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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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And you seem to like to use statistics that are clearly pulled from thin air like
"Youtube HDR as an issue when it's a non-issue for 99.9A% of users"
"HDR is a controversial topic in itself for me...99% wouldn't be able to identify HDR."
So forgive us if we are skeptical that you are some hot shot Hollywood film producer for the last 20 years, or whatever resume-padding / non-confirmable story you are pedaling to sell your point of view and link to credible sources if you are going to say things that sound ridiculous or conspiratorial, like HDR is all a lie, don't believe your eyes.
And you seem to like to use statistics that are clearly pulled from thin air like
"Youtube HDR as an issue when it's a non-issue for 99.9A% of users"
"HDR is a controversial topic in itself for me...99% wouldn't be able to identify HDR."
So forgive us if we are skeptical that you are some hot shot Hollywood film producer for the last 20 years, or whatever resume-padding / non-confirmable story you are pedaling to sell your point of view and link to credible sources if you are going to say things that sound ridiculous or conspiratorial, like HDR is all a lie, don't deliver your eyes.
You're reading comprehension needs help. My original point was HDR not available from the YouTube app on Shield is not an issue for 99.9% of users...because they don't care and wouldn't even realize it's missing. But you're forgiven.
Then when you point out all the things it can't do, the predictable response is to rationalize why that feature don't matter. Shield fanboys are free to do that, that's a matter of opinion.
That doesn't change facts though.
I was only correcting your misinformed statement about it being a software issue on YouTube's end, and not a hardware deficiency on the Shields end.
Also, occasionally I take my Shield on the road, and need to play media files via the USB port from a flash drive or HDD. There is no router with USB ports to plug into in a hotel room for example, or this is not feasible at other people's houses.
So you see, it is very useful to have USB ports on the Shield, using Kodi for playback. I don't have to have a noisy or power-hungry desktop powered up, or buy a NAS or what have you. I just plug in my drives (external or thumb) to the Shield, and fire up Kodi and there is no stuttering. Everything plays, and I can skip forwards and backwards without any issues with lip-sync or subtitles (I use subtitles very frequently).
If Apple wants my business, they can jolly well put some USB ports on their box.
Your shield doesn't need to be close to your router. You plug your drives into the router to access them via apps on your media player, like an Apple TV. They should play uncompressed. All my blu ray rips are copied straight from the discs. No compression. As long as your media player can play the file type and your connection is fast enough, there's no need for transcoding. Even so, I don't think you can "see" any visual effects from transcoding.
I have an older (10 year old?) tp link router. I have no trouble playing all my uncompressed blu ray rips using plex on my Apple TV's. Believe me, I'm no genius. Plex isn't complicated. There are lots of tutorials on how to get started.
Do the TV's you run into in hotels and friend's houses have usb ports. Many do these days.
As one other poster pointed out, we have no issues playing blu ray rips with the drive plugged straight into the tv.
You can also access all your media from plex while on the road by buying the "plex pass". It will be compressed, but that is the small price for a lot of convenience of not having to carry gear around.
I think Apple has plenty of business already (like 3 TRILLION dollars worth) to be concerned for a small niche market of consumers. But I really think with all the other options, not having a usb port on a media player has become an antiquated gripe.
The upscaling didn't look any better with Shield so returned it.
Don't understand it's use if you have a NAS. And or $200, just get a NAS isntead.
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HDR has very different gamma and color targets.
If we're talking higher end miniLED and OLED, you'll need a different calibrator too.
While they're proprietary and messy, which sucks, they are absolutely beautiful to view on a good encode and TV.
Wired or wireless. All depends on how fast your home network is. Some people's wifi is faster than ethernet. Just research your router and how it handles its usb ports with external drives. Should be usb3.0.
I have used Unraid forever and really like it. I'm using an extremely cheap computer setup running it that my shields pull media from.
The PLEX app on the FireCube seems much more up to date than the ones on other platforms.