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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
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Wasn’t bad. Nice easy set up. Just didn’t have support for xfinity app. I wasn’t up for jailbreaking.
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The os is snappy and reaponsive. The picture has a lot of judder compared to an apple tv it native tv apps on my sony a80j. It dies handle all audio files i throw at it, but overall had to return.
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Bought two of these. Fast, feature rich and enjoyable. Then a recent update littered the Home Screen with ads like the new Google Chromecast. If you want Android/Google TV, save your money and buy a Chromecast for a quarter of the price.
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I honestly wish I could go back in time and refund this device. It's given me nothing but back-to-back issues ever since I purchased it. I was recommended this by a friend who loves everything Nvidia makes and I thought sure, why not? Terrible choice.
The problems started with the Wi-Fi connectivity consistently dropping, even in mid-stream. We would be watching a show or film and the network would disconnect. I knew it wasn't a symptom of my router or my internet because everything else worked just fine and the problem was isolated only to this device. A firmware update did not fix this problem and it would have intermittent moments where the Wi-Fi would have to be reconnected.
The real problem was when the applications stopped working entirely. I couldn't watch Hulu or Netflix without some error code. It wasn't the streaming services (it worked everywhere else), it was the device. I threw the troubleshooting manual at it, restarted the apps, power cycled the device, cleared the data and cache, and went as far as factory resetting the entire device. Nothing.
Nvidia's customer support doesn't do much to help either. They'll send you through the song-and-dance of the same troubleshooting steps that's on their website before continuously escalating it up their tier system. You're going to waste a lot of time trying to figure this thing out when you run into issues.
All-in-all, I will say that I've heard positive stories about it from other people who use it for much more than streaming, but I can't in good faith recommend this after the absolutely terrible experience I've had with it. I'd stay far away.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Does not play as nice with my other electronics (TV, soundbar) as the 4k fire stick. Even though I turn off CEC on both the Shield and TV its as if CEC is still present somewhere on the Shield. Also, sometimes plays audio in PCM rather than Dolby. No way to manually change it even when changing the settings. I wanted to love this but it is driving me crazy right now.
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Constantly reboots on my Sony's TV's. I have reinstalled the OS multiple times, still no reboots after waking up from sleep mode. Decided to get a Apple TV, problem solved.
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Meh, it’s alright. Took us five days and multiple troubleshooting sessions to finally get plex working on this brick. Now everytime i power it down I cross my fingers and hope it recognizes the drive when I turn it on again. We shall see