Nice review, particularly for someone not familiar with Android TV. I appreciated how you went on into the settings and explained several features. Couple of little things. The Remote finder also works with the Shield app on your phone as well as a full remote, and full featured keyboard for entering those pesky sign in credentials.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews I reached into my hip pocket and purchased one last week. I'm really impressed with the quality. I'll keep my Firestick 4K MAX as a backup.. Thanks again.... RT
I got the 2018 Shield as I was constantly looking for the best streaming device. I recently got the 2019 model for my living room, and the AI upscaling is the main difference between the two. Doesn’t matter what quality link I’m streaming, the picture quality is amazing. It’s only after getting this device I’m seeing the true uses and quality of my 4K TV. I don’t game so use this for mainly streaming. May give the gaming a try one day. You wouldn’t regret owning this device if you can/willing to pay the price of it.
Thanks for the Comparison.. I have the 2017 INvidia Shield Pro ( works Great ) Though i guess then the 2019 is better.. dispite the hardly better Hardware specs of the newer 2019 vesion
I'm using a fire stick and a Roku to get Tvision and Philo. I have spectrum internet. The buffering is driving me crazy but each time I check the internet speed it's no less than 50Mbps to 100. I'm not going back to cable so, this even at $199.00 would be a great choice for Tvision, Philo, etc without the hassle of trying to keep up with changes in streaming devices? If I purchase the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Pro 4K your video will for sure be my first stop. Great job!!
for me, there are 2 things this remotes (actually remotes in general) should do: 1: be able to change the dedicated "Netflix" button to for instance "Prime video" (not everyone has Netflix). 2: have the remote volume buttons control your soundbar or receiver instead of your TV (many people don't use their TV speakers)
Just ran through the sound options again I didn't see anything that would indicate a soundbar . Copper like I said I don't have one plug into the TV so perhaps If you have one an option may show up .
Getting mine in 2 days. Feeling like I've wasted 3 years of my life on my Android Nexbox A95x. 8/16. Can't wait for my Nvidia TV Pro !! Tech changes to fast!!
Nice video. I do wish you had mentioned the fact that it does not have an IR receiver and cannot easily be controlled by standard IR universal remotes. With my prior Roku, it was super easy to set up to be controlled by my Harmony 700 remote, but with this, I either need to get the Harmony hub or a IR to USB receiver. Having spent almost $200 for this I was extremely disappointed that they omitted this feature.
Great video. Not sure if this was addressed, but you can download the NVIDIA app on your phone or tablet to use the find remote feature. (Had to do it a couple of times lol)
I love Plex I've been using it for years. The Nvidia Shield does a good job of acting as its own Plex server. You just have to use a external hard drive that is formatted to use only with the Nvidia Shield.
The Nividia Shield TV Pro does not support many google app such as AT&T TV now but strange enough it supports HBO Max, Sling, Hulu, Disney+ and of course RU-vid TV.
Wonder how good it would run minecraft Seeing that it has a 1.3GHz gpu, and a 2GHz gpu, it should be able to handle minecraft, or even various other games, like the more basic roblox games.
My remote will not turn on the Shield. I have to use the tv remote to turn it on. Once it is on, the Shield remote will work fine, and WILL turn it off, just not on. Nvidea has been unable to help with this issue. It would be nice to have a mute button on the remote. Also, the LED light never changes. It doesn't indicate, no matter what I change in settings, that it has been turned on. It is always a dull green. My original Shield stopped streaming after 10 months, and they sent me another Shield (refurbished) that works fine, except for the issues mentioned above. Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
Hey. I have a pair of NON BLUETOOTH Xbox One controllers. I use them to play via USB on my PC. They have wireless that you can use with the USB xbox adapter, but as I said, no bluetooth. My question is: Will i be able to use them in the new Nvidia Shield Pro? Do i have to plug the controllers via USB as I do with the PC? Or do i have to buy the wireless adapter for the xbox one controllers and plug that into the shield? I've seen that only the shield pro has USB. My PC is far away from the TV so conecting the controllers directly to the PC it's not an option. Thanks
You mentioned Hibernate mode. On my second replacement Shield, I noticed that my remote no longer has a "sleep" button in settings. How did you turn it on?
