Customer Ratings & Reviews

Nvidia Shields one of the best streaming devices, sucks that they put ads through the home screen, I get that on cheap boxes but for the money you spend for this particular box that should never be there but companies get greedy over time, there is ways around that to get them off your screen, even with the small flaws still the best device.

Boots up incredibly fast compared to my old Mibox. love how the remote lights up any time you pick it up, and the remote locator is priceless. Has all the audio and video customization options anyone could ever want out of an Android TV box. Initial setup was a breeze. haven't tried playing games on it yet. 4k Streaming looks perfect, and the Dolby Atmos always has me looking around for where that sound just came from. To wrap up, this bad boy is worth every penny, and Best Buy had it here pretty quick.

This device is older but it works very well. I needed something that could stream full quality 4k movies with Dolby Vision on Plex and it fits the bill. The ethernet port handles 1000mbps too which makes a big difference in speed and connection quality.

This is my second purchase of the NVIDIA-SHIELD. The first one (bought just 2 weeks earlier) just stopped working all of a sudden. So, I was quite skeptical with this one. There must have been a defect with the first one, because my experience with #2 is totally different. It has definitely proven it's worth in usability. We use it to mainly to catch local stations in other viewing areas. When connected directly to the WiFi, there is very minimal buffering and the pictures are very clear. I am satisfied.

This is by far the best streaming device. No lags abd can stream games. It is a great plex player and server. Only thing missing is apple tv.

Works great would definitely recommend to anyone thats looking for an android box.

Better in all ways other than the UI of Roku Ultra 2019. More codecs supported. Supports Dolby Vision (Roku does not). Sound quality seems better even though they are speced the same. If you only have a soundbar you may not notice the difference. With a full stereo and discrete Atmos speakers it sounds awesome. (Still not as good as Bluray though.) Faster to load all apps. Supports all Android TV apps so you can search the web for TV shows. Only downside is the weird triangle remote and button placement. Took away one star for this. Easy to set up and works great. Very happy with it.

I love the customization that this provides. Once set up, the speed and RAM is perfect for 4k viewing and video games.

My family loves the nvidia shield. Its easy to use and it sure beats paying a cable bill every month of more than $100 so it pays for itself in a couple of months. Would also like thank BESTBUY.COM they have always had what i was looking for and their prices are always great. Except for the ps5 disk version ive been trying for that for several months. I dont blame them for that though. Still havent been able to get 1 yet. Thank you Bestbuy.... You guys are the best.....

I don't understand the purpose of gaming on this thing outside of emulators. Streaming play back is great. I have the controller - it pairs fine. I bought it primarily for plex direct paly playback and it's great. I didn't want a fire stick or branded device that was owned by a content provider like Apple TV or Firestick. I was a Roku guy for 10 years - these are amazing. Get the right USB stick for it and expand the storage. Also use the Ethernet port for higher speed. I do recommend the regular version over this one.

Nvidia shield is faaast. Pic quality is superb. Price is more then apple but in my opinion worth it. Can hard wire via ethernet. Very ggod for upscaling Netflix.

Best streaming device I have used. I have owned Apple TV 4K for 2 years and this trumps it in every way. The AI upscaling does a very good job on sub 4k content except for on 2D content such as Anime or Cartoons. The interface is smooth. It has chromecast for streaming, I used it with the Oculus Quest 2. And you can use Nvidia Gamestream or Moonlight to stream games from the cloud or a local PC which is what I do. Just make sure you have a strong internet connection preferably wired and you will be good.

This is the ONLY streaming box I use. It works great and the only time it ever has to buffer is due to our less than optimal Internet speed.

Excellent all the way around! Picture quality, easy navigation. Streaming supreme!!

Everything I expected and what I wanted it for. Glad it was in Black Friday sale.

I've had this for about a month, still getting used to all the extras in contrast to my roku 4K box and my Firestick 4k's. I like the ease in casting video and sound from my phone to the Shield, the 2 USB slots for external and/or removable storage, the easy to grip remote, and how it can play most audio and video codecs with ease. My only real complaint is that the picture shows the Shield with a stand, but no stand is included in the purchase. A bit misleading, nVidia, NOT cool.

I love my new Shield. It does exactly what I wanted it to do, with little fanfare. Setting up the Shield part was very easy, plug it in, enter your wifi credentials and you're good to go. Setting up the Plex Media Server took a little bit of work, but it wasn't bad. Check online videos for step by step instructions before you get started. I added an external HD for media, and I'm adding movies from my collection every weekend. Overall, I couldn't be happier with this purchase.

I have an older Samsung Smart TV, and the hardware running the Smart part is getting dated, with some of the apps having been removed because of agreements (Or lack of) with Samsung. The TV is still good. To avoid this, I purchased the Shield Pro to return the performance, and have a better interface/single place to go when using all my streaming services. This really works well. The performance is as advertised, excellent, and I plan to purchase another one for the other TV in the house.

I bought this NVIDIA because I was tired of my Roku devices locking up or taking forever to load. Also Roku is not supporting HBO MAX. WOW what a difference. This thing is seriously fast. Especially compared to the Roku. I love it. On top of that it has a ton of fun games to play on it and I can watch HBO MAX. I wish I would have switched to Android TV a long time ago too. The format is great. Highly recommend!

Upgraded to this after the Xiaomi Mi box and it's like night and day. This decide works much faster an smoother. The AI upscaling is great too