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lapino
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I'm currently using an intel NUC with SSD for Kodi, but this NUC model lacks h.265 support and I'm thinking about switching to Shield TV for my Kodi setup. All content is streamed from a NAS. Would this be a good idea? Or will the Shield be slower for Kodi than the Intel NUC (Celeron cpu).
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From my experience, Shield TV is faster than a Celeron NUC.
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I received my new shield and just updated to Geforce experience 5.0. Yesterday it was the beta version but today they released the full version. I am coming from FireTV's in my house and I have to say I've been impressed with the shield's interface so far.
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evlo
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2017-01-15, 15:20
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Yes, i guess for kodi use shield is ok and will play everything (that includes 4k h265) - from what i have tried. As android TV - my experience is that it is not very good. Just try it.
I'm plex user and i'm mostly disappointed, i was here looking for some client server solution for kodi or something. Or if it can update library while in sleep mode and some easier to use interface for kodi, etc.
Native player in shield does not play many of h264 1080p videos.
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Can anyone confirm if hdr YouTube has been added in the latest fw, or the 2017 model
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evlo
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2017-01-16, 01:41
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1. Is there a way to make shield render UI in UHD/4k? Or at least something less ugly that it does by default? (i guess it renders in 720p?)
2. If i connect shield like Shield > TV >[ARC] AVR - CEC does not work, but 4k/60 does. If i connect shield like SHIELD > AVR > TV - CEC does work, but i'm limited to 4k/30 and i'm pretty sure that Netflix 4k does not work.