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Decent deal for the Nvidia Shield not the best ever but reasonable price given it hovers around $250 normally. Free postage with ebay plus or another $15 if not.
NVIDIA Shield TV Streaming Media Player with Remote - $223.20 C&C (Or + Delivery / Free with eBay Plus) @ Sydneytec eBay
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4foxache on 17/07/2019 - 21:36 ebay.com.au (566 clicks)
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Na cheapest recently was around $199 with remote or $278 with controller through Scorptec
it has definitely been cheaper than $199 remote only. Recently the prices are not that great…
Centrecom had a deal a while back when I picked up the Nvidia TV with remote for $168.00.
@pinkybrain: And aren't their rumors that a new version with a slightly better chip is on the horizon? Should be seeing clearance sales…
Harvey Norman have the Shield with Controller and Remote for $279:
https://www.harveynorman.com.au/nvidia-shield-tv-with-contro…
A couple of months ago it was raining Shield deals for under $170. Where have they all gone?
Last deal at $180 was back in Jan?
Time flies I guess. There were plenty deals in November last year.
Yeah like I said not the best but cheapest around at the moment if you want one. Decent price
@4foxache: Yeah I wasn't critising your deal, nothing wrong with it. I was just wondering why there was such a dip in price back then. Testament for how good the Shield is I guess, still stable in price after all this time.
They've cleared stock in preparation for a new model. They've apparently revised the X1 on a 16nm or 12nm (basically 16nm++) silicon node, which is also what's going into the updated Switch.
That should mean proper VP Profile 2 support (important for YouTube HDR), and perhaps AV1 and HFR support.
what the difference between this and Chromecast?
Chromecast will cast media from a device (phone, tablet) to your tv. This is an actual media player.
With Chromecast built in đź‘Ť
I picked up Nvidia shield the other day and it has blown me away.
Nvidia shield:
Best media player experience I've had. Super fast, no lag.Why I like it?
- Plays 4K content with no issues
- I am able to connect all my Logitech devices to it (e.g. MX Master 2s, K600, K400) to the shield (it should support any BT device)
- I then sideload Firefox Android which allows me to install any FF extension. For example I install Youtube ad blocker + uOrigin, so now I can surf Youtube/websites on my TV with zero ads.
- I have also installed heaps of apps on it and it doesn't even lag one bit, e.g. ABC, 7plus, 9now, SBS, CNN, Netflix, Hulu, Fetch, Kodi, CBSNews, Reddit, CuriosityStream, PBS/Nova US (which has hundreds of high quality docos), BBC iplayer (thousands of free TV shows), KayoSports, Spotify. Some of these require VPN, which means I also have NordVPN/PIA app installed). Nearly every app available in the Play Store should be install-able on the Shield.
- You can install Play store games and play on the TV. People say don't buy the Shield controller (use PS/XB controller) since it's a ripoff, however I've found it works really well the the NS device. Had a few friends come over to experience the Shield and they all bought one afterwards.. That's how much it impressed them.
- To top things off, this also has Chromecast built in.For media consumption, this could 100% replace my $600 NUC. Sorta regret buying Chromecast Ultra because for a little extra I could of bought another Shield. You will have zero regrets buying a shield.
And dont forget, it also plays emulators like a god, everything from snes genesis to psx dreamcast gamecube etc. Its a glorious little system.
I couldn't get anything (BBC, Netflix in particular) working with my VPN (Nord) and have many regrets buying the shield. So much so that I'm taking a 15% hit to send it back
It's not the Shields fault that you can't get BBC and I am assuming non-Australian Netflix to work with a VPN.
Generally need to default back to factory netflix app to work with vpn. As netflix app itself is building in detection
@4foxache: This peeked my interest as I just recently grabbed the Nord VPN three year deal and will need to look at setting this up, any more info?
@hey aj: On the mibox I just had to uninstall all netflix updates and revert back to the factory version, VPN then worked for everything with Nord. Remove any auto updates.
Update @UNO, you're not wrong and I was an idiot. Followed what some of the people down below suggested and succeeded. Remote still not great, but have already got a replacement for that so all good. Thanks for the brutal call out - It made me re-attempt getting it all to work.
Wierd, both work fine for me. Perhaps use a less well known VPN provider. I also have PureVPN installed on my NS and find that works fine with bbc iplayer + netflix usa. The blocks could be due to these super well known VPNs having their IPs blocked. Fr example, I could not get Hulu to work on any NordVPN connection because they were all detected/blocked, but changing it to lesser known VPNs worked fine.
Thanks for this, will investigate
I thought $199 was the new price….
I love my Nvidia Shield. Hopefully yours won't develop the stuck in 720p mode fault which alot get, including mine. People quick to blame the TV but i dunno. Rebooting and switching hdmi sockets sometimes work to get it back to full res.
Also paid $170 back via Black Friday deals.
I get that this is a media player and its different from chromecast, but what exactly does it do? I'm a little lost. Also this was on same at Shopping Square from memory for $199 with the remote.
You are amazing, thanks!
Does this have co-op games that are any good?
Just googled around and it seems not
Uh, you can just stream your games from pc on the shield and if you have steam there are plenty. It's what it was designed to do.
I don’t have a PC. I have a ps3/4 and Xbox one but finding the ps3 is still best for coop games..
I miss couch coop that’s why I jumped on Xbox one and ps4 but haven’t really found many fun games. I’m thinking more resident evil 5 style
Riptide works either split screen or on separate devices
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FYSd25aXSaQ
See also;
https://www.slant.co/topics/2027/~best-local-co-op-games-for…https://www.androidauthority.com/best-local-multiplayer-game…
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAndroidTV/comments/8vl7oq/mul…
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAndroidTV/comments/6wg4pn/nvi…
https://www.reddit.com/r/theNvidiaShield/comments/33znz7/loc…
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAndroidTV/comments/7vuh7q/jus…
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/969028/best-multipl…
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAndroidTV/comments/a2fyl/best…
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/themes-apps/couch…
These are turn based multiplayer and probably need to be sideloaded and use a mouse and/or keyboard as they are touch based. I've installed these on my MiBox. Not cheap but look for them on humble bundle every now and then…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asmodeedig…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daysofwond…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ravensburg… - this can be played across devices
is this the new android Oreo version?
Isn't that around the price with controller? I think I paid $170 for mine with only the remote.