[woronczak]

Thanks wrxtasy,
my shield has arrived and its awesome.
How can I get free to air TV channels on it? Can I source them over the internet or do I still need my antenna? and another device to watch them through?

Also what is the best place to source kids games?

lastly the best app to watch basketball? and world sports?

Hi there. I am also from Australia.

For free to air, you need something to capture the free to air. I run a Raspberry Pi 3 (Cost about $50 inc sd card) running Libreelec connected to a cheap USB Tuner (Eye TV for PS3 - cost about $10 on ebay) which connects to our antenna and is able to watch/ record up to two different channels at once. I think that Android 7 that the Shield runs actually supports some USB TV Tuners - you would have to look at the specific forums for that. You could also get a HDHomerun, which is a network PVR - they are about AU$200 though. Either of these solutions should enable you to watch live TV on any of your devices.

None of the basketball would be free to watch. For NBA, you need to subscribe to NBA League pass. There is an app on Android TV, but there is an audio lag (and despite it being available on Google Play for Australia, the NBA people say it is not supported to use).You can cast NBA from your phone app to the Shield which works fine, or alternatively, there is an Add-on for Kodi which also works fine with your subscription. I don't get any subscriptions to College, so i can't help you there.

Cheers