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!

I was an early adopter of the Amazon FIre and loved it. Sorry, Jeff - the Nvidia Shield Pro smokes it. Setup was quick and easy. It uses an Android OS and I have used android phones since they came out so this isn't a big deal. Ethernet cable, HDMI cable to the TV, and power. Done. If you have a google account, setup is a breeze - and it linked up the movies and media I have through the Google Play store. The onscreen apps setup was a snap and setting up several of them were easy - in fact, the Shield offered me the option of using my laptop to setup the app; I dislike typing using those onscreen keyboards and the directional ring. I am likely going to pick up a Bluetooth keyboard - pairing is a snap too. The remote and controller have an internal battery that is charged up via usb. They are sleek and solid. I really like the volume slider control - very slick, though it is pretty sensitive. You can download the android remote for your android phones; don't know if there is an app for you iphone users. Both controller and remote have a 3.5 audio jack; this is pretty sweet...especially when your Bride is blasting Bowie's Darkstar in the kitchen with Alexa and I just want to play some Tomb Raider on geserve. Oh, did I mention that they offer a subscription gaming service at a reasonable rate? The catalog is pretty significant and I had some fun checking out the controller. Half Life, Tomb Raider....oh boy! I believe the service runs something like $8 a month and they give you a free month. Lots of apps and pretty easy to navigate. Amazon video is one of the preloaded apps but as just one of the many available apps, the voice control features we grew used to with our Fire TV don't seem to work (or I haven't gotten it wrinkled out yet.) I ordered a 4 TB drive and plan on testing the Plex app that comes with the Shield. I would LOVE to be able to get those DVDs and Blurays we love to watch on a streaming media server. Plex has a free limited service but you can pick up a lifetime sub for $150 - and it seems to be a good option for me. Being an android os device, it does give preference to google play. That's OK, I don't think that Amazon is going to take a hit unless the Google folk decide to get into streaming video like Amazon prime...and I don't see that happening. I DO like the built-in Chromecast; I can get rid of the dongle and free up an HDMI port on my television. Did I mention it was fast? Like lightning fast. It can handle 4k HD streaming with the greatest of ease. The streaming game server also did good work - of course if you have crappy internet service, you are going to have some issues. I am running 60mipps and am doing great. It's a $300 media center, game center, and - using google assistant - a virtual helper. It looks slick and has great potential. I am very, very pleased I pre-ordered this device. UPDATE: I've been using this for a while now. One of the strongest features is Plex...I have become such a fan of Plex that I am transferring all my blue-rays and DVD's to a portable drive that I can connect to the Shield. The other day I was able to use a wifi connection to access my shield server and watch content that I have added to the Plex library. One ding is I miss the ability to save content in Amazon Prime to watch later. I don't know if this is an Nvidia thing, an Amazon thing, or a Google thing - but I DO miss being able to peruse titles to watch later. After a couple of months of watching content from a variety of streaming providers as well as playing games from a vast library of titles, I stand by the Five Star rating. This media server is worth every penny.

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.