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16GB NVIDIA Shield TV Pro 4K Android Streaming Media Player on sale for
$174.99.
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Available retailers:Features:- The Best of the Best: The world's most powerful Android TV streaming media player, thanks to the new NVIDIA Tegra X1+ chip.
- 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.
- Best-In-Class Design: Designed for the most demanding users and beautifully designed to be the perfect centerpiece of your entertainment center, SHIELD TV Pro levels you up to more storage space, more RAM, the expandability of 2x USB 3.0 ports, and Plex Media Server.
- Unlimited Entertainment: Enjoy the most 4K HDR content of any streaming media player, and access to thousands of apps and games, including top apps like Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney + and Hulu.
- 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.
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It sounds like the Playstation has similar framerate issues. And no Dolby Vision support as well.
I've had the OG Shield TV for many years now and it was light years ahead of anything available at that time. Since then, many things have come out that compete very well with it, especially when you factor in the price point.
I have the cheapo ONN box from Wal-Mart, that I think was $20 or $25 here, on my bedroom TV and the Shield in my living room. Is the Shield better, yes, but I don't think it's $150.00 better. I have a Plex server running on a dedicated Linux NUC, with Jellyfin as an additional option, so I'm not just using online services.
My home theater setup is 5.1 and at my age, I couldn't care less about Atmos, etc. At my seating distance of 10 feet away from my 55" TV, I honestly can't tell much...if any difference in 4K vs 1080p. From what I've observed, I would take a 1080p OLED display over a 4K LCD based TV any day of the week. so take my opinion with whatever grain of salt you want :-) In any case, in 2022, I think this is a huge rip-off for what you are getting. You can get 90% of the way there with a device that costs a small fraction of what this thing sells for.
There are several good "launchers" to replace the home screen with ads. I prefer Flauncher. I believe Wolf Launcher and Sideload Launcher 3 are other popular ones.
You can download many different YouTube apps that block ads.
The main reason I recommend a Shield over everything else is that it can host Plex as the server. It has been the best, fastest, and easiest server and it uses much less power than running an entire desktop as your server. I've only tried 2 simultaneous streams and it handles that fine. It does hardware transcoding natively, without requiring a Plex Pass subscription.
I don't game on it, but it excels at that as well.
If you are happy with your current Plex server (or don't run Plex) and don't plan to game on it, there are cheaper options. Roku, Apple TV, Fire box/stick, random Android TV box, etc.can handle streaming Netflix just fine.
Shield is glitchy, crashes, has color space issues, and frame-rate match issues. Don't take my word for it as a shield user for years, go look it up.
Apple TV is a superior streaming player, it's cheaper, faster (yes, the tegra x1+ chipset has aged) and isn't bogged down the mentioned issues. BUT, ATV is a non-starter if you home stream remuxes like MKV files and want lossless atmos
I'm not an Apple fanboy. I happen to use my shield almost daily in my home theater but I'd be dishonest if shortcomings weren't acknowledged.
TLDR: get an Apple TV if home streaming lossless atmos files is something you don't need, and if upscaling older content isn't a priority. Of course, you can have both - Shield for home streaming and ATV for apps
For local contents. Shield pro is the best. Can passthrough everything mostly
I do nit having issue woth shield… as you mentioned. There is a "beta" feature to match frame rate from the source *need to check again*
Color space and glitch not really. This shield pro .
One random issue, if the source is DV, sometimes the color space is away off. The solution is turn off my home theater and turn back on. Not sure this is receiver or shield or my P65 2nd gen vizio.
Love apple tv UI and smoothness for UI and online streaming. But playing local files are No bueno.
I have 2 fire tv. 1st and 2nd gen. 1st is giving me. Headaches. Slow and sometimes crashing. 2nd model seems ok , will see if going to the same path of my 1st gen or not
Chomecast 1gen and 4k hahha. 1st gen is choking a lot when streaming . 4k is ok but replaced by Apple Tv 2nd gen ( away better thab chromecast 4k).