Thanks for the comprehensive review. I am wondering if there is any way of turning off the noise the remote makes as you 'click' to make a selection - I can't see it anywhere in settings.
@Nelson Mendes There are a bunch of youtube videos showing how to set it up with Plex I suggest you find a good one and watch before trying to set yours up.
It was a perfect review. I have two questions. Is it possible to connect to the soundbar via Bluetooth and receive Dolby Atmos sound? And secondly, can I use the USB 5V service on the back of the TV instead of the power adapter?🙏
I just got one of these and my only real issue is having to manually select DD Vision. I would like to see this automatically happen in future updates.
Very nice review. Unless I missed it is there a limit to the size of an External HD that works. Is an NAS a better option than an 8TB External HD? Thank you for your thoughts.
No I didn't mention a limit so you didn't miss it as far as I can see from the documentation and what I've found online it does not appear that there is a limit.
I wud say if you have a dedicated home cinema with Dolby AV receiver buy shield but if you just want sam smart futures on your smart tv just go for rouku
You quickly went through Location on Device Settings, and my question is, if you have installed a VPN, can you change your visible location when accessing an app, or are you locked in to your ISP location?
I am not saying that if you use a VPN you can take a trip to Canada or Europe or some other place that is not your home location. Which could be useful in viewing Netflix in an area that has shows that you might not have access to in your home location. I'm not saying that I tested this and it worked.
Hello, a question, I have an Oled LG C1 of 77... I basically watch streaming and movies in REMUX quality broadcast from my PC to the TV (with Plex or Emby) Do you think it’s good to add the Nvdia Shield Pro (especially for the Remux) or doesn’t it make much sense? Since I hear that for high quality streaming it is the best (better than WebOs 6)
For myself I have found the Shield pro to be the most powerfully streamers I have every used. No matter what I have thrown at it the Shield has handled it like a champ. So really it depends on how you like to watch your files from Plex if you need something like the Shield.
I connected a Kingston disk on key then I formatted it and it took a lot of time and still not finished I removed it from the streamer during the formatting and still a message appeared that he formatted then I removed the streamer from the power and everything is fine now it is not terrible I removed the power while the streamer was running?
these are just repacked and upgraded old 2015 models if you ask me. still waiting for a android tv box, that has 2.1 HDMI output + 1 or 2 hdmi input ports and bluetooth 5.0. that would be ideal for my hue lights to sync with my tv via lets say consoles. nonetheless this device is the most solid streaming device on the market for 4k 60fps HDR. i have hear a so called "award winning" tanix tx6s, but it pretty much sucks at 4k 60fps. Hue stream app works great though, with 1080p, but thats not what i want.
Done well. You've sold me. Now for a quick quiz.... What's the largest capacity USB HDD (or NAS) it will recognise? Do the USB ports have the guts to power TWO portable drives? Is there a limit to how many times you can use the word "actually" in a review? :-)
Actually there is not... There is No literature About the maximum capacity Drive that can be used . I have a 5 terabyte drive But I tested and that works . However that's the largest I have at my disposal . There is enough juice to support two drives As I tested it with two 5 terabyte drives spinning at the same time .
Hi ...Is there a way to display 4K Video files as Folders and List details and not Icons , from an external Hard Drive . My WD Media player could do that but does not handle the 4K at all.
Not one that is very noticeable. Currently I use the drobo 5n ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aZO5O9ANo08.html. However I have been considering an upgrade.
I really liked the previous model and interface before update, then have a super hype on rumor of the new one and after 1st shi update kick in then the new model was a flop for me...
One important thing you forgot about to mention is about life TV do I get my local channel about video library did I have access to all TV show and movies or not
If you get your live TV from a cable provider then know you would not use this to access live TV. This is more meant for cord-cutting and streaming services.
I won't buy it just because of the big Netflix button on their remote control "instead of a favorite program configurable button" is forcing users to accidentally press the knowing button almost every time trying to adjust the sound. Thanks but no Tanks!
@@khossrov Yeah depends on which one you get. There's tutorials on RU-vid on how to set them up. It's mostly only if you have several remotes and want to control everything with one instead.
it does not support Dolby vision dual layer. so if u have a LG oled and are watching ripped blurays that has Dolby vision the shield wont play it. it will only play single layer dolby vision which is present on netflix and so on. im just going to keep using the built in tv player in my case.
