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2017 Nvidia Shield

SachaJ

Not much of a discount at £20 (Was £189.99, now £169.99) but it's the first time I've seen the new model reduced.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Media-Streaming-Device/dp/B01NBJ6KZY/

I'm on the lookout for a 3rd one but think I'll hang on and see what happens on Amazon Prime Day this week.

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Davy

As this thread is no longer about the original bargain, I think its time to close it up.

Other forums are much better suited to discuss ongoing usage, and other connection options.
Big thread on the Android devices forum is one example.

Closed

Irishmale0399

OmegaGene wrote: »

From what I’ve read a vpn can improve speeds when a the broadband provider is throttling speed

Think it all depends on how your ISP is routing the connection. VPN is generally more direct and can cut out the IPv4 to IPv6 problems if you get your internet from Virgin for example. Tends to clean up the mess UPC/Virgin made of DS-Lite...

OmegaGene

From what I’ve read a vpn can improve speeds when a the broadband provider is throttling speed

Italix

OmegaGene wrote: »

Doesn’t the vpn slow down the speed ?
Smart dns has very little impact on the speed and getflix world great for American netflix

For some odd reason a VPN can sometimes improve speeds.

Anyone using smartdnsproxy? I had no access to now TV for ages, just wondering if it's back?

Irishmale0399

OmegaGene wrote: »

Doesn’t the vpn slow down the speed ?
Smart dns has very little impact on the speed and getflix world great for American netflix

I havent noticed any loss of speed however I am on a 450mbit connection. Always allow the app to take the fastest available connection....up to now not a problem at all.

OmegaGene

Irishmale0399 wrote: »

Have NordVPN myself on the Shield now over a week. Running great with a dedicated IP for UK and Germany. Also has automatic restart should anything go wrong in the background.

Doesn’t the vpn slow down the speed ?
Smart dns has very little impact on the speed and getflix world great for American netflix

Irishmale0399

Have NordVPN myself on the Shield now over a week. Running great with a dedicated IP for UK and Germany. Also has automatic restart should anything go wrong in the background.

OmegaGene

Mr.S wrote: »

Getflix, works flawsley with all my apps.

Same here

OmegaGene

Mr.S wrote: »

Happy with my Smart DNS so

Who are you with ?

xckjoo

LimerickCity wrote: »

I have Nord since 2017. It can be installed from the playstore on the shield. It pretty user friendly and can be set to auto connect which is a great feature.

I use it too but find the Android TV app a bit crap. No easy choice of servers so if the default one doesn't work it's a pain to find one that does. Their standard Android app is much better. Might have to try sideloading it.

OmegaGene

LimerickCity wrote: »

https://www.smartydns.com/smart-dns/smart-dns-vs-vpn/

I read that article recently and it’s quite a good read

LimerickCity

Mr.S wrote: »

What’s the benefit of using a VPN over say, a smart DNS service (which are cheaper)

https://www.smartydns.com/smart-dns/smart-dns-vs-vpn/

LimerickCity

mad m wrote: »

Is there a recommended VPN for shield?

I have Nord since 2017. It can be installed from the playstore on the shield. It pretty user friendly and can be set to auto connect which is a great feature.

The high horse brigade

Xenji wrote: »

Finally got around to picking on of these up, got a good warehouse deal with only the packaging damaged, I will be using it mostly for IPTV and playing stuff off of HDDs, is there any must have apps and is it straight forward to side load apps if necessary?

If you're into retro games emulation Retrox is well worth the money. I have a 30k retro games collection with cover artwork and game screenshots on a network shared drive I have mounted on the Shield
http://www.retrox.tv/

circledot

Xenji wrote: »

Finally got around to picking on of these up, got a good warehouse deal with only the packaging damaged, I will be using it mostly for IPTV and playing stuff off of HDDs, is there any must have apps and is it straight forward to side load apps if necessary?

I have a few, a cheap vpn, I managed to get a really good windscribe deal on stacksocial for 12 dollars for the year. (its only being used for netflix so I am ok with that) $12
Cheap netflix from the cheap netflix thread.
Plex access to my own 32tb server
Bbc & Itv apps
iptv supplier (not naming it)
Linked my steam games to it as well, so have all the lego games from when they were cheap to play with.

Xenji

Finally got around to picking on of these up, got a good warehouse deal with only the packaging damaged, I will be using it mostly for IPTV and playing stuff off of HDDs, is there any must have apps and is it straight forward to side load apps if necessary?

Irishmale0399

OmegaGene wrote: »

It’s just over a euro a week lol

Thats too much for some....everything should be free

OmegaGene

Mr.S wrote: »

That involves paying!

It’s just over a euro a week lol

OmegaGene

Mr.S wrote: »

It's beyond me why they didn't include live tv on the Android TV app, makes no sense.

You can side-load the mobile APK and get access to live tv, but it's not totally reliable.

They couldn’t even get the app ready and working for launch day
RTÉ are a shower of winkers only out for the licence fee
Just get an iptv sub or an Ariel and you can have RTÉ live no problem, still feck all on it mind you

Suckit

mad m wrote: »

Is there a recommended VPN for shield?

Not one specifically recommended for Shield, but for any/all devices.
As OmegaGene posted above ExpressVPN and NordVPN are usually the two most highly cited (Express often considered the best overall).

There is a new service that is getting great reviews everywhere, and is also located in the British Virgin Islands (Same place as Express) and because they are relatively new, promotion prices can be found if you look around.
They are called SurfShark VPN.

Best not to use sites like stacksocial when buying.

OmegaGene

mad m wrote: »

Is there a recommended VPN for shield?

Check reviews and make sure it works expressvpn and nordvpn are the ones mentioned the most, everyone has their own personal choice and swear by them, all depends what you need it for also

mad m

Is there a recommended VPN for shield?

OmegaGene

Press down on the remote and it will bring up that menu then go to the graphic equaliser looking thing on the right select that and then select stats for nerds

bittihuduga

The high horse brigade wrote: »

A YouTube video streams as fast as possible and buffers in your player though.

This is a 1080p stream in Emby with the stats opened. See the bitrate is just under 30mbit and it's 1080p compressed H264

how do you see the stats on emby player? what do u press?

OmegaGene

cronos wrote: »

Anyone know why?

Because RTÉ is just S**T

cronos

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

You cant watch live TV with the RTE player for Shield afaik

Anyone know why?

OmegaGene

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

You cant watch live TV with the RTE player for Shield afaik

That’s correct

dr.kenneth noisewater

You cant watch live TV with the RTE player for Shield afaik

OmegaGene

Irishmale0399 wrote: »

Am only looking for it for the odd LOI game that they show.......rest will be UK

Will take a look in a while to see if I overseen anything in the google settings. Maybe I will have to activate the locations so that it can pick up on the VPN

The way I said above is the way I have it set up and I can view RTÉ and U.K. players, the shield itself will pick up the vpn
Check the vpn is working also

Iptv sub is a good idea too

Irishmale0399

OmegaGene wrote: »

You probably need to have locations set to Ireland via vpn on the shield and turn off location status and scanning always available then try and search for RTÉ
It’s not that great tbh and I would recommend going to the U.K. players instead but you may need a smart dns for these as they are quite strict

Am only looking for it for the odd LOI game that they show.......rest will be UK

Will take a look in a while to see if I overseen anything in the google settings. Maybe I will have to activate the locations so that it can pick up on the VPN