I need to buy one for an old TV i have. I have plex at home and i use also Stremio + real Debrid. If the device offers a controller it would be nice. Thanks!
I need to buy one for an old TV i have. I have plex at home and i use also Stremio + real Debrid. If the device offers a controller it would be nice. Thanks!
NVIDIA Shield is the best from what I hear.
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Where did you read that as they are still available to buy?
https://store.nvidia.com/en-gb/shield/
Shield and an external DAC would be my pick. My lounge is hooked up to a Marantz SR7011 and the one in my office to a RME DAC 2 as I want a really good headphone amp
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Why would you need newer and more powerful hardware for listening to music? Really doesn’t seem a good use for the money.
The existing shield has been THE longest android device ever and still has ample power to play back even reasonably high quality x265 4k hdr without issue (15gb per hour). Couple with it being one of the most flexible without having to jail break.
The WiiM Pro if you just want audio would be the only other device I would consider as it has Roon support. If you are serious about audio then Roon can be a game changer particularly for multi room audio and multi service audio. Yes you have to pay for Roon, but no FOSS is as easy to setup and use for the average user.
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The only big thing it cant do is Av1 streaming, and its not really mainstream yet. The only possible upgrade would be a mini pc setup as an htpc, but then you’re giving up android tv. And I don’t think they can stream av1 yet. Afaik there arent any better arm based android tv units on the market than the shield tv. Im planning on changing out my shield tv for an htpc someday, especially now Nvidia has dropped gamestream. Android tv is a headache, and id rather deal with just linux/kodi at this point.
For music there is no bottleneck, it even properly supports external DACs via USB that almost everything else struggles with.
For video it’s only really missing AV1, which is only a pain for YouTube but not to the point it’s a real problem as I can still watch 4k on YouTube. It does support things like Dolby Vision, HDR10, TrueHD, etc.
For emulation it’s only going to struggle when you get to as recent consoles as the PS2, if modern emulation is what you are after you want a dedicated, powerful, and recent handheld emulator.
It is, I’ve had one of mine since 2016 and it still works amazingly for anything I’d want from it
Relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/zp8nxw/nvidia_shield_is_losing_gamestream_you_should_be/