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They just put out a huge update for the shield. Mine still plays the vast majority of things perfectly, even hevc and 4k content. I am perfectly happy with my shield pro. I’d buy one again if the current one shits the bed.

What are my other options? Apple TV and what else? Everything else is ad ridden underpowered and lacking licenses to play media.

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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

They just put out a huge update

I obviously meant a hardware update.

What are my other options?

Anything that runs on Android TV?

Everything else is ad ridden

And the Shield doesn’t have ads? You can bypass all the ads by installing productivity launcher, same as on the Shield.

underpowered

How much power do you think you need to stream videos?

and lacking licenses to play media.

I don’t even know what that means.

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- limonfiesta@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  As someone who owns both Nvidia Shield TV and standard cheap (Google certified) devices, all running Projectivy, it’s not really comparable.
  
  The Shield runs smoother, has significantly less minor/annoying issues, and actually receives fairly regular updates.
  
  Now, the new Chromecast with Google TV does get updates, but it doesn’t resolve the first two differences.
  
  If you can’t afford, or justify the extra expense, for an Nvidia Shield TV, completely understandable. But don’t pretend that the user experience is the same, because it’s not.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    All “standard cheap” devices are not the same. I recommended a specific one, which was tested and featured on LTT.
    
    I also own both and there’s no discernable difference, other than one costs literally 10x more.
    
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    limonfiesta@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I said Playstore Certified, and yes, they are mostly the same when you look under the hood, at least for those classes of devices, per generation.
    
    Same, or similar SoC, with 2/8 (sometimes 2/16) specs.
    
    Once you get up to the 4/32 range, you’re already looking around the same price (+/-) of a Shield TV.
    
    Also, lol @ citing LTT, for anything. Just because a broken clock is right twice a day, doesn’t change the fact that it’s broken.
    
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