Customer Ratings & Reviews

I had a 380X tv box for about 7 years, I paid 30 bucks for it online. One day it refused to turn on, so I went to my local Bestbuy to buy another brand box, my firestick was way too slow and I had it in the closet. This is no joke, there was times that pressing a button that would take up to a minute to respond to the command, so I just tossed that piece of garbage to the trash. So, it had to be a firebox, apple TV or something. I saw the shield, looked at the reviews and they were great, but the price was a little too intimidating, then I saw that it had a video pad and free online games. I bought it. The first thing I did not like was that the remote battery died after 3 months, the Google play store no good, I couldn't even install Chrome, neither Firefox browser, I had to go to their respective webpage and I had to download a downloader to make it posible. But it was fast, very fast compared to the rest of my boxes. I could live with that. some of the free to play games(I don't buy new games) I played a few. Everything was tolerable until the expiration of its warranty expired, from then, it became just a piece of junk. Two years with minor and fixable problems. I started to notice that the free to play games were disappearing to count of only 3 games. The Wifi has been messing up very badly, I thought there was no way the shield was failing, so I just kept calling Spectrum almost every 12 hours, until they sent me a technician and he found nothing wrong with my connection. It is just hateful to be watching a game and all of the sudden your streaming ends abruptly out of no reason. I kept blaming Spectrum, I couldn't believe my shield was failing like that. Until I waited for it to drop again, I ran to my laptop, ran a speed test, marvelous; i did the same thing with my son's tablet and the test? Flawless; I tried my cellphone wifi, and everything was just fine. I ran a speed test using the analiti app. I ran the test and it was dead, no wifi(Disconnected, please try again later), I pressed the key to retest it and nothing, then the application gives you the option to reconnect, I did that, and it worked, three hours later it did it again, it became so frustrated that I din't know what to do to reset it. disconnecting from the power cable... thousands of times. resetting through the commands, thousands of times, the problem persisted. I factory reset it to see if there was a software issue, I had to download all my apps back again and yes, it seemed a little faster and worked with no problems the whole day, the day after the problem resumed like I did nothing to it. It became a piece of junk. Now, the it refuses to connect, it don't matter what I do, is dead after two years, 200 hundred dollars for two years of not so good service against 30 bucks for 7 years with a cheap tv box? I thing the tale tell the story itself. Buy cheap boxes, you may die by the fifth one and you won't spend the $200 dollars for an expensive piece of expensive junk. Now I have a beautiful black brick with no wifi. Thanks NVIDIA! Thanks for building a box which only last its warranty. I do not recommend it.

Love this thing. It’s super snappy and the AI up scaling works really well. The audio it outputs via Atmos is great too. Definitely recommend.

Works smoothly and fast prcessor. Good ai up scaling.

The KING of all media players is back. If you have a previous generation of Shield, this is likely not worth upgrading to, however I needed a second Shield, and this thing is AWESOME! The best media player there is hands down. Nothing handles video formats like the SHIELD, and the Shield PRO even has new tech to upscale your SD content. If you have a 4K HDR screen, and want the most flexible, and dependable player, look no further. KODI runs LIKE A CHAMP, HDR video files, all surround sound formats, awesome!!

Box already comes loaded with programs, but I also added Kodi to mine to get everything I needed. Adding Kodi not required as there's plenty of free loaded programs for TV, Movies, and Sports. In my opinion definitely worth the price.

Have been contemplating this upgrading from firesticks, chromecast,native smart tv apps, etc, and now wondering whybinwaited so long! Noticeably better picture quality on all streaming apps, faster load times, absolutely no buffering. Have a large plex server library, which is the main reason I made the leap, and so happy i did. And with Best Buy's price match guarantee, i didn't miss out on the price drop that finally happened a month after my purchase, which I was waiting over a year for.

Works well for geforce now as well as streaming movies and shows. Has two usb ports for keyboard and mouse which the other version does not have that are very useful.

Great for streaming apps and games. Very fast speeds.My grandson is so happy.

Nice design. It's a good device for streaming and downloading apps.

Over 5 yrs old and still without a doubt the strongest home streaming, gaming and entertainment box on the market. 4k. Ai enhancement for lessor broadcast. Pair with a big external usb harddrive and the supplied plex server and watch all your content from any device.

Overall it runs smooth, can install pretty much any android apps, and the AI upscaling is a noticable difference. My only complaint is support for Hulu is lacking so it sometimes gives errors when opening the app.

I have 3,that should say something. Great great streamer with tons of bells & whistles that aren't just fluff. I do have one suggestion for anyone looking to buy Nvidia Shield, GET THE PRO MODEL. That extra bit of RAM makes a big difference imo. I've got 3 different models & the ones with more RAM offer a better experience. If you're looking for a streaming device & don't mind spending some extra cash on a quality product this is your ticket. I've had one for 5 years & have always been more than happy with my purchase. Go ahead, pull the trigger!

Best streaming deck you can buy! It also allows you to play games on your TV through NVIDIA. I usually use it for streaming.

Amazing steaming device. Super fast and has every app available to download you can think of. The remote is easy to use. Plenty of customization.

Bought this to use on an already smart tv, but the integrated Plex app on smart TVs is pretty bad. This works fantastic for that and a wide range of other functions, and it does them all very well!

If you do not want Roku or FireTV but want one of the most powerful streamers this is one of the better choices. I really like this but decided to return it due to a Android limitation on High fidelity audio (note other streamers have the same issue I later found out.). A very robust remote, circle control takes a few days to get used to. Does allow some streaming gaming. Small form factor and better connections than some streamers.

This is the best streaming media player you could buy. Very easy to set up and very fast. I’m on my 4 NVIDIA Shield and enjoying every one of them.

This streaming device is nearly perfect. The only issue I have with it is the remote will randomly unpair itself. This is easily fixed and just a minor complaint. The SHIELD is powerful and plays beautiful 4K movies and TV shows if your display allows it. Highly recommend.

This one is faster not sure it’s noticeable or not but it has atmos support and Dolby vision support not to mention the AI upscaling is a big plus!!

Got this for my boyfriend as a gift. He’s very excited about the prospect of using it for gaming. Very fast compared to our old fire stick.