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Review: NVIDIA Shield TV 2019
A few months ago Nvidia released the 2019 version of the NVIDIA Shield TV in an all-new design and remote. The streaming box that allows for a multitude of functionality as it properly takes over your Smart-TV experience. NVIDIA updated the SoC and added some AI image-enhancing features as well as offering a new remote control.
Read our full review here.
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#5771997 Posted on: 03/22/2020 01:34 AM
An Athlon 220GE do it very fine with a small GPU (and before it was a Pentium G3248 doing it)... it's not a problem of CPU lol
Well I guess that beats an AMD CPU trying to play a 4K blu ray.
An Athlon 220GE do it very fine with a small GPU (and before it was a Pentium G3248 doing it)... it's not a problem of CPU lol
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#5772021 Posted on: 03/22/2020 05:56 AM
Hilbert, thanks for the article though for the love of God, and if it's not too much to ask, could you please run an English grammar and spell check on your writing before posting to save others that may be sensitive the cringing I had to endure to get to the end.
I'm by no means a grammar nazi and I appreciate that English may not be your first language. In all my years on the internet reading forums and reviews, it's the first time that I've mentioned it. If it wasn't to add or to confirm some points that may have been lost in translation to the article I wouldn't have bothered.
I've not got a 2017 variant to compare to the 2019 shield TV I own though from other articles that I've read:
In addition to the AI upscaling, as you mention, the 2019 models bring the ability to display Dolby Vision as well as HDR, the 2017 couldn't display Dolby Vision. For those reading, If you have had the pleasure of seeing a show in Dolby Vision vs standard 4k on a decent screen I'm sure you will appreciate the difference to standard HDR.
With the 2019 version, Dolby Atmos audio can be decoded onboard for direct playback over HDMI, or as is with the old model, passed to the receiver for processing there.
And the newer model has Bluetooth 5.0 vs Bluetooth 4.1 for whatever that's worth.
In the part of your article where you mention that your TV cannot decode DTS True HD you mention ARC. I'm confused here or there's a message lost in translation - ARC is the Audio Return Channel of the HDMI connection that you are running from your Receiver to the TV in that direction. If you set your receiver to the ARC audio from your TV when using the Shield you will be listening to a down mixed version of DTS True HD as ARC doesn't have the bandwidth to pass to the AVR this lossless codec. To hear the HD audio the receiver needs to be set to use the audio stream from the Shield, not the ARC channel.
A quick question, it's mentioned that the Shield TV doesn't support the installation of Apple TV, is this not common for all devices running Android TV and it's a limitation of the OS support and not the device?
Literally .... I've written all that in the review .. SoC performance, the new Shield is clocked faster (and fabbed at a new smaller fabrication process) to allow that new AI algorithm.
Hilbert, thanks for the article though for the love of God, and if it's not too much to ask, could you please run an English grammar and spell check on your writing before posting to save others that may be sensitive the cringing I had to endure to get to the end.
I'm by no means a grammar nazi and I appreciate that English may not be your first language. In all my years on the internet reading forums and reviews, it's the first time that I've mentioned it. If it wasn't to add or to confirm some points that may have been lost in translation to the article I wouldn't have bothered.
I've not got a 2017 variant to compare to the 2019 shield TV I own though from other articles that I've read:
In addition to the AI upscaling, as you mention, the 2019 models bring the ability to display Dolby Vision as well as HDR, the 2017 couldn't display Dolby Vision. For those reading, If you have had the pleasure of seeing a show in Dolby Vision vs standard 4k on a decent screen I'm sure you will appreciate the difference to standard HDR.
With the 2019 version, Dolby Atmos audio can be decoded onboard for direct playback over HDMI, or as is with the old model, passed to the receiver for processing there.
And the newer model has Bluetooth 5.0 vs Bluetooth 4.1 for whatever that's worth.
In the part of your article where you mention that your TV cannot decode DTS True HD you mention ARC. I'm confused here or there's a message lost in translation - ARC is the Audio Return Channel of the HDMI connection that you are running from your Receiver to the TV in that direction. If you set your receiver to the ARC audio from your TV when using the Shield you will be listening to a down mixed version of DTS True HD as ARC doesn't have the bandwidth to pass to the AVR this lossless codec. To hear the HD audio the receiver needs to be set to use the audio stream from the Shield, not the ARC channel.
