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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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.
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.
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My original Shield remote died, so I bought the new remote. It is fantastic.
My old Shield handles Plex great, and when I used to use Kodi that was great too.
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe.../htmlview# [google.com]
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.
This compares Kodi + Plex-Addon vs. the Plex App alone (preferred)
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...edi
I'm using KODI right now and PLEX is already an issue since the Kodi PLEX add-on cannot readily add foreign language sub-titles compared to the built in PLEX app makes super easy to find subittles.
Also my new Denon 4800h broke a lot of pass through functionality compared to my 6500h which the Xbox had no issues passing through DTS-MA/TrueHD.
I'm most concerned about Audio Passthrough support (7.2.2) + Dolby Vision/HDR (for LG OLED), that is easy to use + offers good subtitle support (PGS).
Current configuration was the Xbox was the best option and it was better than the Shield Pro but recent things broke that support. The Kodi works for me, but it doesn't work for the family + friends.
No FEL DV
No VP9.2
No HDR10+
No WiFi6
There are a number of current streamers that support lossless audio passthrough. There is so much outdated misinformation being posted by all the Shield owners.
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$170 on sale - Shield Pro with Plex Server running on it.
$130 on sale Costco - Seagate 8TB External HD (265 MKV movies with lossless audio at 25-40GB avg size) hook up to Shield Pro. Add another drive if needed...Shield pro has 2 USBs.
$130 - External Asus Bluray Libredrive enabled drive to rip.
Around $330 to have an excellent lossless home streamer and still less expensive than both a NAS and Kaleidescape.