NVIDIA CORP Shield TV Pro - Not Machine Specific

I own a large collection of movies (1800+) which are primarily hosted on the VUDU streaming service, including many 4K titles. I also stream 4K content from both Amazon Prime Video and YouTube. This makes my normal streaming habits a bit different than most of the Netflix-4K-only crowd out there. While trying to find a decent way to consistently stream my 4K movies, I have tried just about every 4K media streaming device out there. This includes XBox One S, high-end generic android boxes with up to 8 core CPUs, a flagship Roku, the Apple TV, a 4K capable TiVo, and even the built-in streaming apps on my Samsung Smart TV. Trust me when I say there is nothing else out there that can touch the Shield TV Pro Home Media Server for 4K streaming. The difference in performance versus other devices is almost shocking. In fact, several of the other supposedly "awesome" 4K streamers I tried actually had significant trouble streaming fast-moving 4K content. This box is SO much faster than everything else on the market that 4K video is always smooth and flawless. The user interface also responds instantly, which is quite different from some other laggy stream boxes. The flawless 4K streaming alone justifies the price of this box for me. The fact that it also lets me play a ton of games is really just a nice bonus in my view. But I have to say, even without the awesome gaming capabilities, I'd definitely buy this box again. In fact, if I had bought this box first, I would have saved a small fortune I wasted trying other devices. The streaming is that good! If I add up the cost of all the other disappointing devices I've tried, this box easily counts as an incredible bargain. I hope I can save many of you the time, aggravation, and expense of trying all those other "budget" boxes first. Just bite the bullet and get one of these from the start. By doing that, you'll sidestep all of that aggravation. Regarding games: It plays generic Android games easily. Plus it plays a few custom Android games which ONLY run on the Shield. Even better, it lets me play my PC games streamed from my high-end desktop machine to my giant 4K display in the living room. It also lets me run the games I have on Steam, thanks to a built-in Steam app. Being able to play the superior PC versions of games I love on the big flat panel while sitting on the couch has been incredibly addictive. I've started replaying games that I hadn't touched in years because this new game playing experience is so much more enjoyable. It's not just the 4K resolution because I already had a professional grade 34" 4K color-corrected computer monitor (plus two 30") attached to my high-end gaming computer. Which I mention to point out that I already had excellent picture quality on my desktop. The PC gaming experience just feels more relaxed and appealing when you're playing PC games on a larger screen while lounging in your comfortable reclining home theater seating. It's a combination of the best aspects of both the PC gaming and console gaming worlds. If I had to point out any flaws, I'd say that setting up the PC game streaming could be more intuitive than it is. I also wish setting up the controllers so they work well with PC games was less obtuse. Just finding the right menu to set it up was a challenge. I kept finding places which told me I needed to configure the controller, but none of those screens had a link to take me to the correct screen for configuring the controller. Once I did find the well-hidden configuration screen, the controllers sometimes didn't have an equivalent function which could be configured. Perhaps buying a keyboard and mouse for the machine would remedy that issue, but as far as I know, NVIDIA doesn't sell an official mouse or keyboard for it. So, you have to roll the dice buying a keyboard and mouse from a third party manufacturer, which may or may not work right. I've tried a few on my other devices that all ended up in a junk box because they generated multiple keypresses constantly or in other cases missed keystrokes entirely. They exhibit the same issues on this box. Maybe it's just a problem with the Bluetooth connection, but whatever it is, I don't like it. Other than those minor gripes, I really do love this machine. I give it a solid 5-star rating. It's powerful, highly functional, attractive, and compact. I'll probably end up selling the other devices I own just to clear out space in my AV rack so I can add significantly more external storage capacity to this Shield TV Pro. (Like a 10 port USB 3 hub + some 8TB external drives, perhaps?) At some point, I plan to put our entire photo and music collections (accumulated over 35+ years) on the Shield Pro, as well as those movies I still own on disc only. Honestly, I haven't touched any of my other devices since getting this box. This machine does everything so well the thought of going back to using something else is just too irritating to consider. Bottom line: This is the best 4K streaming box you can buy. Period. On top of that, you get the added bonus of being able to play a massive variety of games on it. It's really a double win. Highly recommended!

