nvidia Shield - Tips & tricks [Read post #1]

banie01 · 23-12-2018 08:31PM

godskitchen wrote: »

Hello all,

Just got one of these after about a year if reading you all praise them.

Im not overly impressed so far but it could just be me not being familiar with the system....

However, I have an oled and the black level output from the shield is grey, no where near black. I have been switching between the build in plex app on my oled and the one on the shield and its not even funny how bad the blacks are from the Shield.

Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

Have you set the colour space on the shield?
Have you set the colour space on the TV?
Have you disabled any dynamic contrast or similar?
Depending on the type of TV you may also have a deep black setting on your TV, enable that.
Last but not least is to calibrate the output with some test patterns at the very least.

I'm using a shield with an LG C8 OLED and the blacks and depth of range is exceptional.

godskitchen · 23-12-2018 08:43PM

banie01 wrote: »

Have you set the colour space on the shield?
Have you set the colour space on the TV?
Have you disabled any dynamic contrast or similar?
Depending on the type of TV you may also have a deep black setting on your TV, enable that.
Last but not least is to calibrate the output with some test patterns at the very least.

I'm using a shield with an LG C8 OLED and the blacks and depth of range is exceptional.

Thanks for the reply, I am 90% sure everything is set up on the TV correctly on the hdmi 2 port, I have all the usual crap turned off that manufacturers install.

Interestingly I'm playing Dunkirk in HDR and the blacks are perfect, it's just sdr content that seems to be the problem....

banie01 · 23-12-2018 08:47PM

godskitchen wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, I am 90% sure everything is set up on the TV correctly on the hdmi 2 port, I have all the usual crap turned off that manufacturers install.

Interestingly I'm playing Dunkirk in HDR and the blacks are perfect, it's just sdr content that seems to be the problem....

The problem then is more likely to be the encoding of the SDR content.
Lots of space to be saved in a digital file by compressing the colour space and TBH it's usually not noticed on any displays other than OLED or really top end LCD.

godskitchen · 23-12-2018 09:19PM

banie01 wrote: »

The problem then is more likely to be the encoding of the SDR content.
Lots of space to be saved in a digital file by compressing the colour space and TBH it's usually not noticed on any displays other than OLED or really top end LCD.

I understand what you are saying but it's perfect on my internal lg plex player.... I also only have bluray tips on the server, no bad quality content...

It could be me being thick, I'll play with the settings and report back

Thanks again

corks finest · 23-12-2018 09:39PM

godskitchen wrote: »

banie01 wrote: »

Have you set the colour space on the shield?
Have you set the colour space on the TV?
Have you disabled any dynamic contrast or similar?
Depending on the type of TV you may also have a deep black setting on your TV, enable that.
Last but not least is to calibrate the output with some test patterns at the very least.

I'm using a shield with an LG C8 OLED and the blacks and depth of range is exceptional.

Thanks for the reply, I am 90% sure everything is set up on the TV correctly on the hdmi 2 port, I have all the usual crap turned off that manufacturers install.

Interestingly I'm playing Dunkirk in HDR and the blacks are perfect, it's just sdr content that seems to be the problem....

Maybe HDMI leads need changing

The high horse brigade · 23-12-2018 09:45PM

corks finest wrote: »

Maybe HDMI leads need changing

Try a different HDMI port. I've come across faulty ports before.

aaronm13 · 23-12-2018 09:58PM

Hoping to pick up one of these in the sales. What's the best price I could realistically expect to pay for one? Currys in the UK have the one with controller for £150 which is the best price I can find. Amazon's prices are constantly going up and down. Missed a black Friday one for about £130 which was gutted about.

corks finest · 23-12-2018 10:06PM

aaronm13 wrote: »

Hoping to pick up one of these in the sales. What's the best price I could realistically expect to pay for one? Currys in the UK have the one with controller for £150 which is the best price I can find. Amazon's prices are constantly going up and down. Missed a black Friday one for about £130 which was gutted about.

130/ 150 doesn't matter, worth it

aaronm13 · 23-12-2018 10:23PM

Sound advice lads. Spent a bit on a NUC a few years ago but struggles to play a lot now and the shield could combine the smart tv and nuc.

Standard Toaster · 23-12-2018 11:24PM

Q: Is there just one version of the Shield?
The 500Gb version is no longer a thing?
Also, where should I buy from? I notice there's Â£30 off on the nvidia site but it's not reflected on Amazon.

Looking to buy whatever is "the best" version of the Shield.

godskitchen · 23-12-2018 11:58PM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Try a different HDMI port. I've come across faulty ports before.

