OC Do you think we need an update to the NVIDIA Shield?
For those who own one, it's been a while since the last hardware update to the Shield. Do we need more power or are we good as is? And is it still the best option?
Yes, we do. I find the shield slow and underpowered. The hardware doesn’t support HDR on YouTube. Even just navigating the UI takes too long. It would also be nice if it supported 120 Hz for menu navigation. Starting playback for items is also significantly slower than the Apple TV. So I’ve switched to using infuse with apple TV for most of my playback of Bluray rips.
I don’t have height channels so the loss of atmos with lossless formats doesn’t matter to me.
I think we are good as is for now, but there are some things I would like to see in a future iteration. -AV1 support (not much of a problem now as there isn’t much content yet) -more internal memory (16GB really isn’t all that much considering that movie libraries with with lots of high quality artworks and posters can take up quite some space) -Improvements to the AI upscaler: I think it is quite good as is, but I feel like with the latest advancements in AI and a new processor it could get better than it is right now.
Is there anything else you can think of?
I still think it is the best option (if you disabled ads and the new homescreen). Although I admit that I haven’t researched new alternatives, as I am happy with what I have.
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