Amazon has
NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for
$174.99.
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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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There is the additional cost of a Plex Pass for hardware transcoding which is free on the Shield Pro.
I have both the newest FireTV Cube and Apple TV 4k. The Apple is hands down a nicer and faster interface then both FireTV and Shield but can't do the passthrough which is why it's on the basement TV now and the Cube is on the primary TV. I WISH apple would allow passthrough and I could get rid of the Amazon ads but it is what it is.
If nVidia updated their hardware I'd bite but other then the advertising the Cube has it beat these days for streaming.
Tried a Fire Cube and returned it. Cumbersome UI was annoying but manageable. But when it started lagging when playing DTS-HD file, then I tired another and it did the same thing.....Back it went. IDGAF about the naysayers, as a plex player, the shield is still supreme. People having lagging issues, maybe your fan is set to quiet or something IDK (performance setting is still super quiet). Mine is rock solid and quick, 0 complaints. Id buy another for 200 if I needed it
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).
I think it is fairly simple. If you dont play high quality video files via plex then you have many other options that are cheaper and maybe better, but if you do......
Maybe Amazon will fix DTS-HD bug or maybe they will just release gen 4 and move on IDK. Either way it was very apparent that the shield is a more fleshed out device regardless of hardware.
I think it is fairly simple. If you dont play high quality video files via plex then you have many other options that are cheaper and maybe better, but if you do......
Maybe Amazon will fix DTS-HD bug or maybe they will just release gen 4 and move on IDK. Either way it was very apparent that the shield is a more fleshed out device regardless of hardware.
I think it is fairly simple. If you dont play high quality video files via plex then you have many other options that are cheaper and maybe better, but if you do......
I have never had any problems playing back DTS-HD on the 3rd gen Cube?
Both the SOC and RAM are faster, and plenty of others who have used both devices say the 3rd gen Cube feels noticable faster, I don't know what to tell you?
With the Cube you don't have to worry about a fan because it's passively cooled with a massive metal heat sink, uses 12nm vs 16nm, and is just a more efficient devic, runs relatively cool playing high bitrate 4k HDR.
With the Cube I never have to worry about not being able to play HDR10+. I can play HDR in YouTube, I can play FEL DV. I can rip Blu-ray's to AV1 and play that.
Ever since the Shield updated from Android Pie it's been full of bugs. Maybe Nvidia will fix the OS or maybe they will just exit the streaming market which seems to be the direction they are headed.
Unfortunately the Cube can't play games from 2015 as well as the Shield. I guess I'll have to settle for the PS5.
I have never had any problems playing back DTS-HD on the 3rd gen Cube?
Both the SOC and RAM are faster, and plenty of others who have used both devices say the 3rd gen Cube feels noticable faster, I don't know what to tell you?
With the Cube you don't have to worry about a fan because it's passively cooled with a massive metal heat sink, uses 12nm vs 16nm, and is just a more efficient devic, runs relatively cool playing high bitrate 4k HDR.
With the Cube I never have to worry about not being able to play HDR10+. I can play HDR in YouTube, I can play FEL DV. I can rip Blu-ray's to AV1 and play that.
Ever since the Shield updated from Android Pie it's been full of bugs. Maybe Nvidia will fix the OS or maybe they will just exit the streaming market which seems to be the direction they are headed.
Unfortunately the Cube can't play games from 2015 as well as the Shield. I guess I'll have to settle for the PS5.
2) Im aware of the homescreen workaround (hence why I said its annoying but manageable)
3) I can only go on my experience with both devices (which sounds like you dont have), no bugs here
4) You seem ultra concerned about the "heat" and efficiency of a streaming device, so it sounds like the cube is a great fit for you; guess next time im watching a movie ill have to see how hot it gets but honestly seems like an absurd point (it uses what 10W?)
5) Not concerned about HDR+10, would be nice if it had it; but for me DV is much more useful (and available). I have a LG OLED which doesnt play HDR+10
6) Faster SOC and ram is great; again not an issue for me. Cube was slightly faster but the difference isnt much (vs the stability issues I had)
I dont have to go by what "plenty of others" have said. I wanted another device and bought the cube hoping it would work for me (just a week or so ago BTW). Same video file stuttered on the cube and played perfect on the shield.
As stated I use it for plex playing. I dont have 2015 games installed on it. You seem very passionate about this being old. It would be great if nvidia upgraded it but at the end of the day, its a tool to watch content at the highest quality possible on my OLED and it does that, reliably.
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I'm happy saving money on a faster device that can play ANY video & audio encoding the Shield can, and MORE. With a clean Wolf Launcher layout, and no Android or Amazon ads.
I'll just go back to my FEL DV movie playing on my OLED. "Alexa, play"
I'm happy saving money on a faster device that can play ANY video & audio encoding the Shield can, and MORE. With a clean Wolf Launcher layout, and no Android or Amazon ads.
I'll just go back to my FEL DV movie playing on my OLED. "Alexa, play"
Glad the cube works for you, fantastic. Great that we have choices, maybe in the future it will be worth it for me. For now, no way.
The shield tv app on the iphone helps significantly and makes the device much more usable within that ios ecosystem I found. Ive got the latest apple tv as well but prefer using my shield as a big reason for that is the side loading of the youtube app.
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