This is just me, seeing tendency android tv is getting slow gradually when they push updates or security patches.
surprisingly nvida shield pro that I got 3 years ago, does not having the same symptoms. So far at least 5 updates from nvidia🤣. And they still support their products
One feature that i can not find. Nvida AI upscaler is very good, especially watching pre 4k old series. I compared with firetv 2nd gen and chromecast 4k including apple tv 2nd gen. Nvidia AI upscaler is the best as i know.
Just my experience
We have iphone and ipad in our family. So far ok. Our old iPhone was. SE 1st gen to iphone 12. Actual still keeping 4S, but some apps that i want not running in the old IOS🤧…
The oldest still usable in our family is ipad air 1st gen. Surprisingly the battery health still good enough
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Closest I've seen is an old Xbox, but the remote on this one is RF, doesn't go to sleep, and its ergonomics/button layout are far better to me than any Xbox remote I've used. It sounds pretty nitpicky, but considering the remote is essentially 100% of your direct interaction with the device, I think it's important to like it. I also used an HTPC at one point, and that is a little better for overall flexibility, but having to deal with separate OS updates and individual device drivers/Kodi interaction was a pain at times.
Side note: I honestly didn't know there were ads on the home screen until I read this thread. As soon as it boots, I run Kodi with the remapped Netflix button, and I leave that app running (with video art screen saver) when I'm not using it. Long-press the Netflix button for YouTube TV. The only time I see the home screen is for 2-3 seconds after rebooting for updates.
I paid $200 for mine almost two years ago, and it's among the best home theater purchases I've made. But if you're just looking to run streaming apps, it seems like there are cheaper options that have a lot of the same functionality.
Closest I've seen is an old Xbox, but the remote on this one is RF, doesn't go to sleep, and its ergonomics/button layout are far better to me than any Xbox remote I've used. It sounds pretty nitpicky, but considering the remote is essentially 100% of your direct interaction with the device, I think it's important to like it. I also used an HTPC at one point, and that is a little better for overall flexibility, but having to deal with separate OS updates and individual device drivers/Kodi interaction was a pain at times.
Side note: I honestly didn't know there were ads on the home screen until I read this thread. As soon as it boots, I run Kodi with the remapped Netflix button, and I leave that app running (with video art screen saver) when I'm not using it. Long-press the Netflix button for YouTube TV. The only time I see the home screen is for 2-3 seconds after rebooting for updates.
I paid $200 for mine almost two years ago, and it's among the best home theater purchases I've made. But if you're just looking to run streaming apps, it seems like there are cheaper options that have a lot of the same functionality.
Kodi is my main apps in shield pro haha…
Amazon prime video and netflix are the 2nd and 3rd
Yeah totally agree with your statement
Excellent product with tight quality control, and good value for the money. I know there's no buy it for life technology, but this is one of those rare occasions where the product is truly worth what they're asking for it. I'm half a decade into the purchase and going strong.
Great deal.
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Yes, I am a long time shield user with several of them. I run a Plex server and it handles that very well.
I can conceed that other devices, IMHO, perform better with specific Apps. I also have the ATV 2021 version, FireTV cube 2nd gen, Roku's FTV Sticks, Chromecasts etc.
Each one has it's pros and cons and I for one don't really think there is any one device that is a "Best thing since they put pockets on Teeshirts" "Best of all time" all in one solution. YMMV. Sure the shield can do everything but does it do EVERYTHING better than all the rest?, In my experience, no.
The ATV is more snappy in response, the interface is simple and it just works when I need it to.
The FTV Cube is full of ads but it also just works
The Shield runs my Plex server and my HDHomerun DVR and it does this very well.
I personally don't feel the need to be the "Smartest Person in the room" about it but for a person that runs a plex server, uses apps and plays an occasional emulator, the shield checks those boxes but I do use the ATV and FTV depending on what I want to watch.
I do not have a "State of the art" cinema/sound system and don't consider myself an expert or music snob, I enjoy a good picture and decent audio, so for those looking to have the best visual and audio experiences, you have my respect and I defer to you.
Not wanting to start a long drawn out debate with anyone on this because I believe it's a matter of chice and I don't feel the need to convince anyone but myself.
FWIW, the last updates on the shield were and continue to be a problem, this changed my opinion on the shield. I had to roll back to 8.2.3 and believe me, that was not fun.
As long as a device fits your needs, you are golden.
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