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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3rd gen Cube has
30% faster SOC,
faster RAM,
lower power consumption,
lossless audio passthrough support,
VP9.2,
AV1,
HDR10+,
FEL DV
hands-free assistant use w/ built in speaker,
HDMI-In,
WiFi6
Shield has 1GB more significantly slower RAM (2133 vs 4224 on Cube)
Gigabit Ethernet vs Cube's 100Mbps (~350Mbps with secondary Ethernet adapter).
USB3 + extra port
Better upscaling
Faster GPU (only matters for old 3D games)
FireOS interface is ugly, but can be customized with your own launcher (rapid temp root).
Oh.. the past update broke my Plex Server. I had to roll back and refuse to update.
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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Oh.. the past update broke my Plex Server. I had to roll back and refuse to update.
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe.../htmlview#
Go to the DoVI playback devices tab and look for the shield. It can't do profile 7 or 8 FEL, only MEL. Those are the two Dolby Vision profiles used for Bluray.
The recent crop of streamers can use ExoPlayer and their updated hardware decoders to decode the proprietary sound and audio formats that have been problematic, that until recently, the Nvidia Shield was the only and best at handling. That's no longer true.
While the UI is crap and there are other issues, the Fire Stick 4K Max is the cheapest stick that can be hacked/sideloaded and provides the most codec support. It's not listed in that chart but it supports FEL DV, HDR10+, DTS, Dolby Atmos, etc. It also supports both Dolby Vision container types (.mkv and dual-layer .mp4). The Shield and some other options are better at DTS lossless audio, the Fire Stick 4K Max only does Dolby lossless.
However, some people report good results with DTS Lossless decode using JustPlayer as the external player option for Jellyfin.
3rd gen Cube has 30% faster SOC, faster RAM, lower power consumption, lossless audio passthrough support, VP9.2, AV1, HDR10+, hands-free assistant use w/ built in speaker, HDMI-In, WiFi6
Shield has 1GB more slower RAM
Gigabit Ethernet vs Cube's 100Mbps (~350Mbps with secondary Ethernet adapter).
USB3 + extra port
Better upscaling
Faster GPU (only matters for old 3D games)
FireOS interface is ugly, but can be customized with your own launcher (rapid temp root).
Since I own the device, it is running Kodi and Chromecasting random movies and videos happily, never been a glitch except once my Internet failed.
I do wish they have included a headphone jack on the new remote for random private listening needs during late hours but one can always use a pair of Bluetooth headphones.
I would recommend finding a good paid Airplay receiving app if your primary device is iOS, also some app specialized in Chromecasting from your phone also works, they'll make your watching experience such a breeze.
Before I got the 2019, I tired out the new fire cube, I returned it as I didn't like the remote and I thought the "super resolution" didn't do much.
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