2017 Nvidia Shield

Just got an alert from CCC. Down to £150.

NVIDIA SHIELD TV 16 GB Media Streaming Device https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_yEmYAbAEXH7SD

Shlippery

Basil3 wrote: »

Just got an alert from CCC. Down to £150.

NVIDIA SHIELD TV 16 GB Media Streaming Device https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_yEmYAbAEXH7SD

Absolute steal, and cheaper than black friday. Anyone in doubt i'd advise getting it at this price.

Go Go go!

corks finest

Shlippery wrote: »

Basil3 wrote: »

Just got an alert from CCC. Down to £150.

NVIDIA SHIELD TV 16 GB Media Streaming Device https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_yEmYAbAEXH7SD

Absolute steal, and cheaper than black friday. Anyone in doubt i'd advise getting it at this price.

Go Go go!

Same

Basq

Shlippery wrote: »

Absolute steal, and cheaper than black friday. Anyone in doubt i'd advise getting it at this price.

Go Go go!

I'd tempted to pull trigger but few questions..

Can you play Nvidia games on this (not streaming as only have a basic Macbook Air)? Will it work well enough over WiFi? How much will gaming cost - is it a monthly sub?

donspeekinglesh

Basq wrote: »

I'd tempted to pull trigger but few questions..

Can you play Nvidia games on this (not streaming as only have a basic Macbook Air)? Will it work well enough over WiFi? How much will gaming cost - is it a monthly sub?

Geforce now? Yes, I'm watching my son play it right now. It's €9.99 a month, some games are free, some have to be bought - you only have access as long as you subscribe.
I'm sure it's fine on good WiFi, but I haven't tested it.

OmegaGene

Basq wrote: »

I'd tempted to pull trigger but few questions..

Can you play Nvidia games on this (not streaming as only have a basic Macbook Air)? Will it work well enough over WiFi? How much will gaming cost - is it a monthly sub?

If you get a shield then hard wire it even if you have to get homeplugs
Keep WiFi for things that move around the house if you can

TBi

OmegaGene wrote: »

If you get a shield then hard wire it even if you have to get homeplugs
Keep WiFi for things that move around the house if you can

I agree. My WiFi is faster than the home plugs but the shield can use so much bandwidth that it slows everything else down on WiFi. Much better to have a dedicated circuit for it.

54and56

£150 at the moment including game controller - https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Device/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1523133860&sr=8-2&keywords=nvidia+shield+tv

OmegaGene

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

£150 at the moment including game controller - https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Device/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1523133860&sr=8-2&keywords=nvidia+shield+tv

Already posted earlier in the thread at 14:30 by basil

Basq

Damnit.. I'm too easily led!

Had a few spare vouchers so got it for £145.



Thanks for the heads-up on this all.. actually had a CCC set up for it which didn't fire!

Actually have spare set of home plugs too so works out well.

OmegaGene

Basq you won’t regret it
Brilliant bit of kit

Snake Plisken

Basq wrote: »

Damnit.. I'm too easily led!

Had a few spare vouchers so got it for £145.



Thanks for the heads-up on this all.. actually had a CCC set up for it which didn't fire!

Actually have spare set of home plugs too so works out well.

It’s a great piece of kit Basq and very well supported by Nvidia!

Doge

The 16gb space is a bit of a let down imo. The minimum space I'd go on Android these days is 32gb.
Sure you can move some apps to the SD card but it's only a limited amount of apps that support it.

Must be a great and speedy as a media centre though.

stimpson

Doge wrote: »

The 16gb space is a bit of a let down imo. The minimum space I'd go on Android these days is 32gb.
Sure you can move some apps to the SD card but it's only a limited amount of apps that support it.

Must be a great and speedy as a media centre though.

The codec support is what makes it such a good media player. I’m tempted to pick up a second one at that price.

quarryman

Back up to £190 now and min 2 weeks for delivery.

Fuzzy Logic

quarryman wrote: »

Back up to £190 now and min 2 weeks for delivery.

Typical just when I got a £30 voucher this morning for Amazon it hikes up

corks finest

Basq wrote: »

Damnit.. I'm too easily led!

Had a few spare vouchers so got it for £145.



Thanks for the heads-up on this all.. actually had a CCC set up for it which didn't fire!

Actually have spare set of home plugs too so works out well.

Well done,best device,no contest

show me the money.1

Where is the best place to buy one of these?
I see a few second hand on ebay, is there much difference in 2017 version?

The high horse brigade

show me the money.1 wrote: »

Where is the best place to buy one of these?
I see a few second hand on ebay, is there much difference in 2017 version?

Amazon. The new one is much smaller and has a better controller with a mic

corks finest

Mr.S wrote: »

What can these do differently then your standard Apple TV / cheaper android box? I get they are high spec but even cheap 4k android boxes perform well.

What they can do is not leave u down

TBi

corks finest wrote: »

What they can do is not leave u down

Plus they are supported (in contrast to cheap android boxes, but cheap buy twice)

corks finest

TBi wrote: »

corks finest wrote: »

What they can do is not leave u down

Plus they are supported (in contrast to cheap android boxes, but cheap buy twice)

Agree 100 percent

The high horse brigade

Cheap boxes run a hacked version of Android from a touchscreen tablet, not designed from the ground up to be used with a remote on a TV screen like Android TV. The Shield will get it's update to Android Oreo soon, Nvidia have said they'll release it when the apps have better Oreo support. Most cheap boxes never get a single update or bug fix

corwill

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Cheap boxes run a hacked version of Android from a touchscreen tablet, not designed from the ground up to be used with a remote on a TV screen like Android TV. The Shield will get it's update to Android Oreo soon, Nvidia have said they'll release it when the apps have better Oreo support. Most cheap boxes never get a single update or bug fix

Am I right in thinking that, with most basic AOSP-based boxes, Netflix only streams SD?

The high horse brigade

corwill wrote: »

Am I right in thinking that, with most basic AOSP-based boxes, Netflix only streams SD?

You'll get HD alright, no 4K though. The same with YouTube

georgewickstaff

studdlymurphy wrote: »

Does plex play all the same types of movies as kodi? New releases etc? I use kodi but find it cumbersome at times. It's an older version also I think.

If you download them it plays them. It does not stream directly from online streams. There used to be an add on for it but not seen it in ages.

OmegaGene

georgewickstaff wrote: »

If you download them it plays them. It does not stream directly from online streams. There used to be an add on for it but not seen it in ages.

Depends how you use plex
Ways and means of accessing other libraries

Oat23

OmegaGene wrote: »

Depends how you use plex
Ways and means of accessing other libraries

Not for long it looks like. Plex are cracking down on pay-for-shares now and a lot of servers are moving to Emby, which I don't like nearly as much. The filtering is crap.

grogi

Oat23 wrote: »

Not for long it looks like. Plex are cracking down on pay-for-shares now and a lot of servers are moving to Emby, which I don't like nearly as much. The filtering is crap.

Quality wise, Emby is not even at 30% of Plex...

OmegaGene

Oat23 wrote: »

Not for long it looks like. Plex are cracking down on pay-for-shares now and a lot of servers are moving to Emby, which I don't like nearly as much. The filtering is crap.

Emby isn’t bad it’s early days for him and the library is improving slowly