Customer Ratings & Reviews

The only reason I bought this was to use plex and it didn't work. Also the interface was pretty terrible

not open source , couldn't use the aps I wanted like on a regular less EXPENSIVE android device

*Note: I purchased the Smart Home version, however I have yet to use the SmartThings Link as I already have a hub. This was more or less just to be safe if something happened to the hub, so I can't comment on this functionality* The driving force behind my purchase for the Nvidia Shield was to use it with Plex. I have an Xbox One X, a LG webOS TV, and a PC all plugged in to a receiver and each one can play Plex just fine. However, only the PC was able to pass-through the full audio right to the receiver (Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD MSTR, etc), and having that hooked up all the time for me was less than ideal. Picked up the Shield and am absolutely impressed by what this is able to do. Plays Plex flawlessly with native audio (server located outside of the home), and in addition, has access to everything else I used through my TV or Xbox One X. I even have Live TV playing through it by way of an HD HomeRun and Kodi. It's super nice to not have all of my streaming entertainment access fragmented over several devices. If I wanted to watch Netflix, YouTube or Hulu, I'd use the built-in TV app. MLB.TV, NBC Sports App, had to use the Xbox One X. Plex, for best results, hook the PC up. Google Play Music on the speakers, use the terrible Chromecast ability built-in on my receiver (literally the worst). I'm super happy with this purchase and only wish it were cheaper and I'd buy more of them. **Almost gave this three out of five stars as after I purchased the Shield, no Google commands would work from Google Home or Assistant to Shield, or even the remote itself. I couldn't tell the Shield to play music or anything else, as I'd be told something went wrong. However before writing this review, I checked to see if this was still happening and alas, it's fixed! I believe it was a bug from Google that was finally patched up. So now I'm even happier!**

i just hooked up my nvidia and i love it!!! i'm not a gamer, but i had roku and i subscribe to youtube tv and the buffering with my roku was terrible and i often had to try 2 and 3 times to change channels, now, with nvidia the channels change fast and i don't have the long buffering that often led to a blank screen and i would have to go to my roku app home page and try all over again, the nvidia has solved that problem, truly an excellent product!!