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.

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

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 loseless 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.

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)
> Loseless 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.

TongCN

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

Ic, Can you share me which you get it from ?

let's say the tv I bought doesn't have Dolby vision. Can I still view dolby vision content through nvidia shield? or is it going to be limited by the hardware of my tv?

1. Check what cause Shield TV to auto wake up at:
settings>device preference>about>status>up time

2. What TV model & is it directly connected to Shield TV or via AVR/Soundbar?
When the TV ON, does the Shield TV's green led turned ON too?

Do a full power cycle on all device that are connected via HDMI to your TV and Shield TV.
There is CEC issue but mostly happen to selected brand like TCL, Vizio, LG & Samsung. IIRC, NVIDIA mentioned something about tweaking current CEC settings in their future update.