BEFORE YOU BUY : - £ 18,99/m nvidia graphic - £ 60 controller - £ 50 keyboard and mouse - £ 10/m xbox pass - £ 10/m PS pass - £ ??? Other platforms Nvidia graphics don't support xbox pass or PS onley nvidia games Two player games doesn't work on xbox , each controller is as no one ( this problem is for few years already) IF YOU DONT BUY NVIDIA GRAPHIC FOR £18,99/M AND WISH TO PLAY GAME THEN YOU GOT TO WAIT SOMETIMES VERY LONG AND YOU GOT LIMITED PLAYING TIME , LIKE MY KIDS TRY TO PLAY ONE GAME FROM NVIDIA BECAUSE I DON'T PAY FOR NVIDIA GRAPHIC THEY HAVE POSITION 200 IN THE QUEUE TO PLAY THIS GAME
i cant compare either, but have you noticed when Ai set to medium or high it actually puts a shiney whitish line or border around the whole outside of the screen , right where the bezels are.
Is NOW TV available to download within the play store? I see it's available on my android phone and if it's available through the play store with the Nvidia I may be sold on it.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Yes you can activate the find my remote function from the mobile app. It is in the settings menu (three dots) on the app's home page. FYI - the remote sends out Morse code spelling out "NVIDIA".
This may be a series of stupid questions, but please forgive my ignorance. But I'm sure the viewers of this channel can help. Is there a good reason to drop another $200 + peripherals on this, if my wife has our powerful 4k entertainment system in the bedroom, I'm satisfied with my laptop (i7 9750, 16gb ram, rtx 2060) and 1080p TV for sports/gaming in the basement, and the kids are happy with their last gen consoles (I know the new gens are out, but the supply is limited) and 1080p TVs in their rooms? Don't flame my ignorance. I'm just not trying to spend unnecessary money, even though this tech looks good. I'm guessing this would be good in the family room (which has our best 4k TV in the house) for movie night or something? Please inform me, what would be a good purpose for this tech in my household, if we all have smart TVs? Trying to find a great Christmas gift for the family, as a whole. If I can drop only $200, and get good value for us all, I'm ready to pull the trigger immediately. I'm still young enough that I want to impress the kids, before they think I'm a tech dinosaur lol. _Edit: If it matters, I upgraded us to fiber internet last year for the upload speed, because my son likes to stream. So our internet is 1/gbs down & 500 mbs up. Oh yeah, one more question for you tech nerds. Why does upload speed cost so much more than download speed?_
Based on your setup description I'm not sure this is going to do you any good. The main selling point of The Shield is that it has access to the Nvidia GeForce now system. Information can be found in this link: www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/. Again based on what you've described your setups would still be better than this.
Sorry for asking but this box have a browser like opera, or mozilla to find different apps which are not in google play? Like example i`m using an app called Cool TV, or YouTv, can i install this on this box? Thanks
very good video indeed. Maybe you can help me with the below Questions. Question 1. i just bought this 2 days ago , Are you able to tell me how can i turn wifi on and or off as i dont want it to be permanently on when not using it, is there suppose to be a wifi icon on the home screen where you can click it like on android phone where you click it on / off ? Question 2 , i have a ext Portable HDD plugged into the usb port with all my movies on it , my movies are categorized like comedy in comedy folder action in action folder ect... so when i plug my hdd in all i want to see are the folders of my movies like stated, but i noticed when i plugged my hdd into the shield, the shield created about 4 other folders named recycle_Bin , Android , Lost dir , and Nvidia shield, i really dont want to see these and have them on my hdd, is there a way to have these not show or be hidden permanently? and why are they there ?
So the user interface on this is a little different than a cell phone so you're not going to see that toggle to turn the Wi-Fi on and off. Are they streaming box it assumes you want to be connected to Wi-Fi all the time so you can actually stream. As for the folders that it created on your hard drive it kind of needs those in order to function connected to the shield.
