Getting the shield for Xmas as a prezzie of my daughters. Decided to go for this as I like the idea of the AI upscaling from my iptv
@ baz is the upscaling any good with iptv as was unsure if I would see a difference iptv
At the time i bought my sheild tv they were selling the sheild tv only for £90 and i bought the remote for £30 and a couple of weeks later currys were selling the sheild tv for £120. so to me the extra was not worth it. for a few usb ports and a extra gig of ram. I just added a 125 gig sd card for storage that i had lying around. but horses for courses i suppose. I have a seedbox which i just connect to kodi which is just as good as plex.There is more to the Pro version than a bit of Gaming!! Extra Ram and built in storage!!
Also has two usb ports so storage options is increased! You can host your own media platform like Plex!! And it can integrate to smart hub facilities! I don't do gaming but the listed extras are well worth the extra £40
I host my Plex and have a Seedbox that's connected to my Plex which is ideal. I can just share Media remotely without having to piss around with any physical hard ware.At the time i bought my sheild tv they were selling the sheild tv only for £90 and i bought the remote for £30 and a couple of weeks later currys were selling the sheild tv for £120. so to me the extra was not worth it. for a few usb ports and a extra gig of ram. I just added a 125 gig sd card for storage that i had lying around. but horses for courses i suppose. I have a seedbox which i just connect to kodi which is just as good as plex.
I don't need a seed box!! But have integrated to smart hub!! 2 tb laptop hddnand 256gb usb stick! Plus it's pretty future proof!!At the time i bought my sheild tv they were selling the sheild tv only for £90 and i bought the remote for £30 and a couple of weeks later currys were selling the sheild tv for £120. so to me the extra was not worth it. for a few usb ports and a extra gig of ram. I just added a 125 gig sd card for storage that i had lying around. but horses for courses i suppose. I have a seedbox which i just connect to kodi which is just as good as plex.
I sold my shield maybe 4 yrs ago , I hated the user interface , am assuming it has had hopefully a radical update since then . I switched to apple tv 4k , which is much more user friendly and more attractive on the tv screen. But of course app choice limitations are a factor. Now as time goes on , the wife and I have to use subtitles when watching TV and the apple tv doesnt support subs on BBC iplayer which is game changer for both of us , so temporarily I have replaced it with a firestick on the main tv , she doesnt watch my IPTV and doesn't watch any live tv other than through the apps. iplayer,itv player my4 etc. So it works fine for her and the fire tv supports subs in iplayer.
So inb my room am looking to replace H9S with maybe a Formuler box although 2gb ram puts me off . Still looking , Looked at "Buzz" but that grey/black live tv app doesn't appeal at all.
What it will not do is upscale to 4k quality. It will take 720 to 1080 and sd to 720 quality. quite a bit will depend on the initial quality of the providers streams. Most providers claim they stream in full HD but they don't that is where you will notice the difference. In a nutshell if all is set up properly the pic quality should be as good as the the old c/s days.OK let's get it back on track, I liked the Nvidia Shield and its upscaling which is brilliant. I'd probably get another in time to come but for IPTV I prefer the Formuler GTV.
I'd say picture quality is slightly better on the Nvidia but what the Formuler lacks in that slight quality loss it names up for in the interface and iptv app.
In a perfect world
Nvidia for YouTube Netflix
Formuler iptv
All running on a new oled tv
Plus a Bose surround sound system
Then,
I woke up
Its quality vs interface , don't get me wrong I like the Nvidia but for now I watch more iptv so I've chosen the easy to use interface over a slight and I mean slight picture improvement.
Nvidias good, but not cartwheel good
Probably the app you were using. Did it say AI upscailing unsuported? It works on all channels with tivimate app for me.I kept getting a message
Unable to upscale this stream
Or words to that effect especially in iptv.
Now I'm not sure if the was me and the way I had it set up but it was quite selective what it would upscale