(2015-07-02, 03:06)wesk05 Wrote: nVIDIA SATV can play 24/192 FLAC files. Google Music Player and MX Player plays them fine. Kodi, Neutron Player, PowerAmp etc. seem to be limited to 48kHz. Yes, it is a fact that 23.976 playback is faulty at this time. Apparently, nVIDIA is working to fix it. The WDTV that you talk about took many years to fix 23.976 playback.
I take it that you have ultrasonic super tweeters to playback the effects of Akira Hypersonic edition. Slightly off-topic, if you and your friends can differentiate 24/192 audio from the others, then it is absolutely impressive. You all have Golden Ears!
weks05, yes you are right, PLEX is sending 192kHz music to my receiver but everything (music/movies) is sent like PCM.
Thank you...I don't have Gold Ears but I am very proud of what I have, this is my setup, its not Hi-End but is a very good Hi-Fi:
Panasonic 65VT60 THX Plasma (calibrated with CalMAN) @5Ghz
Pioneer BDP-450 (wired)
AppleTV @5Ghz
WDTV Live (wired)
Onkyo TX-NR5010 THX Receiver (wired)
Monitor Audio Gold GX100 (bookshelf loudspeaker with ribbon tweeter, up to 60kHz) in BI-AMP
Monitor Audio Gold GXC150 (central)
Monitor Audio GXFX (surrounds, the best surround IMHO)
Monitor Audio RXW12 (subwoofer)
All frontal cables are Kimble Kable 8TC.
My Network:
COPEL Internet Optical 40/40Mb (very fast internet provider)
ASUS RT-AC68W
My desktop:
ASUS Z87 Sabertooth - i7 4770k - 16Gb Cosair Dominator
ASUS GXT970 4Gb
ASUS PCE-AC68 Wireless Adapter
Philips G-Sync Monitor
Razer Chroma Keyboard and Mouse
(2015-07-02, 09:22)wolfbiker Wrote: I think most of these arguments for the Shield are for the home theater enthusiast geek/nerd contingent which is who the Shield is ideal for with its ethernet, IR blaster, HD audio, frame rate switching, etc. There's no need to recommend it over a Nexus Player to someone who just wants a cheap Kodi device and doesn't care about all the features mentioned above.
I care about all of these features, but I dont think NP is better (I even know this product).
(2015-07-02, 17:08)wolfbiker Wrote: You do understand the price of the NP is $67? The cheapest Shield is $200 without the remote control...that's 3x the price. Add in the remote and you're nearly 4x. Get the 500GB Shield without a remote and that's $300, pushing 5x the price, and exceeding it if you get the remote as well.
I think nVidia SATV is the most (or one of the most) expensive box in the market and the one with more issues.
Can you recommend me more apps (media players) to test?
Thanks all
Ivan