They omitted the Nvidia Shield, which is what I purchased because it supports Kodi (formerly known as Xbmc) very well. The advantages of the shield over some of

They omitted the Nvidia Shield, which is what I purchased because it supports Kodi (formerly known as Xbmc) very well. The advantages of the shield over some of the other players: - Wired Ethernet (my TV cabinet might as well be a Faraday cage) - 4K support - Excellent Kodi support (including hardware accelerated MPEG2 broadcast HD playback without transcoding to h.264) - Blindly fast and always very responsive - IR receiver for easy integration with universal remotes - Support for Google Play video & music - I hear it also plays games, though I've never tried it. The disadvantage is that there is no Amazon Instant Video app, due to the Google / Amazon cold war and Amazon blacklisting a perfectly functional app from all Android TV devices except for Sony TVs. To work around this, I just use the craptastic built-in app in my 4K smart TV for Amazon, which means I watch less Amazon than Netflix. (In Reagan's voice: "Mr Bezos, Tear down that Wall!")