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I am looking for a replacement of my old WDTV Live. I have a FullHD TV and a hd-audio capable receiver. I watch most of my movies streaming from my NAS to the WDTV.

I have been eyeballing the new FireTV box because it has some features i would like to have
1. can run KODI for local streaming and the netflix/amazon app aswell
2. HEVC support
3. HD-audio passthrough although I saw you( wrxtasy) posted multiple times that it is apparently not working but then again i also read that it is fixed with the newest fireOS version
4. the price


The shield looks good aswell as it has all those features but €200 is alot for me atm. I dont really care about 3d support.

AIUI Shield doesn't have HD Audio support in Kodi - and AIUI the way it has been implemented by nVidia may mean that it is non-trivial (i.e. may take a little time) to implement within Kodi. (I may be wrong of course)
*** EDIT - may be closer than I thought! ***

If you want HEVC 1080p and HD Audio support then I'd suggest a Braswell platform might be the way to go. You'll need to run Windows if you want 5.1 audio in Netflix as you don't get this in the browser version (which is all you have under Linux), just the Windows app - and you'll need a wireless keyboard-type remote not just a regular IR remote as navigating the app isn't remote-friendly.

I'm not sure if HEVC decode is supported on Braswell under Windows Kodi, if it isn't you'd need to dual boot to OpenElec or another Linux solution.

The forthcoming Cherry Trail stuff may also do what you want at a lower price point than Braswell, but avoid the Baytrail-T stuff (no HEVC and very weak GPU)

**** EDIT : Fritsch's post below appears to suggest that HD Audio is closer to appearing on the Shield console than I thought. Happy to be corrected! ****