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For me it's more about the HDR that's coming with 4K. Agreed about the extra resolution though, think it's overhyped.
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I'm getting the 16GB version; believe you can expand storage (for apps/data) via the microSD card slot.
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Well its got a USB 3.0 slot as well. What is better and faster for media storage? USB 3.0 or microSD?
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Either should be fast enough, but question is what sort of storing ability nVidia will allow. For example, when Amazon Fire TV started supporting USB storage, only actual apps could be moved over, but not the accompanying app/game data, which often is much larger.
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I think it does not make any sense to block off the ports from storage. Nvidia is gearing theirs to be more of a gaming device, so hopefully they realize the importance of storage.
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you can now. It is now not blocked.
Thats why I said Nvidia should realize that since it took a while for Amazon to realize that. I have personally not tried attaching a USB drive to my FTV but I heard there was a firmware update recently that has made it available for storage.
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Yes, but only apps can be moved to USB, not the data tied to them. For many games, the data is what takes up most of the space. Hopefully, nVidia's Android TV will be more friendly as far as external storage support.
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Did not know that... that is a bummer...
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2015-05-19, 04:38
(This post was last modified: 2015-05-19, 04:38 by Tinwarble.)
Well, Nvidia did make it a point that it would be expandable by 128GB via micoSD. Whether that means that both apps and data can be moved/installed to the mSD will be something that we'll have to wait and see.
But with how large some of the Android games are going to be it would be a big oversight if Nvidia didn't allow both the apps and the data to be stored on the mSD. With 16GB of storage, your only going to have between 12-14GB free then if you download something like Crisis 3, which will probably be 3-5GB, then some other game apps your going fill that free space up pretty fast.