NVIDIA SHIELD TV | 4K HDR Streaming Media Player, High Performance, Dolby Vision 945-12897-2500-101

I have 4 of these devices in my home. They are definitely the best devices in the market and believe me i tried several other boxes that claimed to be the best but they don't come even close to this one. It is made of solid construction and has a very fast processor and ample storage. The only thing Nvidia didnt design well is opening the back cover of the remote control to change the batteries. It takes a lot of strength to push it open. They could have done better with that in my opinion otherwise this is a solid 5 stars device.

Does more than expected. It is a barrel type with limited sockets but enough to connect with lots of versatility.

I have always been obsessed and fastinated with different media player. I had many of them those in which can play Blu-Ray ISO files, But still I couldn't be satisfy about the capibility of any of them, till around mid 2015 whenI came across seeing for the same time this rectangular boxy shape deviced called Nvidia Shield TV. So I decided to order one and get it to be sent all the way to UAE. AT the time I had already bought a 4K tv, it was samsung, it was brilliant. But When I tried Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2015, I was blown away with it's capabilities, and Netflix LOOKED so good to a point where it made me spend must of my time watching all movies and all TV series. Nvidia Shiled TV has grown strong and stronger with so many tweaks and modding apps. Now! since technologies has moved so quick and so fast-forward, and the OLED TVs that come with HDR technologies, you need to crown your home system theater with Nvidia Shiled TV 2019. It's the best you can have so far. I recommand it.

Es lo máximo en Calidad de Audio y Vídeo.
Tuve Google Chromecast, Fire TV stick 4k y las reseñas y comentarios sobre que este ES el mejor Reproductor de Streaming en Verstilidad, Funcionalidad y Calidad son Ciertas!
Increíble el escalamiento por IA a 4K, lo complemente para un Proyector escalable a 4K junto con un Onkyo HT-S3910 y la combinación es Increíble, Audio y Vídeo impecables con las configuraciones adecuadas (necesitas ver turoriales para sacarles provecho y maximizar su rendimiento)
..por lo menos yo lo hice así y encontré mejoras Increíbles!
Además... puedes jugar en línea con Nvidia GE Forcé y agregar un control inalámbrico para X-BOX en mi caso...! (No soy tan gamer, pero representa otra gran ventaja, si no quieres adquirir una consola)
Haré una actualización en unos meses que pruebe juegos y más de su desempeño.

Great product. Just don't like the remote!

If this breaks it would be like one of my children dying, although i have no kids. I would be very upset.

First, write this down and save it for when you need it, how to reset the remote when it locks up and new batteries don't help: "Remove one of the batteries, press the home+dpad center button & slide in the battery. Continue to hold the buttons down till you hear a audible beep." That happens about 6-9 months apart and knowing how to fix it makes this a flawless system. Can't say that about upgrading my win 10 box to win 11 but the Android TV box that Shield TV is works well.

I have it on wired Ethernet because the house has that. As does Marantz receiver, Samsung QLED TV, BluRay player (UHD streaming is not as good as disks, I'm on fast fiber, Amazon prime custom content and new Paramount+ Star Trek stuff being exceptions). They all work together and I have an Amazon 4k fire stick that does well but can't Chromecast. I cast things that aren't available in streaming form, a typical example is MLB have highlights, available on phone app. Clunky if you try them via browser (exception is watching on the computer directly). Generally I stream a lot including a lot of ad free YouTube. News, science and IT training videos (how to software stuff). The shield works well, up scales okay but the fact is that this is not the same as real 4k content, which the Shield does flawlessly. The remote is easy to use, unlike the horrible QLED remote. If only Harmony would recognize the Shield.

I may shelve my 4k Fire stick, but I have the additional box to DVR broadcast stuff, which the Shield doesn't do. I don't use that anymore, once in 2 months, so I'm debating just removing the Fire stick. The shield just works but doesn't have enough apps. What it needs is a music player that works with my Asustor NAS box. I can use Plex on NAS to stream a few hundred DVD disks I own and ripped, but music doesn't work. Select a folder and it often just jumps to the root. I can cast (there are several phone apps on my Pixel that do that well) but a phone screen is small when I have folders of folders, couple of thousand CDs of music, over half is classical. Easy from PC, moderate from phone but it doesn't work well in cast mode. Often I really to drill down to a folder - far quicker than artist or album (by probably a factor of 50-100) and then selectively play favorites. Nobody does that well in cast mode. Local mode to headphones is fine but not casting. I'm not interested in connecting a large multi TB drive to the shield as FAT32 winter cut it, NTFS will be necessary (I don't use Linux except wsfl so EXT4 is out).

Mostly I use YouTube, Plex (client mode), Paramount+ and may migrate from Fire Stick: Amazon Prime & Amazon Music. I dumped Hulu (on an old Roku) years ago, and Netflix because I didn't find much content worth while. Paramount+ is close to that now, likely after the next season of Brave New Worlds. If Netflix hadn't turned Formula One into a racing version of real housewives I might still subscribe. The apps, though, work well and it was easy to use any that I wanted except music on Plex (movies and documentaries are fine).

I'd highly recommend the Shield TV. I saw an interesting YouTube video on Android TV boxes, the video was about security, specifically if they have a modified version of Android that allowed spying on your home network traffic. The answer was, and the person tested dozens of boxes, YES they do support spy with 2 exceptions. Shield was one, and it runs native straight Android and was clearly declared to be the one that should be considered trustworthy in this regard. The others had source code that was modified and some didn't even try to hide it, the findings were enough to lose sleep over. Search YouTube for this:"Android tv box security" and one by Lon TV about "Is Your Android TV Legit?" is the one to start with but NordVPN "Pre Installed Malware on Android TV Box" is the other. Watch before you buy (these were made earlier in 2023) if you are thinking of a $40 Android TV box.

So get a cold one or as I'm writing in December, since hot chocolate, sit back in your recliner and enjoy some excellent content available these days.

Side note is that it was easy to get Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, combo from Microsoft, to work with the shield TV. The problem is more about how it isn't easy to use them sitting in a recliner. But they do work. Just so you know.

A very good product, using it since a month. The graphics are very clear, the setup easy, and the remote control pretty cool, its in triangular shape.
Of course you get all the regular programs, Netflix, YouTube, etc,..