You can access most of the popular streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, Google Play Movies & TV, YouTube plus plenty besides. There’s a wealth of content to explore on the Shield TV Pro. Nvidia Shield TV Pro (2019) review: Content and performance Some file formats that don’t support hardware-accelerated transcoding on the Shield TV Pro will perform less well, however. The extra power of the Tegra X1+ chip means it’s able to take some video file types – H.264, H.265 (HEVC) and MPEG 2, for example – and transcode them on the fly for instant streaming. Although most promotional shots depict the Shield TV as standing upright, I found that I preferred to lie it flat because it’s easily toppled by the forces of tugging cables.Īs mentioned earlier, this year’s edition of the Shield TV Pro has a meagre 16GB of storage, but at least Nvidia has designed the Shield TV Pro (2019) to act as a Plex Media Server, and it comes with the Plex software pre-installed.
The chassis is plastic through and through but it feels well constructed.
The Shield TV Pro (2019) is a chunky, wedge-shaped device that’s over twice the height and three times the width of the standard model.
Nvidia Shield TV Pro (2019) review: Design Bear in mind, though, that it’s not as versatile as Nvidia’s Shield TV devices and lacks Now TV. Elsewhere, the Google Chromecast Ultra goes for roughly £69, although it doesn’t provide access to Amazon’s Prime Video service.įor the full Amazon experience, including Alexa-driven smart speaker capabilities, the £110 Amazon Fire TV Cube is also worth a look. At £180 from Amazon, it’s still a hefty investment, and it’s not without its flaws.īut do you need to pay anywhere near this much? A device such as the Roku Premiere delivers excellent 4K HDR streaming for only £40 and supports all the major streaming services. It has 32GB of internal storage and support for HDR10, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. The main competitor in this price bracket is the Apple 4K TV, a compact set-top box powered by Apple’s A11 Bionic chip. Like the Shield TV Pro, the TV can double as a Plex server.
It also has fewer ports but its storage is expandable via microSD. That unit has the same Tegra X1+ CPU and video capabilities as the Pro but only 2GB RAM and 8GB internal storage. If that’s too much for you, there’s a cheaper Shield TV, also with an all-new design, for a more reasonable £150.
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