Like its predecessor, the Shield TV uses its Nvidia Tegra X1 processing to enhance Android gaming and stream fully-fledged PC games locally or over the internet, with little perceptible lag on the latter. There's a good reason this box comes bundled with a game controller. Add its games-playing prowess though and you start to realise why you're paying a premium. While we feel the Nvidia Shield TV box betters its peers in video quality and support for the highest resolution and picture tech standards, those might not be enough to justify its price alone. Nvidia Shield TV (2017) review: Games and platform The Kodi media player app is also available, for those without a Plex subscription. Not only can it play your locally stored media with great metadata and cover art support, it can make your box a media server for all other devices to stream content from. And, as we've mentioned, the Plex app on the Shield TV is superb. Few other boxes can access it at present. Higher brightness, greater contrast and a wider colour gamut result in distinctly better and more involving images.Īndroid TV has support for some other media apps though, including DisneyLife – Disney's own Netflix-style service.
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While Ultra HD resolutions are noticeably sharper than Full HD, high dynamic response tech is revolutionary and a real game changer.
It's one of those things that would've been a nice-to-have, but largely irrelevant HDR is more than good enough. Until spring 2017, LG's OLED sets are the only tellies that support it and, even then, few others are currently planned for release. The thing missing is Dolby Vision on Netflix – content plays in standard HDR – but that's only relevant to a small handful of people who have the enhanced high dynamic response tech on their TVs. It locks down the highest resolutions faster than our 2016 LG E6 OLED TV, for example, which is no mean feat. This might not sound as good to you if you already own a 4K HDR television with both Netflix and Amazon Video as part of its smart functionality, but we've also found that the Shield TV plays them more efficiently.
And what price would you put on that? The alternatives to consider It really could be the digital hub of your home, just as Nvidia promised many moons ago. It's also an excellent way to add a Plex media server to your home network – just add a USB 3.0 storage device full of content.Īnd when you consider that Google Assistant and SmartThings support will both be implemented in the coming months, it's clear the Shield TV has the potential to be far more than a mere media streamer. But its Netflix and Amazon Video support is second to none in a set-top-box thanks to 4K HDR support for both. There are a few video apps and services notably missing from Android TV in general, which leaves room for improvement. And how many set-top-boxes are capable of not only streaming games but in 4K and 60fps? If gaming is important to you then Nvidia has the ideal solution here.
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The Tegra X1 chipset is the most powerful you'll find inside a mass-market media streamer to date. The Nvidia Shield TV is pricey because of the tech. It doesn't have half the bells and whistles of the Shield either. An equivalent Apple TV, for example, is only £50 less. The Shield TV is expensive, but its cost is relative.
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