As an Android TV: Absolutely the best Android TV box on the market right now. Navigating around any app on the shield is a breeze, very snappy and responsive with hardly any load times. This box is the first box fully optimized to work with Plex and does so very well. This is ALSO the FIRST android tv box to have amazon prime video on it. If your purchasing this specifically as a "media center" you will be very satisfied with what you get. As an Emulating Power House: For me this was actually the main selling point of the box. You can pretty much download any emulator you want on this thing and play ANY and i mean ANY old game you want. This was specifically exciting for me, I envisioned myself grabbing the shield and taking it over to a friends house to play some Super Smash Bros or some Mario cart. OR reliving my childhood playing games that I loved as a kid but haven't played since the 90's. Not to mention these days you can emulate the PS3 and the xbox 360, and play some newer games. As a Game Stream Device: Game stream is another feature that adds quite a bit of usefulness to the Shield. If you have a gaming pc with an Nvidia card you can easily stream games from your PC to your TV. This has proven to be a really cool feature with games that I own on the PC but are better played with a console controller. Since i have owned the Shield i have used this feature almost exclusively to play Rocket League with my roommates, which it does a great job at. HOWEVER it is important to remember that when using game stream the shield is going to cut down whatever resolution your running on your computer to a maximum of 1080p on the TV its being streamed to. This isnt a huge deal, definitely noticeable quality difference but when you consider what your actually doing (streaming a game over your local network) 1080p sounds pretty good. *Game stream will be throttled back to 720p when using a wireless connection *For those of you who have a gaming pc that does not have an Nvidia GPU, don't fret there is an app called KinoConsole that will allow you to game stream as well. The Shield is also optimized for twitch streaming right out of the box. you can set up your twitch stream and then simply hit a button inside the menu on the shield to start streaming. Hardware: The interior hardware in this thing is essentially the exact same hardware as the Nintendo switch. The x1 processor in it is a monster. I have yet to find anything that has been too demanding for the shield. In fact i ran 3DMark and received close to a score of 5000 (for those of you who are unfamiliar with 3DMark this puts the shield in the top 1% of android devices) -As for the controllers; The dual shock Nvidia controller that came with the shield is actually a really nice controller. Very sturdy and good build quality, feels VERY comfortable with a slightly more ergonomic feel to it than an xbox controller. My only complaint is that its a dual shock, If you've been playing with an xbox control it will take you some time to get used to the dual shock layout. HOWEVER, if your dead set on using an xbox control your in luck. I have successfully used xbox 360 controls (requires dongle) and paired my xbox one controller via Bluetooth, and although I don't have one I am positive the play station controllers will also work. (sidenote: I am speaking specifically about using WIRELESS controls, ANY control with a usb cable attached will plug right into the back of the shield and work flawlessly) -For the remote this is where one of the VERY few differences between he basic and pro models lie. They are the same shape and layout, HOWEVER the pro edition remote is rechargeable whereas the basic edition is powered by coin batteries. Also the buttons on the pro remote are very firm and clicky whereas the basic remote the buttons feel a little squishy and less precise. Conclusion: It isn't should I get a Shield TV? Its should I get the basic edition or the pro? If your interested in android tv box, a device to emulate on, or a gamestream device any ONE of these reasons alone is enough to get the shield because its the best at all 3. I have been completely satisfied with this thing top to bottom, It looks cool, its functions great, and it out performs all the competition. The real question is what are YOU going to use it for. I bought the basic edition and within two days had the 16GB hard drive filled with emulators and roms. Due to this i returned it and picked up the pro edition instead. Now i have 3 emulators installed and over 100 games and still have 300GB's free to download more. Now its worth mentioning that if you have the basic edition and need more space you can simply plug an external into the usb slots on the back and there you are, But i was looking to be able to grab the shield and take it to friends houses, and didn't want to futz around with a bunch of things that have to come with it. Also if you are intending to use this a Plex/media sever its only gonna take 3 or 4 movies to fill the basic editions 16gb's. To wrap it all up, either the basic or pro editions are wonderful pieces of technology, and there really isnt much reason to get the pro edition unless ur dead set on not having extra hard drives laying around for the device and even then 500 GB's only goes so far on a media sever. PS: i forgot to mention that there is actually another minor difference between the pro and basic edition, and that is the IO. The back of the basic edtion has USB-A 3.0 (2), Gigabit ethernet, HDMI 2.0b w/ HDCP 2.2 and CEC. The Pro edition has all these plus a micro sd slot. The SD slot has proven to be very useful for easily transferring files to the shield and can be used to expand on the space available, However this is a very minor plus and probably shouldnt be part of the deciding factors.

Solo puedo confirmar que este es el mejor reproductor multimedia que he tenido, la calidad y soporte que tiene el producto no la iguala ningun otro equipo, para juegos tambien es estuoendo

Item arrived on the listed date, good work! The Nvidia Sheild Pro version came with an American style plug with a bulky adapter, it would have been nice to know when making the product purchase and possibly given the option via customers also bought “Australian face plate” for a quick swap out. As a note the required HDMI does not come included pretty disappointing, same as the face plate if recommended to buy during the product purchase it would have been an easy top up.

wonderful device for first time gamer and as smart tv box. Graphics is very well tuned.

Nvidia shield is the best android TV box and I have always recommend shield to family and friends. Although shield is expensive but solid and work great compared to other tv boxes in the market.

Well so far I love it. I got this to replace a WDTV box that hadn't had any updates in years, so wouldn't play some new media formats. I was a bit concerned because my 1 other experience with and android box left a lot to be desired, so I was thinking of building a custom htpc. But the Shield Pro does everything I want it too. This powers up fast, it's fast to navigate, I installed Kodi for my personal media which is lightning fast of the network. Pros: fast, easy to use, lots of apps available on the android store, so far plays everything and anything I can throw at it. Comes with a remote and a game controller My Samsung TV controller also controls this box (bonus) Cons: Some apps have a specific version just for this box ( ie Spotify) which was a bit confusing at first. Some of the kodi controls can only be accessed using the Game controller as it has more buttons over the remote (This might be just me though) This is only for advanced control ( I can't even remember what it was now, so I must not need to access it much), not every day media playing. Should of got this a long time ago.