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Amazon has NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • Android TV version 11
  • Supports AI upscaling
  • 2x USB 3.0 ports
  • 3 GB RAM
  • 16 GB storage
  • Supports Dolby Vision HDR, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus
  • GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming
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Amazon [amazon.com] has NVIDIA Shield Android TV 4K Pro Streaming Media Player for $169.99.
Shipping is free.

Price:
$30.00 lower (15% savings) than the list price of $199.99

Previous 🔥Frontpage Deal at $170 with +53 Deal Score and 222 comments.

Customer reviews:
★★★★ / 10,976 global ratings

About this Item:
  • 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.Connectivity Technology : Bluetooth 5.0
  • 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. Format/Container support: Xvid/ DivX/ASF/AVI/MKV/MOV/M2TS/MPEG-TS/MP4/WEB-M

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Model: NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Pro 4K HDR Streaming Media Player; High Performance, Dolby Vision, 3GB RAM, 2x USB, Works with Alexa

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In case you are looking at this as a solution for streaming games from your desktop to another room, please be aware that GeForce Experience and Nvidia no longer support GameStream.

Sunshine and Moonlight are the server-client pair of apps you will want to use to do any LAN game streaming. They are relatively easy to set up, but it's something you should know about before purchasing if you intend to use this as a game streaming device.

Sunshine: https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
Moonlight: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt
GameStream sunset announcement: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/a...tification

As for performance, I have not had any issues at all with this model of Shield. I used it to replace the smart features on a 2016 Samsung TV that was getting progressively more annoying and losing support for applications like Twitch.
Isn't this like 6 years old?
I was a diehard Shield user. I switched to the Apple 4k. Did obsessive side by sides. In my experience, the apple has better color and picture quailty. Nothing is perfect as the sound quailty on the shield is better than apples 4k. I only stream no gaming.

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11-20-2023 at 10:01 AM.
11-20-2023 at 10:01 AM.
I'm sure it's still a top notch Android TV device. But at this point, if you're looking to buy a premium streaming device, I'd think Apple TV must've surpassed it by now.
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11-20-2023 at 10:07 AM.
11-20-2023 at 10:07 AM.
Quote from CorrectProblemX :
I'm sure it's still a top notch Android TV device. But at this point, if you're looking to buy a premium streaming device, I'd think Apple TV must've surpassed it by now.
I wonder how long Update 9.1 (Android 11) will continue to hold on... A10 ended 8 months ago; do we have 4 more months of A11 support?

https://endoflife.date/android

I like Apple's support update plans (basically, going on 7-8 years for most of their hardware, that's forever in computer years...)
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11-20-2023 at 10:44 AM.
11-20-2023 at 10:44 AM.
For a more versatile multi-purpose alternative at around the same price, get yourself something like a Beelink S12 mini-pc with the new intel N100 CPU (16GB RAM + 512GB SSD) for around $150 (lots of sales usually) and an air-mouse for around $20-$30. This setup gets you:

- AV1 decode
-install Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi, whatever media server on it
-bookmark all your streaming services in a browser
-run adblocks in the browser(s) or install Pi-Hole in a Docker container

Basically everything the Shield does and then some.

Disclaimer: I have multiple Shields, multiple mini-PCs running as streaming clients, a couple of hefty HTPCs running as media servers, all served by multiple NAS' - the mini-pc option is VERY viable as a streaming box.
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11-20-2023 at 11:57 AM.
11-20-2023 at 11:57 AM.
Quote from j_b_007 :
Is this good for playing kids games like Roblox? Comes with controller?

No. This uses a really bad OS that isn't supported by a lot of apps.
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11-20-2023 at 12:00 PM.
11-20-2023 at 12:00 PM.
Does anyone know the status of the Plex client issue that was introduced with a shield android update many months ago? It screwed up Plex users. Some were able to get working with some hot fixes that came while others had to manually roll back to prior os version. I haven't dared to update mine again since manually rolling back as it has been my (great) Plex client for my media room.
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spooky187
11-20-2023 at 12:21 PM.
11-20-2023 at 12:21 PM.
Anyone else have had any issues with buffering when subtitles are enabled on good quality videos and know of a solution ?

