2019-10-10, 05:21
(2019-10-09, 18:17)ozkhan1 Wrote: Are you using lineage variant of android tv os?
How would you compare N2 with that running to shield? Better upscaling I would hope.
Yes the nice LineageOS 16...
with Android TV Pie 9.0:
- the N2 obviously has no Android L1 DRM or HDCP for copy protected HD or 4K video Apps streaming
- No Android HD audio passthrough or Multichannel LPCM
- No Android Auto Resolution switching.
- Android 1080i Broadcast TV deinterlacing is half motion, which is too slow and no good for Ball sports viewing.
But the newer ARM Mali G Series GPU's found in the 2019 AMLogic S905X2, S922X and S922Z chipsets do have great picture quality vs the pretty old (but still fast) Maxwell GPU in the Shield.
The S922's CPU package is superior as well, you can CPU SW decode everything except 4K HEVC/VP9.
Imagination Technologies PowerVR GPU's found in the FireTV Stick 4K and Apple TV 4K have better output picture quality vs the Shield as well.
For Kodi usage, with the Shield's auto Resolution Switching. You can get a modern 4K TV to do all the 720/1080p > 4K picture upscaling anyway, to work around the Shield poor 4K picture upscaling.
Really it's just Technologic progress, newer Tech usually always gets better with each chipset generation.
In the end it depends how demanding a user you are.
