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And this has built in Chromecast. I love my Shield.

2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
I love that my home screen is now jammed full of bullshit and it cannot be used without a Google account and if you use your personal Google account Nvidia needs a ton of permissions. Other than that I actually do the love the little device but I feel more and more jerked around when I shell out only to have junk foisted on me later.
- lizknope 4y ago
  All the ads on the home screen suck now. When I first got my shield I made another account just for it because I didn't want it connected with the rest of my google stuff.
- scarface74 4y ago
  I thought about getting a Shield. But only as a low maintenance Plex Server appliance. I wouldn’t voluntarily look at any interface on my TV designed by an ad company. I have a few Roku TVs around my house and I recommend them to most people. But I also have AppleTVs connected to my most used TVs.
  - zbrozek 4y ago
    Rasplex?
    - scarface74 4y ago
      Rasplex is a Plex client not a server. Installing a Plex server involves these steps on a Raspberry https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-media-player/ https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-media-player/ As opposed to just going to the Google Play store and installing it on the Shield a getting updates. Besides the Raspberry is going to struggle transcoding, the Shield supports hardware transcoding for Plex.
      - zbrozek 4y ago
        Apologies for the bad idea. I've grown used to people not properly differentiating between server and client use cases.
- VTimofeenko 4y ago
  I believe the ads are built into the launcher and can be removed by using adb to replace the launcher app.
icelancer 4y ago
Their customer service is awful. You have to downgrade the Chromecast built-in on all new models to get it working with certain apps, and there's nothing on the forums about it. Hulu Live TV app is broken, forums are full of posts, absolutely nothing Nvidia is doing about it besides posting broken English instructions to reformat the device. My friend sold me hard on the Nvidia Shield PRO and I went with two to replace my house's Rokus. Two weeks into all the problems, I reconnected the Roku for all the streaming services, the Shield is for Plex only. Pretty disappointed.

I love that my home screen is now jammed full of bullshit and it cannot be used without a Google account and if you use your personal Google account Nvidia needs a ton of permissions. Other than that I actually do the love the little device but I feel more and more jerked around when I shell out only to have junk foisted on me later.

lizknope 4y ago
All the ads on the home screen suck now. When I first got my shield I made another account just for it because I didn't want it connected with the rest of my google stuff.
scarface74 4y ago
I thought about getting a Shield. But only as a low maintenance Plex Server appliance. I wouldn’t voluntarily look at any interface on my TV designed by an ad company. I have a few Roku TVs around my house and I recommend them to most people. But I also have AppleTVs connected to my most used TVs.
- zbrozek 4y ago
  Rasplex?
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Rasplex is a Plex client not a server. Installing a Plex server involves these steps on a Raspberry https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-media-player/ https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-media-player/ As opposed to just going to the Google Play store and installing it on the Shield a getting updates. Besides the Raspberry is going to struggle transcoding, the Shield supports hardware transcoding for Plex.
    - zbrozek 4y ago
      Apologies for the bad idea. I've grown used to people not properly differentiating between server and client use cases.
VTimofeenko 4y ago
I believe the ads are built into the launcher and can be removed by using adb to replace the launcher app.

icelancer 4y ago

Their customer service is awful. You have to downgrade the Chromecast built-in on all new models to get it working with certain apps, and there's nothing on the forums about it. Hulu Live TV app is broken, forums are full of posts, absolutely nothing Nvidia is doing about it besides posting broken English instructions to reformat the device. My friend sold me hard on the Nvidia Shield PRO and I went with two to replace my house's Rokus. Two weeks into all the problems, I reconnected the Roku for all the streaming services, the Shield is for Plex only. Pretty disappointed.