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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 4393 reviews

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    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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92%would recommend to a friend

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Customers praise the SHIELD Android TV Pro for its overall performance, speed, and streaming capabilities, highlighting its ease of use and excellent remote. Many users appreciate its 4K capabilities, AI upscaling, and suitability for gaming, as well as Dolby Vision support and storage options. The main concern appears to be its price, with a few users mentioning occasional lag, ads, and issues with the interface.

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    Speed
    Cons mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    NVIDIA Shield

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love the Shield Android TV Pro. Its very fast compared to Fire Sticks and Tivo Stream, but then its 4x the price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Currently the best streaming device you can buy

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The NVIDIA Shield Pro is the best streaming device you can get right now. Not only does it support all the popular streaming apps but it is the best Plex media player as well. I am able to encode my media content in the highest quality available (H.265, 4K, Dolby Vision/HDR, Dolby Atmos, and Subtitles) and it plays it with no issues whatsoever. I tired to use many other streaming devices such as Xbox Series X, Playstation 5, Amazon Fire TV 4K, Chromecast with Google TV and none of them were able to play my content without either transcoding the content to a compatible format with that device or down scaling the original source so that it was compatible with the specs of that specific hardware. I wish NVIDIA would release a new model though as the current model released in 2019 and definitely needs a refresh. There are newer codecs available now such as H.266 (VCC) and AV1 which are the successors to H.265 and VP9 video codecs. These formats are designed for ultra-high-resolution video content, including 4K, 8K, HDR, and 360-degree video material. If NVIDIA were to add these codecs, it would top itself and cement its lead in the streaming device category.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Solid performance at a hefty price!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    An excellent product, but for the price it should have more memory and the latest processor. This is the best implementation of Android TV out there and it should be for the price! This unit isn't cheap, and I don't know if it outshines the budget minded units out there that are typically half the price. The biggest plus is Nvidia is the company backing it up. The budget models are built by companies you have never heard of, and can't find when you need support!! So I guess in the end, the quality comes at a cost.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome Product

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This product is awesome and second to none. It is way better than Apples streaming device

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Remote, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Super system

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Super system Fast easy to use,tons of apps,the remote is one of the better ones,when you add the stand awesome.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    I. Love. This. Thing.

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Holy crap. First off, if you have a Plex server just do it, just replace whatever your main streaming device is with this and call it a day. Outperforms my roku ultra by a mile. Cant speak for the remote I immediately set it up with my harmony set up but the shield pro itself is outstanding. Gamestream from my pc is seamless (everything is wired) and I prefer it much more than my steam link. I will be buying another one of these for my bedroom, it’s a beast.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best streaming device

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Will admit this was initially bought to steam games from my pc to my tv, but it has been an excellent streaming device for all my needs. I stopped using my sony tvs built in smart features as the shield was just faster. My only issue is there are apps that have errors often that don't happen on the tv itself. Mainly hulu. Which is pretty annoying but it is what it is. Other than that it is a great device when on sale.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Sanders

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfect unit, easy setup, works great! Get one and you will be happy you did

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Extremely satisfied.

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great device for accessing services such as Netflix and Tidal. It has native support for x265/h265 video codes making it great for streaming from a home Plex server. You can even play simple games from Google Play Store on it as well. The AI upscaling of HD content to 4k is quite nice. Due to Bluetooth capability, you can connect controllers like the XBox controller to play games streamed from you home PC.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great streaming device

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Our old firestick became the slowest device ever, decided to replace it with this bad boy. And it has been going strong, apps open fast and it even has a feature to close apps at a tap of a button, no having to going into setting to force close again. Highly recommend

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Really good. Better than Roku

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Short version, I love it. Everything works, it’s extremely snappy. For those looking at this vs the regular “tube” shaped version, you get a 1gb Ethernet port vs 100mb on the tube, and USB ports which can be used for external hard drives for things like a Plex server. I have a 5GB external drive hooked up and it works great. The only issue is HBO Max is kinda slow/wonky but that is the same on both versions of the shield.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Remote

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worth it

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent device. Fast, runs cool, triangle remote seems weird but its a great remote.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Wouldn’t buy any other brand!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best streaming/gaming device! Graphics are great and very easy set up right out of the box.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Streaming

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for Plex

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is perfect for streaming and gaming. I use it as a Plex server to and it works great.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    does the job for streaming but that's it.

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    bought this so i could get the most out of my movies (HDR, surround, etc). It works great for that... but the software is sometimes slow and the wifi antenna on it is horrid. Apps tend to close/restart randomly while you're using it. The remote is also the worst design I have ever experienced in my life. The shape makes no sense, it doesn't fit well in your hand, and the material is slippery so even if you could get a decent grip, it slides right out. The shape also makes it difficult to accurately hit buttons on the remote if it's resting on the table. Seriously, who green lit this design? Honestly for the average streamer, you might get the same benefits with just a simple 4k firestick.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best of the best.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This thing is too of the line works grate. It even makes some of the videos you watch better with AI up scaling it's impressive.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Make Your Dumb TV Smart Again

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This device is simple to connect and works well to add streaming services to an older television that is not a "smart TV". We were using an inexpensive casting dongle (Chromcast) and our cell phones or tablets to control but that is kind of clunky and was very frustrating most of the time. The Nvidia Shield works very well. It simified the process and opened up a lot of other possibilities as well. We are very happy with it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product beats the firetv

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Stream awesome can install backdoor apps no more disabled apps

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Remote

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best in it's class

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great! There is a reason why this is the best media player on the market. The new remote is great too!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Streaming

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best device for streaming AND gaming

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great device for streaming and gaming, useful for iptv. Lots of apps available through Play and Aptoide.

    I would recommend this to a friend