[southlegend]

So I'm stuck between the Odroid N2 and the 2019 Shield Pro. It seems like once the colorspace issues are sorted (once the Hotfix is fully approved), then the 2019 Shield will be the more versatile player.

I know in previous generations the Shield had inferior quality upscaling and (though this is somewhat subjective) inferior playback visually. I've seen a few people say that the upscaling is now up to scratch, but what about general playback quality. Anyone with experience of an ATV 4k or Odroid N2 able to shed some insight on this?

I have the old and new shield plus the Odroid. If I was doing only local playback the Odroid would be great, its really solid, don't really have any issues. But I use a lot of apps, and want them with full 4K/HDR. So the odroid doesn't work for my main device.

In my opinion the picture on the new Shield looks great. I saw some comparisons over at AVSforum, and it looks like the scaling and PQ is now on par with the Apple TV. 

I would only pick the Odroid personally if I was using it for local playback. You will have the Netflix plugin but for me its kind of a pain and often breaks. 

Thanks for your insight.

I was having an internal debate between the two. The Odroid N2 sounds ideal for 80% of our media consumption, which is from my Plex NAS. However, I use a few sports streaming apps which require a Chromecast and the Shield ticks this box - big win for me!

Glad to hear the PQ is better. It sounds like color space switching issues have been resolved too.