I realize now, that it is very taxing on software to add subtitles to the video.
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11-20-2023 at 12:33 PM.
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Quote from spooky187 :
Anyone else have had any issues with buffering when subtitles are enabled on good quality videos and know of a solution ?

I realize now, that it is very taxing on software to add subtitles to the video.
All image-based subs are crap imo. Go online and just download a text-based version and use those instead. Barring that, you can use something like Subtitle Edit to OCR and convert those image-based subs to text-based.
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11-20-2023 at 12:37 PM.
11-20-2023 at 12:37 PM.
Quote from CorrectProblemX :
I'm sure it's still a top notch Android TV device. But at this point, if you're looking to buy a premium streaming device, I'd think Apple TV must've surpassed it by now.

Meh, I have a 2015 shield and a 2017 shield tv. They have both been great. I have no want to buy this old expensive device now though. I don't know much about apple stuff as I left their ecosystem a few years back. I don't like their walled garden. Does the apple tv even allow USB media playback? I use Kodi quite a bit, and I love emulation. My shield tv vudu app doesn't support 3d which was a bummer. That probably affects me and maybe 10 other people. Whenever I think of apple I just think "expensive and proprietary." Nvidia has been great in supporting the shield from 2015 up to now, but I do wish we could get a meaningful hardware update. I haven't experienced the 2019 shield AI upscaling, but my preferred device is the 2015 model that has an on off capacitive button on the front, and micro SD expansion in addition to the USB inputs. I currently have a 512gb card, but a 1tb micro SD card is only $50 currently.
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11-20-2023 at 12:42 PM.
11-20-2023 at 12:42 PM.
If you're getting this because you're diehard Android or customization, then go for it. Unfortunately, if you're just getting something to stream the best one is now newest Apple TV
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11-20-2023 at 01:28 PM.
11-20-2023 at 01:28 PM.
My grandma said she bought one of these in 1946
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11-20-2023 at 03:46 PM.

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My 2019 Nvidia shield took a Truehd 7.1 Atmos dump on my apple TV 4k via my synology Nas plex server. I agree the shield is old but I would still take it over my apple TV 4k any day. With the shield you can basically do whatever you want. With the apple.... Well you can only do what your master Tim cook says you can do.
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11-20-2023 at 03:55 PM.
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11-20-2023 at 04:09 PM.
11-20-2023 at 04:09 PM.
Almost the perfect device. But desperately needs a tech refresh. This is highway robbery for them to still be charging so much for this outdated streamer.

- No YouTube HDR
- No modern AndroidTV support for system level refresh rate matching
- Broken Dolby Vision 7/8 support, color reproduction issues ( red push )
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11-20-2023 at 05:14 PM.
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Quote from RobNY888 :
I purchased the Nvidia Shield TV a few months ago and was disappointed, I returned it. I mainly bought it for 4K upscaling as I read that Nvidia is the best in the market for 4K upscaling, but the Shield TV picture quality was less than my Fire Stick. Does the Pro make a big difference in terms of 4K upscaling? That's the only reason I might invest in this buy.

Ditto. I was very disappointed with it. Buggy as something very buggy. It was bought to supplant firesticks as recording live tv wasn't working well. It failed miserably.
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For a more versatile multi-purpose alternative at around the same price, get yourself something like a Beelink S12 mini-pc with the new intel N100 CPU (16GB RAM + 512GB SSD) for around $150 (lots of sales usually) and an air-mouse for around $20-$30. This setup gets you:

- AV1 decode
-install Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi, whatever media server on it
-bookmark all your streaming services in a browser
-run adblocks in the browser(s) or install Pi-Hole in a Docker container

Basically everything the Shield does and then some.

Disclaimer: I have multiple Shields, multiple mini-PCs running as streaming clients, a couple of hefty HTPCs running as media servers, all served by multiple NAS' - the mini-pc option is VERY viable as a streaming box.
I love that s12 pro. I've used it as a plex server. Works great for transcoding too. Has a 4 k stream transcode and it can probably do a couple more.
What do you use to operate it ? Wireless keyboard/mouse?
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