NVIDIA Shield TV Pro

Bought this to replace an aging firestick, the performance is excellent and the gigabit ethernet helps massively. It's a very fast TV box with plenty of connectivity to connect an xbox controller and for game streaming from my gaming PC. It was very easy to setup, I don't get any buffering issues and there's loads of apps to download from the play store.

Having used cheaper Android TV boxes for years, I was at my wits end. The specs supplied for the lower-cost options are misleading. There are multiple issues with the majority of these inferior devices but the two 'biggies' are lack of updates & the fact that the network connections (both ethernet and WiFi) are notoriously slow. I'd actually reached a point where I was contemplating building my own device with a raspberry pi (etc.). I then did some research & discovered the Nvidia Shield Pro! I do realise that at £189, the Shield is (conservatively) 3-4 times the price of some of the cheaper alternatives, but there is a good reason for this: 'It does exactly what it says on the tin'. The Nvidia Shield Pro is BY FAR the best Android TV box I've ever used & you can trust the specification & performance information provided. The UI is smooth & easy to use, it is clear that Nvidia take great pride in the user experience & I applaud them. This device is a true multimedia centre and is geared towards cloud gaming. I looked at buying the official controller but this was expensive. I therefore purchased an 'MSI FORCE GC300' Wireless controller for £32.99 (a bargain) & paired it with the shield. For budget-friendly gaming this device is a must & it also converts any UHD TV into a high-end smart TV (Dolby vision & AI upscaling are giving me some of the best picture quality I've ever personally witnessed). To summarise, learn from my mistakes; buy this now instead of a cheap & inferior alternative. If I'd have known how good the Nvidia Shield devices are (back then), I would've! Hope this helps!

I’m so pleased I spent the money to buy a more expensive streaming box. Fantastic for streaming. Picture clarity superb on my OLED TV and sound is sensational on my surround-sound cinema system; so much better than cheaper streaming boxes. It’s great to use straight out of the box but if you want to customise it there is a lot you can do. I’ve added Projectivy launcher and an icon pack to make the home screen even more special, and Button Mapper to customise some of the keys on the remote. The remote is great too. It’s triangular, which makes it comfortable to hold, and the buttons illuminate when you move it – great for if you need it whilst you’re watching a movie with the lights low. Having said that, I added the Logitech K400 Plus media keyboard for added convenience, and I recommend that add-on if you are likely to do much typing on-screen.

This review is for anyone thinking about taking the plunge and buying this box. I am very familiar with android tv boxes and have had many as they are cheap and do the job to a certain degree so always thought why pay nearly £200 for a nvidia shield pro when I can get a different box for under £50. Well after many cheap boxes and even have a android smart tv the boxes do the job but are slow they freeze dont update and generally dont last long before they stop working. They dont perform well when playing 4k movies and jutter a lot, the WiFi doesn't get the highest speed and the remote controls are useless and in general just cheap made rubbish! Now I decided to buy this bad boy and wow! it's small well made with a decent weight to it with a lovely little remote that works very well. it boots up very fast compared to the cheap boxes and it updated the software straight away and was quick and easy, there is lots of functions also that are very handy and my favourite is the AI upscaling and the option to program the remote to use different buttons for different functions but there are loads of things to play with! Now to the thing I bought it for the movie streaming, I noticed straight away how much better it was and it does it effortlessly with no judder, has dolby atmos which I have on my tv soundbar has dolby vision which my tv has and all work great! I don't use Netflix or anything you pay for apart from amazon prime and I just sideload apks and use the free streaming apps and iptv for the football. I have no interest in the game streaming part of it as I have a game console for that but I am very happy i bought it and it is worth the extra money because it works flawless! The one thing I hate is the stupid netflix button on the control which I keep hitting and it opens netflix which i dont use, and can't seem to program the button to anything else but even my smart tv remote has netflix on so it must be a android tv thing and netflix probably pays manufacturers to put it on!

Very good job. Thank you :)

Amazing Andriod TV . My required applications are available, hopefully more app such as zoom and teams , udemy .. etc will be added later to android TV. Performance is super fast and I can controll my Samsung TV from sheild remote (very nice design).

I've used streaming boxes for years and the run of the mill boxes I've bought recently are hopeless. Finally decided to go for a Shield and yes it is a blessing. It's as good as they say it is, very happy chappy

This has elevated my tv watching experience and the picture quality and functionality is both easy to use and simple.to set up. Took me 20mins from opening the box to sitting back and watching rhe tv. The quality of the picture from a standard set top box is on another level The only thing that I cannot work out is where do the batteries go for the remote control if I were to chnage them. Not a today problem.

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