The only issue I have is that the power adapter makes a buzzing sound but other than that it's a great streaming media player.

so yes it is a good streaming player with a sound problem that nvidia has no solution for

GodVidia Shield TV is a amazing video player for watching 4k videos, youtube clips and iptv (realtime channel App & tvheadend combination)

If your looking for an easy-ish player that’ll help your life out to no end look no further, the Shield is hands down the best mainstream device!

I love that VLC the most compatible player in the world, works seamlessly on the Shield, just like on my computers for the past 15 years or so.

The Shield remains as the best all round streaming device, if you're interested in getting Android TV into your entertainment setup

However, if high quality audio is not issue for you or you don't have an audio system, save your money and buy a much cheaper streaming device or streaming stick.

:This is hands-down the best tv streaming device out there

Just another streaming box that struggles to play local NAS video files

dont buy an inferior streaming device with an outdated clunky interface

Purchased this product July 5 one month later product would just die on me

I'll never buy another NVIDIA product again, horrible support.

Overall, it is a great product and I wouldn't hesitate to get another one.

As for the reviewer that insists this is a "great" product and shouldn't 1 star a review for it being defective, eat your Nvidia Player

I can't recommend that anyone buy anything from this company that doesn't support their products!

There is a SmartThings usb add-on for direct control of zwave and zigbee products or a USB TV tuner addon for the best quality HDTV you can get over an antenna

Good looking opening interface; very future looking, great picture quality, very good if you are a gamer

It screams "Quality!

as fast, amazing quality, easy to use, LOVE the ability to type with the phone app instead of scrolling through each letter and hitting select

1st, the hardware is top quality & best option regarding the SoC & Ram

Although it has a very smooth interface, it is over priced, and very limited

dont buy an inferior streaming device with an outdated clunky interface

The interface is horrid compared to Roku's for streaming channels

The interface was especially built and optimized for the hardware, and everything just works seamlessly

Good looking opening interface; very future looking, great picture quality, very good if you are a gamer

Remains the best Android TV box in the market to this date

:This is hands-down the best tv streaming device out there

I will probably return it and buy a less expensive Android TV box

I wanted a true upgradeable google android tv and this is it

We have a smart TV so didn't really need a "fancy" streaming device (we're not gamers), but we really love this thing

Adding a USB drive for extra storage was fairly straightforward - however after allowing the unit to format the drive - did not work.

the unit works fine when it works, but i still got too much buffering and can't give it a top rating.

the Nvidia unit is great, still works well and the voice commands works well too

Is this unit more expensive than most of the competition

Now I know why the guy recommended this unit rather than the hundreds of cheaper options

So here I am stuck with this expensive little box sitting in my garage

Remains the best Android TV box in the market to this date

Those bad reviews must be some bad boxes or bad wi-fi...because this box screams

This is one of the most expensive boxes and for the price, it is somewhat disappointing as Nvidia has obviously partnered with google and made their box proprietary as the "google play" that is part of the internal software will not allow apps such as "firefox, amazon music and so forth" to be installed or even located on google play

These are people who don't understand and don't know how to use a powerful Android box.

However, if high quality audio is not issue for you or you don't have an audio system, save your money and buy a much cheaper streaming device or streaming stick.

All consider, the Nvidia Shield Android TV is an excellent streaming device

I have had the device for 3 months and it has failed already.

dont buy an inferior streaming device with an outdated clunky interface

The best Android TV device on the market and one of the best streaming devices by far

And google voice needs more work, and i hate the oreo update

Worked fine for a couple of weeks, but then, the remote stopped working

Streaming worked once... now even with cat 6 ethernet cables on a gig interface, it's lag city

Fast! work grate with kodi, stbEmu and all others, plus would be some numpad functionality

the HDMI CEC works fine which means you can use your tv remote instead of this remote

The Shield is like driving a Ferrari after driving a Pinto.

Well the shield not only is efficiently capable of 4k transcoding, but includes plex media server already installed.

Though I have apple 4K TV streaming device, as Prime Video was not supported at that time, I bought Nvidia Shield 2017

and now after 30 plus days the Shield looses its picture with static

Well the shield not only is efficiently capable of 4k transcoding, but includes plex media server already installed.

apps works fine as well but you'll have to jump through some hoops to get non "TV" apps to work correctly.

Any apps that don’t have an equivalent for big-screen TVs are disabled

This product does not tell you that the apps available are severely limited

Google should've just used regular android with a custom TV launcher.the android TV store is basically empty compared to the regular store, installing APKs is possible but is very annoying, and getting the apps to show up on the homescreen, also annoying, installing Chrome is possible, then you have to use a keyboard and mouse AND remote as there is no back button

Just not enough "horsepower" under the hood to run difficult apps

Highly expandable with Plex, smart things, you can add Tasker or cf.lumen and even root the device

you get what you pay for with this thing Highly recommended

We have a smart TV so didn't really need a "fancy" streaming device (we're not gamers), but we really love this thing

A good thing about it has tons of ram which in turn allows for you to have multiple apps open at the same time.- Device Manager

The biggest thing is my Plex app on the Shield is not working very

Those bad reviews must be some bad boxes or bad wi-fi...because this box screams

As far as giving it a bad review because it’s too expensive: you knew how much it cost and paid for it

As for the reviewer that insists this is a "great" product and shouldn't 1 star a review for it being defective, eat your Nvidia Player

Blows the doors off everything else...ignore the the bad reviews, Im so glad I did

Rather than believe the glowing reviews here, believe what you hear from folks who have owned this device for a long time

I looked online and there is some known issue I tried the fix it works better but is still not the best

This is a known issue on the forums.7) Transferring files over the local network to the Shield is a literal nightmare as the device does not show up on the network half the time

, I really enjoy this Media player, It's 4K capable

Vudu constantly buffers during playback; which has been a known issue since the Oreo update, but no fix.3

Using Shield -> Receiver -> TV, just have to make sure the receiver is 4K capable and use high quality HDMI cables that can process 60hz.

And of the best part is the adding of an external portable hard drive

I connected it to an external hard drive to increase my space

As a TV, Movie, Video, and retro-games media center though, the Shield TV and an external hard drive are the best possible option out there

You can plug-and-play an external hard drive, and transfer files to and from other computers and drives on your network

And of the best part is the adding of an external portable hard drive