Nvidia SHIELD TV 2.0 update bringing some requested codecs

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Nvidia SHIELD TV 2.0 update bringing some requested codecs

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Post by Ed  » Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:48 pm

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Post by RyC » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:03 pm

Man I might get one of these now to replace a NUC handling Kodi duties

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Post by RyC » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:11 pm

Reading a little bit more, looks like we have to wait for the apps to be updated to support pass through audio. Still looks like it's becoming a nearly perfect box for local content/streaming!

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Post by Ed  » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:17 pm

RyC wrote:Reading a little bit more, looks like we have to wait for the apps to be updated to support pass through audio. Still looks like it's becoming a nearly perfect box for local content/streaming!
Yes, but to be expected that they would need and probably will get updated, especially Plex seeing as it's native to the SHIELD. XBMC guys also are usually on top of those things with the shield.

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Post by STC » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:23 pm

Man, they made it look ugly.

WAF would score negative points on that one....
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Post by Ed  » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:27 pm

STC wrote:Man, they made it look ugly.

WAF would score negative points on that one....
It's slim as hell and altogether pretty small. You don't really notice it with the device light off in settings. At least we don't. It's like the size of 3 of my Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 stacked on top of each other.

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Post by RyC » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:32 pm

Ed  wrote:
RyC wrote:Reading a little bit more, looks like we have to wait for the apps to be updated to support pass through audio. Still looks like it's becoming a nearly perfect box for local content/streaming!
Yes, but to be expected that they would need and probably will get updated, especially Plex seeing as it's native to the SHIELD. XBMC guys also are usually on top of those things with the shield.
Yeah I know, just made me pause for a second before hitting the buy button on Amazon immediately, which is probably a good thing :D

Will wait for reviews, but it looks like Kodi is already working great on the Shield TV, just no passthrough HD audio (until now!)

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Post by Ed  » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:28 pm

Also, it's available officially in Europe now, and comes preloaded with the BBC Android TV apps (not available to all Android TV devices, only on Nvidia, Phillips and Sony Android TVs).

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Post by Ed  » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:07 pm

DVBLink demo of Live Channels/Android TV integration:

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https://forum.dvblogic.com/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=30679

Maybe mods can move all the Android TV threads into one main thread or a sub forum? Couldn't decide where to post this.

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Post by STC » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:29 pm

That clicky remote would drive me nuts.
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Post by Ed  » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:33 pm

STC wrote:That clicky remote would drive me nuts.
Sounds like the default Nexus Player remote. It's cheap and plasticy (like it sounds). I use my Harmony 300i/350 remotes <3

Only thing good on the Nexus Player remotes are the Microphone/Mic button/voice support.

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