A quick question, it's mentioned that the Shield TV doesn't support the installation of Apple TV, is this not common for all devices running Android TV and it's a limitation of the OS support and not the device?
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#5772113 Posted on: 03/22/2020 02:32 PM
Yes ARC is the "replacement" (despite i prefer optical) of all digital sound plug, and all Home Cinema connectivity.
The conductor is an HDMI cable, but carrefull, just like ethernet over HDMI, not all HDMI cable are ARC capable.
Generaly you connect everything on your HC pré-Amp (or Amp if less expensive system) and connect your amp with a single HDMI to your display system.
ARC also started to come to Hi Fi, (i have an HDMI at the back of my CD player, but only for sound, no display)
You mensioned the problem of bandwith: yes there is with some DTS, even more in 4K, but for 90% of the user they don't see the difference.
Also don't forget it streaming, and generaly already compresed by provider
If you need top quality in every point, this product is not for you, but you will need lot more money to have better.
For the targeted consumer: Apple TV4K and NVidia Shield are both very good.
Talking about Apple TV, you talk about the app i think, but this app is not a great lost as it is great only on Apple TV (the hardware), LG system, and Apple product.
It's not hardware and it's not OS limitations
The wiring quality does a lot of difference from one product to other.
exemple on 4 modulations cable (RCA/RCA) but it's the same for any wiring:
standard one 3 euro 2M
Audioquest Golden Gate 79 euro 1.5M
Cardas crosslink 199 euro 1M
Transparent Musiklink Reference 3089 euro 1M
You might think it's just a RCA to RCA so why get something that cost more than the standar one, and it's just totaly wrong at each step your system sound better, but not a little bit, in a big way.
Yes ARC is the "replacement" (despite i prefer optical) of all digital sound plug, and all Home Cinema connectivity.
The conductor is an HDMI cable, but carrefull, just like ethernet over HDMI, not all HDMI cable are ARC capable.
Generaly you connect everything on your HC pré-Amp (or Amp if less expensive system) and connect your amp with a single HDMI to your display system.
ARC also started to come to Hi Fi, (i have an HDMI at the back of my CD player, but only for sound, no display)
You mensioned the problem of bandwith: yes there is with some DTS, even more in 4K, but for 90% of the user they don't see the difference.
Also don't forget it streaming, and generaly already compresed by provider
If you need top quality in every point, this product is not for you, but you will need lot more money to have better.
For the targeted consumer: Apple TV4K and NVidia Shield are both very good.
Talking about Apple TV, you talk about the app i think, but this app is not a great lost as it is great only on Apple TV (the hardware), LG system, and Apple product.
It's not hardware and it's not OS limitations
The wiring quality does a lot of difference from one product to other.
exemple on 4 modulations cable (RCA/RCA) but it's the same for any wiring:
standard one 3 euro 2M
Audioquest Golden Gate 79 euro 1.5M
Cardas crosslink 199 euro 1M
Transparent Musiklink Reference 3089 euro 1M
You might think it's just a RCA to RCA so why get something that cost more than the standar one, and it's just totaly wrong at each step your system sound better, but not a little bit, in a big way.
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#5772136 Posted on: 03/22/2020 04:46 PM
I upgraded from the 2017 model to the new Pro version. Differences for me were the AI feature, the much better remote that uses AA batteries instead of the button type and the fact i can now get Dolby digital sound thru my soundbar from Netflix etc
Someone commented that the pro version has a ssd/hdd, this is not correct. That was the 2015 pro model that had that but not anymore.
I upgraded from the 2017 model to the new Pro version. Differences for me were the AI feature, the much better remote that uses AA batteries instead of the button type and the fact i can now get Dolby digital sound thru my soundbar from Netflix etc
Someone commented that the pro version has a ssd/hdd, this is not correct. That was the 2015 pro model that had that but not anymore.
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i do not see any USB port...
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