Amazon has
NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for
$174.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
MartinV8691 for sharing 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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There are alternatives that are actually superior to Shield in almost every way now. For example, the Homatics Box R 4k Plus / Dune HD / Nokia 8010 / RockTek G2 devices.
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No other player supports Dolby Vision / HDR + TrueHD / DTS / Lossless for my home theatre system. Might just have to bite the bullet again.
Real life example: my wife and I binged through "This Is Us" in 720p on Hulu. We have a 4K OLED, Denon receiver, etc. The AI upscale was so good I didn't even realize it was 720p until we were nearly done with the series.
The biggest flaw to the Nvidia Shield TV Pro, IMO, is how it struggles with Framerate Matching. Lots of other devices do as well including Apple TV, Roku, Fire Stick, etc. but one would think Nvidia would have this down. Yes, I know about the beta Framerate Matching function but it doesn't always work; it can actually crash certain DRM apps (like Youtube TV). There are also apps you can install to help mitigate this but the overall sentiment is that it isn't turnkey.
Btw, you have to turn on the Plex Server the first time you setup Plex on the Shield Pro. The option to check off comes up during setup. Also, external hard drives have to be setup by the Shield Pro, which puts a specific Nvidia Shield Pro folder. Then you can transfer files from your PC over your home network directly into media folders in that specific folder on the hard drives attached to the Shield Pro.
This is my issue right now. I bought Shield Pro about 2 years ago and returned it, and Ii'm still facing the same dilema that I can't find a better alternative media player that has all the same codec support without a ton of really hard to adjust settings. Currently using an Xbox Series X for watching through Kodi + Plex, however I have to go into a secret menu to adjust the HDR settings.
No other player supports Dolby Vision / HDR + TrueHD / DTS / Lossless for my home theatre system. Might just have to bite the bullet again.
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Btw, you have to turn on the Plex Server the first time you setup Plex on the Shield Pro. The option to check off comes up during setup. Also, external hard drives have to be setup by the Shield Pro, which puts a specific Nvidia Shield Pro folder. Then you can transfer files from your PC over your home network directly into media folders in that specific folder on the hard drives attached to the Shield Pro.
There are alternatives that are actually superior to Shield in almost every way now. For example, the Homatics Box R 4k Plus / Dune HD / Nokia 8010 / RockTek G2 devices.
This is my issue right now. I bought Shield Pro about 2 years ago and returned it, and Ii'm still facing the same dilema that I can't find a better alternative media player that has all the same codec support without a ton of really hard to adjust settings. Currently using an Xbox Series X for watching through Kodi + Plex, however I have to go into a secret menu to adjust the HDR settings.
No other player supports Dolby Vision / HDR + TrueHD / DTS / Lossless for my home theatre system. Might just have to bite the bullet again.
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