I thought about that and the cable itself but the hdr is just fine.... I think it's me and the settings as the hdr profile is perfect

godskitchen · 24-12-2018 12:33AM

godskitchen wrote: »

I thought about that and the cable itself but the hdr is just fine.... I think it's me and the settings as the hdr profile is perfect

OK, I have it sorted, my mistake...

I forgot that the tv doesn't apply the picture settings you set to each input unless you tell it to when setting up...

Setting are now correct and it looks great.

I'm sure this has been asked before but Plex.... The interface looks awful and it seems the app gives no options to even change the lay out of anything.

Has anyone tried Xplay for the shield and does it support atmos?

brianregan09 · 24-12-2018 12:56AM

Can you set up IPTV through this ? I'm getting one but I'm wondering can I retire my Mag box and use this for it aswell

54and56 · 24-12-2018 01:03AM

brianregan09 wrote: »

Can you set up IPTV through this ? I'm getting one but I'm wondering can I retire my Mag box and use this for it aswell

Yes, all you need is an app called STBemu and you'll be well sorted.

xlogo · 24-12-2018 09:49AM

Je_suis_Jean wrote:

Yes, all you need is an app called STBemu and you'll be well sorted.

Quick question on STBemu - if I have it installed can I easily upgrade to the paid no ad version without upsetting my IPTV settings?

DopeTech · 24-12-2018 09:53AM

xlogo wrote: »

Quick question on STBemu - if I have it installed can I easily upgrade to the paid no ad version without upsetting my IPTV settings?

You'll need to backup your settings in the free app and import them into the paid one. Very simple though.

corks finest · 24-12-2018 10:34AM

brianregan09 wrote: »

Can you set up IPTV through this ? I'm getting one but I'm wondering can I retire my Mag box and use this for it aswell

IPTV yes,via perfect player is good

n1ck · 24-12-2018 11:34AM

DubInTheWest wrote: »

For anyone who's having issues with the remote not connecting, it happened to me a long time ago, so with the joypad I went into apps and blutooth I think it was and cleared the cache, restarted the shield, went to accessories and then paired new device or something like that. Has never failed since. I feel your pain, it was doing my head in until I got it working again.

This seems to have helped my issue massively, thanks so much!

Standard Toaster · 24-12-2018 02:08PM

Where should one order the Shield from? Is it a parcel motel job?

The high horse brigade · 24-12-2018 02:20PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Where should one order the Shield from? Is it a parcel motel job?

Amazon. No need for parcel motel just sign up to prime for free shipping, cancel after

Standard Toaster · 24-12-2018 02:25PM

Net seeing that price on Amazon

Standard Toaster · 24-12-2018 02:35PM

£192.56 delivered from Scan, with stand.
I think I'll give DPD a go so, cheers

donspeekinglesh · 24-12-2018 03:07PM

godskitchen wrote: »

I'm sure this has been asked before but Plex.... The interface looks awful and it seems the app gives no options to even change the lay out of anything.

You can change the settings from the web interface.

corks finest · 24-12-2018 05:00PM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Where should one order the Shield from? Is it a parcel motel job?

Amazon. No need for parcel motel just sign up to prime for free shipping, cancel after

Get it for that price in Cork,or as best as,,, reseller

MentalMario · 24-12-2018 07:02PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

2-3 weeks ? What batteries were you using
Mine last 3-4 months

Tried Dealz and Duracell. The Dealz were Panasonic I think. Neither lasted more than a month. Super frustrating.

brianregan09 · 26-12-2018 12:35AM

Lads do you reckon this will go on sale on amazon again ? I know it was on sale last week but didn't have the cash surely it'll drop again

aaronm13 · 26-12-2018 04:23PM

Seems to be gone up in price everywhere today. Was going to get it from Currys yesterday but said I'd wait till today. Gone up from 150-185. I'll hold on I think. Amazon are bound to get more in.

corks finest · 26-12-2018 07:12PM

aaronm13 wrote: »

Seems to be gone up in price everywhere today. Was going to get it from Currys yesterday but said I'd wait till today. Gone up from 150-185. I'll hold on I think. Amazon are bound to get more in.

If near Cork there's a guy selling them , site on DD

aaronm13 · 26-12-2018 08:25PM

corks finest wrote: »

If near Cork there's a guy selling them , site on DD

In Dublin, but thanks for that.

brianregan09 · 26-12-2018 10:08PM

Limerick myself ah well , I'd rather buy it and have a warranty etc anyway

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