2017 Nvidia Shield

philboy · 28-11-2017 01:56AM

Schorpio wrote: »

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

Sure at a price like that, you couldn't let it go :P

tonic wine · 28-11-2017 02:54PM

What content does the shield support in HDR? I've tried using netflix and amazon.
The resolution is set to 4K 59.940 (recommended), but my TV does not detect HDR?

Overall, I must say i'm delighted with the purchase.

28-11-2017 03:01PM

tonic wine wrote: »

What content does the shield support in HDR? I've tried using netflix and amazon.
The resolution is set to 4K 59.940 (recommended), but my TV does not detect HDR?

Overall, I must say i'm delighted with the purchase.

Yeah, I haven't found a definite answer to that. Have been using Netflix and Amazon with my native TV app until I find a solution. I read somewhere that you had to drop frame rate to 30, but that didn't make a difference for me.

stimpson · 28-11-2017 03:13PM

I’ve been able to play HDR content from Plex without issue @ 60hz.

Check that all the devices in the HDMI chain are HDMI 2.0a complaint. Check that you have reasonably new cables (High speed is required but most cables should be). Also check that the HDMI port on the TV is HDMI 2.0a (some tellies only have one port that will work)

ondafly · 28-11-2017 03:25PM

tonic wine wrote: »

What content does the shield support in HDR? I've tried using netflix and amazon.
The resolution is set to 4K 59.940 (recommended), but my TV does not detect HDR?

Overall, I must say i'm delighted with the purchase.

I've played HDR content from netflix and amazon. Display changes slightly and shows the logo for HDR in the top right for a second or two.

The shield also supports dolby atmos.

peege · 29-11-2017 07:50PM

Ordered one on Friday but it seems that it hasn't been dispatched yet.

No money taken off me to pay for it either.

Has anyone experiencing the same issue?

Checked a few YouTube videos about setting it up. This one seems very thorough. Any thoughts?

https://youtu.be/NTPkiIECkqQ

rustledjimmies · 29-11-2017 07:56PM

Yeah, Amazon UK are terrible for this. I bought a cyber Monday special which they list as in stock and fulfilled by Amazon. It's not been dispatched yet either and has an expected delivery date of 11 December!

yabadabado · 29-11-2017 07:59PM

rustledjimmies wrote: »

Yeah, Amazon UK are terrible for this. I bought a cyber Monday special which they list as in stock and fulfilled by Amazon. It's not been dispatched yet either and has an expected delivery date of 11 December!

They can be a bitch for that alright .
If its in stock and sold by amazon get onto customer care and ask for it to be dispatched asap.Say its a birthday present or similar.

eyebrows63 · 29-11-2017 08:02PM

peege wrote: »

Ordered one on Friday but it seems that it hasn't been dispatched yet.

No money taken off me to pay for it either.

Has anyone experiencing the same issue?

Checked a few YouTube videos about setting it up. This one seems very thorough. Any thoughts?

https://youtu.be/NTPkiIECkqQ

I bought mine Friday and it arrived today 😊

rustledjimmies · 29-11-2017 08:03PM

Meh, it's just a mouse. If it was the Shield though I'd be hopping!

But I already own a Shield. And it's fooking class!!!

OmegaGene · 30-11-2017 12:07AM

Schorpio wrote: »

That does seem like a bargain for homeplugs, but I can't see any link to buy? Maybe they are not in stock?

If you already have a homeplug, but need more network ports at that location, it'll probably be cheaper to buy a basic network switch like this. That way you'll have lots of extra ports available to you.

Network switch worked a charm cheers
Everything hard wired now

SachaJ · 30-11-2017 01:00AM

Just if anyone's interested I monitored my 2015 Sheild's power usage over the last 24 hours. Interesting the power usage during sleep/off - between 2 and 4 watts but a few spikes here and there. Fairly obvious the hours it's being watched by the kids

OmegaGene · 30-11-2017 02:33AM

SachaJ wrote: »

Just if anyone's interested I monitored my 2015 Sheild's power usage over the last 24 hours. Interesting the power usage during sleep/off - between 2 and 4 watts but a few spikes here and there. Fairly obvious the hours it's being watched by the kids

Daddy on the porn to hey ?

