2017 Nvidia Shield

bozharry1

ferrigan101 wrote: »

I'd very much appreciate a PM about this as well. I somehow managed to talk herself into impulse buying one from Amazon last night :pac:

Isn't terrible that we have to talk herself in to buying one.What has happened to us?I'm the same at home.HAHA:D

Rael

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Add me to this please, though when Mrs Crinklewood finds out the stuff I bought yesterday she'll kill me.

Me too if possible please.

I'm not quite technologically challenged but am very unfamiliar with how to configure Android boxes to make the most of them.

theshea

ferrigan101 wrote: »

I'd very much appreciate a PM about this as well. I somehow managed to talk herself into impulse buying one from Amazon last night :pac:

Hi Guys, would appreciate a PM too on a good setup link.

Oat23

If people are telling you to install builds in Kodi I highly recommend avoiding that advice and instead installing a couple of the main addons for what you want (Movies, TV, live tv?) instead. Builds are a mess and filled with mostly crap people don't want that slow down Kodi.

Just my 2c on it anyway.

Alternatively look into PLEX which is miles better. There are lots of servers out there.

Tinder Surprise

Oat23 wrote: »

If people are telling you to install builds in Kodi I highly recommend avoiding that advice and instead installing a couple of the main addons for what you want (Movies, TV, live tv?) instead. Builds are a mess and filled with mostly crap people don't want that slow down Kodi.

Just my 2c on it anyway.

Alternatively look into PLEX which is miles better. There are lots of servers out there.

Oats knows his Oats!! ... and sound advice as always

OmegaGene

Thanks for the advice oats you are a gentleman for helping me out
I must check out this Plex thing, I don’t have any content anymore myself these days

soirish

Anyone tried to connect Bluetooth headphones to the box?

donspeekinglesh

Yes, worked perfectly.

brightkane

Can sky go be used on it folks

soirish

soirish wrote: »

Anyone tried to connect Bluetooth headphones to the box?

I couldn't get one of my sets of BT headphones to pair for some reason. I've been using wired ones plugged into the controller until now. Will try with my other set of BT headphones later.

soirish

The volume slider on the remote is terrible, accidental volume change is a daily thing.

HOW DO I ADJUST THE VOLUME USING SHIELD REMOTE?
SHIELD remote provides a touch-sensitive region below the voice search button that extends down to the bottom on the remote. This region acts as a volume control slider. Sliding up will increase the volume and sliding down will decrease the volume. 

soirish

The volume slider on the remote is terrible, accidental volume change is a daily thing.

HOW DO I ADJUST THE VOLUME USING SHIELD REMOTE?
SHIELD remote provides a touch-sensitive region below the voice search button that extends down to the bottom on the remote. This region acts as a volume control slider. Sliding up will increase the volume and sliding down will decrease the volume. 

yoshimitsu

brightkane wrote: »

Can sky go be used on it folks

From what I understand Sky disabled SkyGo on all Andoird/iOS devices that have an HDMI out port on them. I've read there are workarounds but cant vouch for their efficacy

OmegaGene

soirish wrote: »

The volume slider on the remote is terrible, accidental volume change is a daily thing.

Once I could understand but daily ?? All fingers and thumbs hey

Shlippery

Aw, google assistant only works when it's set to United States...and iPlayer only works with it set to United Kingdom...won't let both work!

moonboy52

Shlippery wrote: »

Aw, google assistant only works when it's set to United States...and iPlayer only works with it set to United Kingdom...won't let both work!

You are mistaken i think.

I have US English and iPlayer works

OmegaGene

Shlippery wrote: »

Aw, google assistant only works when it's set to United States...and iPlayer only works with it set to United Kingdom...won't let both work!

I have google assist working and I am not set to the US

moonboy52

OmegaGene wrote: »

I have google assist working and I am not set to the US

Really? When i change language from US, Assistant disappears .

OmegaGene

moonboy52 wrote: »

Really? When i change language from US, Assistant disappears .

I just shout at the wife to google something and she does it
Works wonders in our house lol
Anywho have iptv working away on mine now with some help from another boardsie (oats23) so that’s one less box needed in the house
Bye bye mag box

Shlippery

OmegaGene wrote: »

I just shout at the wife to google something and she does it
Works wonders in our house lol
Anywho have iptv working away on mine now with some help from another boardsie (oats23) so that’s one less box needed in the house
Bye bye mag box

the voice search works, but the full google assistant that you controls your smart home a la google home only works with region set to us!

@moonboy, my iplayer disappears on the region change, so I guess I'll have to sideload the iPlayer app!

iPlayer does indeed work with vpn though, so that's great !

cizolin

Been thinking of getting one of these while now, especially since Friday though even more so.

Is the current price on Amazon only applicable for Blackfriday, I've 159 instead of 189 does anyone know.

Are Amazon the only sellers?

I've a bog standard android box the last ye or so that works fine for kodi etc but tempted to upgrade

OmegaGene

Shlippery wrote: »

the voice search works, but the full google assistant that you controls your smart home a la google home only works with region set to us!

@moonboy, my iplayer disappears on the region change, so I guess I'll have to sideload the iPlayer app!

iPlayer does indeed work with vpn though, so that's great !

Yeah I was joking about google assistant being the wife
never mind, maybe I’ve overdosed on CBeebies today

Shlippery

OmegaGene wrote: »

Yeah I was joking about google assistant being the wife
never mind, maybe I’ve overdosed on CBeebies today

Hah, I was thinking...! My bad :pac:

moonboy52

Shlippery wrote: »

@moonboy, my iplayer disappears on the region change, so I guess I'll have to sideload the iPlayer app!

Ah right. Must be a recent thing. I always had iPlayer installed even with a language change on the 2015 model

donspeekinglesh

Try turning off location services. When I have it enabled iPlayer and ITV disappear. I only need to enable it for the Eurosport player.

Shlippery

Yea, it’s all good now. It’s all taking shape.

Fantastic purchase. Recommended to all.

Mrcaramelchoc

Is there such a thing as a remote for the nvidia tablet?or an app on your phone that can control it.im using it as a kodi box etc and its annoying getting up and down to change the channels so to speak.

moonboy52

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Is there such a thing as a remote for the nvidia tablet?or an app on your phone that can control it.im using it as a kodi box etc and its annoying getting up and down to change the channels so to speak.

Google has an Android TV remote app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tv.remote&hl=en

philboy

16GB version on Warehouse deals atm with controller and remote. Works out about €162 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Device/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=sr_1_1?m=A2OAJ7377F756P&s=warehouse-deals&ie=UTF8&qid=1511811166&sr=1-1

Schorpio

philboy wrote: »

16GB version on Warehouse deals atm with controller and remote. Works out about €162 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Device/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=sr_1_1?m=A2OAJ7377F756P&s=warehouse-deals&ie=UTF8&qid=1511811166&sr=1-1

So long. I held out for so long. I watched the thread, and the price same down. I even had one in my cart on Friday, but managed not to click buy. 'Nope' I told myself, 'you don't actually need it'.

....but that I couldn't turn down. Bought.:o