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Product Name: | NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Pro Streaming Media Player; 4K HDR movies, live sports, Dolby Vision-Atmos, AI-enhanced upscaling, GeForce NOW cloud gaming, Google Assistant Built-In, Works with Alexa |
Manufacturer: | NVIDIA Corporation |
Model Number: | 945-12897-2500-101 |
Product SKU: | B07YP9FBMM |
UPC: | 812674023038 |
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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
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.
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There's a lot of things that can run a Plex server. The unique thing about the Shield is its ability to decode and output to a TV right? All that HDR and audio stuff?
Is CPU maxed out?
Is network maxed out?
Open up task manager and have a look. See where your constraint is and where the problem is.
For example, if you copy it locally and it works fine, it's likely you have a network issue.
If you copy it locally and it still won't play, it's likely you have a CPU issue.
Confirm all of that within Task Manager.
Thanks
What do you use to operate it ? Wireless keyboard/mouse?
There's a lot of things that can run a Plex server. The unique thing about the Shield is its ability to decode and output to a TV right? All that HDR and audio stuff?
No I have my Shield downstairs hooked up to my C6 OLED TV in my regular home theater setup. The main reason I wanted to get the Shield was to stream high quality transcoded 4K movie files via the built in Plex media server to my budget bed room projector. The projector maxes out at 1080p so the 4K streams are obviously being down converted to the projector but they still look amazing in my testing. I also have an HTPC in my down stairs theater so I am using the HTPC to convert my 4K ripped movie folders to mkv format and then transferring the resulting files over LAN to an external WD Elements hard drive attached to the Shield as described in Lon Seidman's how to video. I certainly intend to make use of the Shield's AI upscaling; last night I was watching a basketball game via the Bally Sports app and the AI upscaling was amazing! Hardly distinguishable from a true 4K broadcast!
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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...)
I haven't noticed my AppleTV 4K slowing down. How would I check this, please? And even if it were slower (due to OS updates with more complexity and more features, you mean?) why would this 'force' me to buy a new one?
So many questions!
- No YouTube HDR
- No modern AndroidTV support for system level refresh rate matching
- Broken Dolby Vision 7/8 support, color reproduction issues ( red push )
What do you mean by broken Dolby vision ?
I would say the Shield UI is a tad slower than my 2017 Apple TV 4K streamer but certainly not enough of an issue to warrant any thoughts of returning it. The biggest annoyance to me so far is the pyramid shaped Shield remote. It feels clumsy in hand and I sometimes make mistakes when navigating the UI because of the very small center OK button…could be my fat fingers though. On a positive note the remote is back lit when the ambient light in your room lowers so that is a nice touch and not something you see in other competing streamer models. Regarding the Shield's Tegra processor I'm not buying the narrative that this is some old and slow CPU that needs to be immediately updated. No other streamer offers a built in Plex server that can stream 4K movies anywhere in your house via WiFi, assuming of course you have a robust mesh router setup like I do. That's pretty damned impressive to me! Having said all of the above however if your use case is streaming movies/TV shows only then I would say the Apple TV 4K is the better choice…just depends on your individual needs.
What do you mean by broken Dolby vision ?
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