SachaJ · 30-11-2017 07:52AM

Anyone have RTÉ player working on the Shields? We have no broadcast TV any longer after ditching Sky and trying to figure out how we’ll watch the Toy Show on Friday night

OmegaGene · 30-11-2017 09:12AM

https://shield.nvidia.com/blog/shield-tips-tricks

donspeekinglesh · 30-11-2017 11:34AM

SachaJ wrote: »

Anyone have RTÉ player working on the Shields? We have no broadcast TV any longer after ditching Sky and trying to figure out how we’ll watch the Toy Show on Friday night

No, I tried Chromecasting the match at the weekend from an iOS device (their Android app doesn't support Chromecast :rolleyes:), but a huge amount of the right and bottom of the image were cut off.

beauf · 30-11-2017 12:19PM

Will it be on the player? the next day?

Mr. Fancypants · 30-11-2017 12:50PM

Mine arrived yesterday. The game controller only seems to work when it is plugged in though so looks to be faulty. Contacted Amazon who will only refund as it was a Warehouse deal. Anyone have experience with Nvidia support to replace? Their chat looks to be down despite it saying its up.

Savman · 30-11-2017 12:51PM

mbroaders wrote: »

Mine arrived yesterday. The game controller only seems to work when it is plugged in though so looks to be faulty. Contacted Amazon who will only refund as it was a Warehouse deal. Anyone have experience with Nvidia support to replace? Their chat looks to be down despite it saying its up.

I'm assuming you've paired it manually?

Mr. Fancypants · 30-11-2017 12:54PM

Savman wrote: »

I'm assuming you've paired it manually?

Yep unpaired and paired again

OmegaGene · 30-11-2017 01:03PM

mbroaders wrote: »

Yep unpaired and paired again

Did you update it ?

Mr. Fancypants · 30-11-2017 01:05PM

Savman wrote: »

I'm assuming you've paired it manually?

OmegaGene wrote: »

Did you update it ?

Yep it updated fine when it was plugged in

rustledjimmies · 30-11-2017 01:12PM

mbroaders wrote: »

Yep it updated fine when it was plugged in

What does it show the battery level at in Settings?

Mr. Fancypants · 30-11-2017 01:15PM

rustledjimmies wrote: »

What does it show the battery level at in Settings?

It just shows a ? which is odd.

Managed to get a hold of Nvidia support who have given me some steps to try. Will give them a try tonight and update.

Seapoint · 30-11-2017 01:21PM

SachaJ wrote: »

Anyone have RTÉ player working on the Shields? We have no broadcast TV any longer after ditching Sky and trying to figure out how we’ll watch the Toy Show on Friday night

Install PuppetmasterTV at: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.puppetmaster.redux&hl=en

Then install the REKODI puppet - have a look at Public Service Broadcasters.... RTE are there :-)

I've had a SATV since 2015 and the two apps I'd love are All4 and RtePlayer... still, no dice

givecredit · 30-11-2017 01:21PM

SachaJ wrote: »

Anyone have RTÉ player working on the Shields? We have no broadcast TV any longer after ditching Sky and trying to figure out how we’ll watch the Toy Show on Friday night

You should be able to sideload the rte app.
Or side load the IBOX Ireland app. The apk is on their site for Android tv boxes.
You will get 1 months free trial, then you can either pay the €3 per month for 10 tv channels incl RTEs TV3 bbc1, UTV, CH4

ibox.ie

OmegaGene · 30-11-2017 01:32PM

SachaJ wrote: »

Anyone have RTÉ player working on the Shields? We have no broadcast TV any longer after ditching Sky and trying to figure out how we’ll watch the Toy Show on Friday night

Get an iptv sub and you will be sorted

KeRbDoG · 30-11-2017 01:48PM

SachaJ wrote: »

Anyone have RTÉ player working on the Shields? We have no broadcast TV any longer after ditching Sky and trying to figure out how we’ll watch the Toy Show on Friday night

As a quick fix, just install the RTE Player android app - there should be a live stream of RTE on there right? Just checked, there is - yay!

Just started to use my Shield instead of a MacMini, working great. Now can play 4k HDR files

Using a Boxee remote with it with a custom keymap. Need to check how well the auto-start app is working which is meant to start Kodi. Anyone have any tips about auto starting an app on power on?

studdlymurphy · 30-11-2017 02:33PM

KeRbDoG wrote:

As a quick fix, just install the RTE Player android app - there should be a live stream of RTE on there right? Just checked, there is - yay!

Rte app doesnt work side loaded it opens but doesnt play anything from what i can see. Is there a way around this?

kellsred · 30-11-2017 02:41PM

mbroaders wrote: »

It just shows a ? which is odd.

Managed to get a hold of Nvidia support who have given me some steps to try. Will give them a try tonight and update.

Any chance you could share the steps? My controller has been like this for quite a while, sounds exactly like your issue

2017 Nvidia Shield

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