This actually a great idea.
What about older Xbox One S/X I believe ppl would dumping it cheaper once new one arrived.

Screenshots from my shieldtv.

not sure how well the previous one can decode but future proof wise, the new one should be better. AV1 decoding need computing power, especially 4k playback.

May I know if I can watch local Malaysian TV on the nvidia shield? Thanks.

Yes you can.

1. Install tivimate player from playstore.

2. Insert m3u link below to load channel playlist :

https://fvtv.mywire.org/my/tv.m3u

3. For EPG you need to donate RM 10 on this link :

http://fvtv.mywire.org/donate

Can i install
1. stremio
2 rss player

if i play those 480 old tvb series , will the upscaling improve the quality
any problem connecting nvidia to sony android tv?
thinking of getting the pro

using evpad. unable to stream 4k from stremio

After dilemma between Shield TV and Google Chromecast v4

Finally pull trigger to purchase the Shield TV Tube XD

What TV. I got mibox and sheild. Mibox is slightly laggy at 4k, but ppl hentam me everytime I said this. Still using mibox in guest room. Sheild just work. Never fail me but abit overkill as I don't do plex or gaming. I would assume Google somewhere around mibox spec.

This post has been edited by heliozguard: Oct 21 2020, 05:24 PM

I want to tunpang ask. Can the TV pro can read multiple hdd drives.

I got a USB hdd stack. With 4 hdd. Can the pro read it.?

1. Yes (sideload)
2. Yes (sideload)
3. The AI upscaling will definitely try to improve the video but it depends on the source of the video.
There are few videos on youtube on the AI upscaling demo & here is one of it with still pictures of the upscaling results >> https://youtu.be/SWIpepe_GP4?t=155
4. No problem using Shield TV with other Android TV

Notable differences between Mibox S & Google TV:-
SoC, RAM(DDR4), DV, DA & etc..

Yes as long it is self powered.

From price point, Google chromecast just does it job compare to Shield TV (tube or pro).

I nvr like Mi Product since starting
They always promo like super strong but if u strip down their inner, certain parts they using are cheapo
Quote: "1 sen 1 product"

I will get Google Chromecast v4 when it's available here in malaysia with reasonable price.
As right now mostly fire up the price ranging from RM300~500

I have Mibox, Chromecast and Fire Stick. They have their pros and cons.

Mibox. Chinese program. But user experience is poor. Not smooth.

Chromecast. Good user experience in sense you use phone to control. But no remote to do incremental fast forward. Can not install VPN.

Fire Stick. Almost as good user experience. Can also cast from phone (slightly not as good). Have remote to fast forward and back. But Alexa can't understand Mandarin. Can install VPN apps.

My preference is Fire Stick because of simplicity and control and smoothness

Can consider the latest chromecast with google TV (comes with remote)

Still waiting courier to send me my thing
The wait is killing every cell @__@

Everyone talks abt the new chromecast...my concern here on the space it got..so how to have large space? connect to NAS?

I have read reviews and I think Fire Stick's remote is better. Being the impatience type, I like to fast forward and backward when I watch stuff.

Main downside is, no Mandarin support.

It has 8GB storage but only 4GB usable storage but can be expand by formatting USB flash drive as adoptable storage connected via compatible self-powered(>18W) USB hub.
The process is similar to how it is done on Shield TV.

Unfortunately, the new Google TV do have some downside currently:-
> Refresh rate switching not working
> USB 3.0 speed issue
> No native NTFS support(need 3rd party app driver)
> IR & CEC issue
> Not all usb-c hub with ethernet will work
> Color space issue
> No lossless audio passthrough
> Atm, some Google TV features may not work outside supported region & apps including Malaysia.

Some of this issues are things that can be fix via software upgrade but the question is will they fix it & if yes, how fast will they do it?
Recently Google did release software update but did not solve this issues.

This post has been edited by juzmafia: Nov 18 2020, 02:33 PM

Guess go to Nvidia Shield TV (Tube) seems better right now for me, haha
But will Nvidia Shield TV receive Google TV (from Android TV) update ?

I've seen someone sideload Google TV into Shield though.

If your usage is for legal streaming & lite birate local playback, then the STV tube is sufficient. It only becomes an issue when user expect it to performance similar to STV Pro thinking that the small differences on the RAM will not affect much but they did not know that it will cause differences in the firmware & features on both Tube & Pro.

If Google manage to rectify those issues, then GTV will hurt STV(Tube)'s sales even more than what they are currently having because current NSTV users highly recommend the Pro version to the new users due to future proof for current/upcoming features & also due to current issues/limitations with the tube version..😅

Currently the advantages NSTV tube has now is:-
> Nvidia's own Refresh rate api & 3rd party app support
> AI upscaling(limited to 30fps)
> Lossless audio passthrough
> Gigabit ethernet
> Nvidia's excellent support
> Etc..(Nvidia implemented features)

Hopefully with the newer Android version, it will bring better memory optimization so that Nvidia can overcome the current issues.


According to Google they plan to bring the new Google TV launcher to all Android TV devices in two years time.

I manage to sideload the new launcher but the experience was not great since there are some new core services required by the new launcher & need to VPN to supported regions(ex: US) for the home screen to populate information.
Without VPN it will take time to load & will show error on the home screen.
So not recommended trying or using the new launcher until Google is ready to support it natively on NSTV.

This post has been edited by juzmafia: Nov 18 2020, 02:33 PM

TongCN

Do you think any restriction that we use it in malaysia ? I also plan to get one now .

Guess we will have to wait official Nvidia to release the firmware update.

Still haven’t received mine but according to members here, it’s worth the shot.