I've got a few ShieldTV boxes, only because they satisfy the "apps" method to view content as well as good support for Kodi with SMB/CIFS shares and most modern

I've got a few ShieldTV boxes, only because they satisfy the "apps" method to view content as well as good support for Kodi with SMB/CIFS shares and most modern media encoding. DIY options mostly suck and don't support high resolution streaming services well. The game is pretty rigged and it all sucks. I have one home device (the little puck) setup to work with a chromecast audio in the same room for playing music. But they discontinued chromecast audio devices, which I think were pretty great.