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Should I putchase a 4-year-old nVidia TV Pro, another technology, or wait for next Gen? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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It's my birthday, and I want the upscaling, the single platform, the flexibility (sailing the high seas), but it's soooo old. $200? IDK

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[–] iMike 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I sold mine due to video stuttering that I couldn’t fix, I bought fire cube instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bleh, good luck with all the advertisers and shitty interface.

[–] iMike 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What ads? I don’t notice any really. I think the interface is great, I’ve got my pinned apps straight away on the home screen, everything loads instantly and I’ve got dedicated buttons on the remote for Netflix and Disney+, don’t need anything else and I use my laptop for Plex server.

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[–] phx 2 points 1 year ago

Look for one used. They tend to pop up fairly regularly around here

[–] Babalugats 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have a look at the Nokia TV Box. Great bit of kit. Sturdy and well built remote. I wouldn't buy a used shield for sure. And the old Nvidia shield is pretty much the same spec as the latest one IIRC. There's not much between them. The shield often drops in price on Amazon too (Europe).

I haven't heard of anything newer coming out soon from Nvidia and for the price difference I would definitely go for the Nokia, allowing you to also save your cash if Nvidia do bring out a new version.

[–] tomkatt 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Shield TV should still dramatically outperform the chipset in the Nokia box. Shield will do everything it does and more, and runs a higher Android version.

https://gadgetversus.com/processor/amlogic-s905x3-vs-nvidia-tegra-x1-plus-t210b01/

[–] Babalugats 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not doubting that the shield TV would be a superior box. But just that I wouldn't buy a used one, and for the money the Nokia box is a great box, well built until OP can decide to buy a new shield or at least wait until new shield is mentioned or released.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Raspberry pi and kodi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I couldn't find one for the longest time because of high demand and low production output during the pandemic. I was able to find a refurbished one in a small local computer shop.

I'm really glad I bought it. It's a great multimedia station for my tv and you can even stream your games from your PC to your tv using Steam.

The only caveat is that you are limited in what applications you can install and it's difficult to install app from the drive.

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