everything I throw at it with ease still. No bugs that I've noticed.

Until 8K becomes the standard, I really can't see this thing becoming obsolete... Unless streaming sites introduce new hardware DRM schemes.

But for DRM-free local content consumption on your tv, the only thing that will beat this is a dedicated HTPC.
I own both, the 2016 and this. While this is smaller by dimension and a little bit faster in cpu+ speed. It loses out on a non micro sd slot and a repeatedly rebooting bug. At first, I thought it was just my unit until I googled search and found out others have similar problems.
As far as the AI upscaling is concerned, I'm not convinced. Personally, the 1080 image just looks a bit sharper almost as if you turn your TV image sharpen on high. Then you're stuck with noises and artifacts. It will not turn the 1080 image magically into 4k(its not dlss). It does nothing for 2k or 4k contents, which I prefer for my 4k TV anyway. So if you have the older version stick with that, don't take your chances at rolling dice. Unless of course you're someone who watches a lot of 1080 contents on their 4k.
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