I'm not as familiar with that box however if you're just looking for a performance increase for streaming IPTV via the app I don't think you're going to see enough of a performance boost to Warrant upgrading.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews its stands for video on demand VOD and its an android app that when you have an iptv subscription allows you to watch 1000 of movies and series.
Hi, can you download content info like movie posters and movie descriptions for when scrolling through the video files that are on your hard drive? I am looking to replace my aging WDTV Live and I was always able to download movie posters which made scrolling through at lot nicer to look at than just file names. Thank you!
That looks to be more from the hardware system itself that did that. With this you would need to use something like Plex in order to do that. However, it is free to use and I love it. I have been using it for well over a decade now.
@@Sk3pT1kal82 Yes/no. The poster data would only be viewable through Plex. If you were to just look through the files themselves it would just be names like any normal hard drive. It really does look like the WDTV Live was a all in one style device that had a little extra magic happening with it.
I currently have the 2015 model with an ssd drive connected as an external usb. Would i be able to add the ssd drive to the 2019 model and use the apps that are cyrrently on there.
Does anyone know if the new 2019 Shield tv pro still has a 3.5" hd bay built in? I am guessing no given how thin and small the box is. Or can you only add a hd now with an external usb enclosure?
Are there any streaming apps that cant be downloaded to nvidia shield? The reason I ask is because I'm looking for a streaming box that doesn't have issues with not being able to play nice with certain apps! Like for example: roku cant download hbo max! I'm tired if this crap! So if nvidia shield can download all the apps I will certainly buy one!! Oh yeah and will nvidia shield play atmos ,hdr and will it play 5.1 where most apps only play stereo????
HBO Max is currently not supported by Roku or Amazon Fire stick. Nvidia Shield is an Android TV box which currently does support HBO Max and just about every other streaming service that I've tried. Also does support Dolby Atmos.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Disney+ does not deliver Atmos unless you have a 4k video device. I have a Roku Ultra and got the NVidia Shield Pro specifically to have Atmos on Netflix, support for HBO Max, and assumed I would have the same Disney+ user experience on it that I have on Roku Ultra. Unfortunately, the only way for Disney to deliver Atmos on Android TV's Disney+ is to also have full 4k video. Netflix delivers Atmos now (and does not on Roku), HBO Max works great and I got rid of my HBO Now subscription, but Disney+ only gives Dolby D 3/2.1. Still can't ditch the Roku...FWIW, I have a 7.1.4 Atmos setup with an Anthem MRX1120 working quite spectacularly with any Atmos source even when it is compressed for streaming. Best is always a BluRay disc, but that's to be expected.
Is this capable of continuous streaming, as I got rid of my standard TV box. So all my household does is stream everything most of the day continuously
@@Wanderer001_Reviews thanks. This helps alot. We stream and only stream. No more sky boxes, so no more TV licence either. Streaming and won't have ut any other way. Currently using firstick and it does lag a bit even though I have the new 1 gig virgin broadband speed
Best bet for that would be the Amazon Firestick: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T0jsbCibjq4.html. Just keep in mind for live tv you would need a subscription to a service.
You really would not in my opinion. This is a streaming device first gaming peripheral second. PlayStation is a gaming console first streaming peripheral second.
@@nitrooguy If you already have a Plex server set up then you can just add the app to the nvidia and access it that way. If you need to set one up, as much as I would like more views Lon.TV has a very good walk through on how to do this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yaZkhiEYZFc.html
Less likely if you have a smart TV. Unless you are unhappy with the smarts part of your tv. For those without a smart TV this will make it like having one.
Hey man! What you're reviewing here is Android 9 and not the device itself. Who's landing on your video is more interested in the device capabilities. Why don't you download like 20 4K HDR/Dolby Video movies encoded eith different codecs and try to play them with Kodi/VLC??? That would be a really useful review.
Generally those that find my video are more middle-of-the-road users. So I try and test things as they are out of box. To give them an idea of how something would perform based on their use case.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews okay, I understand. Cheers! Well I just ordered a Shield TV 2019 (not the one for gaming), so with 2GB RAM only. I have some movies which my LG C7 Web OS 3.5 TV either does not support sound or subtitle. I installed Kodi on a Xiaomi Box S (4) and it plays the respective movies really laggy. Hopefully the Shield would have more power to run them well.
