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Big price drop. Probably the best media player at the moment. Even my old 2015 still working fine.

Extra $10 off ($238) by paying with NAB or Citibank credit card.

  • The Best of the Best. The world’s most powerful Android TV streaming media player upgraded to Android TV version 11. Enhance HD video in real-time to 4K for clearer, crisper visuals using next-generation AI upscaling. 2x USB 3.0 ports for storage expansion, USB cameras, keyboards, controllers, and more. Plex Media Server built-in, 3 GB RAM, and 16 GB storage
  • Dolby Vision - Atmos. Bring your home theater to life with Dolby Vision HDR, and surround sound with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus—delivering ultra-vivid picture quality and immersive audio
  • 4K HDR Content. Get the most 4K content of any streaming media player. Watch Netflix, Amazon Video, Apple TV+, Disney+ and Google Play Movies & TV in crisp 4K HDR, and YouTube, Hulu, and more in 4K. Stream from your phone with built-in Chromecast 4K.
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  • kirt on 05/07/2025 - 09:00
    +12

    Looks like they're matching Harvey Norman:

    https://www.harveynorman.com.au/nvidia-shield-tv-pro-4k-hdr-…

    • salem on 05/07/2025 - 09:22
      +50

      I remember when Gerry was the Big Bad rich person I wanted to avoid buying from. Now I boycott him by buying from…. Bezos. What have I become?! D:

      • M00Cow on 05/07/2025 - 09:29
        +51

        you enemy's enemy is also your enemy.

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 05/07/2025 - 09:55
        +1

        But it was a good price 😭

      • eggboi on 05/07/2025 - 11:19
        +4

        Yeah but Gerry hasn't brought us such notable events as: Katy Perry In "Space"! (100km high, only 25% of the altitude of the ISS, or 0.5% of the average GPS satellite)

      • FujinShu on 06/07/2025 - 18:51
        +1

        Just price match with JB instead. His loss for being a craphead.
        EDIT: I am aware so far that JB doesn’t sell this. Please don’t catch me out on this fact.

      • lonewolf on 06/07/2025 - 19:00
        +2

        Gerry brought GST to overseas purchases for us as well as then took tax payer money during covid when he made record profits and then never returned them when he was asked to. There are different levels of bad.

    • Employeedrasticmeasures1337 @ Amazon AU on 05/07/2025 - 17:00
      +1

      Thanks, great tip, was able to get one near me!

    • sonify on 05/07/2025 - 18:11

      just missed out on this bummer :(

  • fatty99 on 05/07/2025 - 09:01

    Is it worth it getting this if i already have a google streamer is it lots better?

    • TheDukeOfNukem on 05/07/2025 - 09:02
      +4

      Depends on your use. If the Google one does everything you need, then no, don't bother…but yes, it's lots better.

      • PainToad on 05/07/2025 - 09:05
        +6

        Specs wise. Unless your gaming or using emulators you’re not going to notice a difference in real world usage.

        And even for emulation I’d argue an old Optiplex is better option.

    • gizmomelb on 05/07/2025 - 09:07
      +10

      my personal opinion - no. But then again I use a mini pc (intel n100 based) for streaming and local gaming. It passes through Dolby Atmos and every other audio format you can think of (plus it will of course convert them to stereo whatever you want if you don't have a surround sound processor or soundbar), it does support up to HDR10+ video output but it does NOT support Dolby Vision (no Home Theatre PC does, as it is not licenced).
      I have windows and linux apps or plugins for most major streaming services (I only use Netflix and Youtube really, occasionally SBS and ABC iview), otherwise I stream from my local Jellyfin library using with the Jellyfin Player or the Jellyfin plugin for Kodi.
      Mini PC cost me $180 2 years ago.
      For local games playing it handles emulators up to Wii U/ Dreamcast / PS2 upscaled to 1080p nicely. If I want to play AAA games from my PC I stream from that PC to this using moonlight.

      • Azif on 05/07/2025 - 09:09
        +1

        How do you control yours? I have a spare n95

        • gizmomelb on 05/07/2025 - 09:14
          +8

          I was using a USB wifi remote control (which I'd previously used with my amlogic s905 android media player for years.. (similar to the Simplecom RT150 wifi mouse on amazon) but a few months ago I made a HDMI-CEC to USB adaptor from a github project (cost about $30) so my tv remote also controls the mini PC when using the media player apps etc. For games I have an old xbox 360 joystick connected.

          • gizmomelb on 05/07/2025 - 10:14
            +5

            @gizmomelb: updating this.
            I chose the mini PC as it supports AV1 hardware decoding, which is a CODEC I'm seeing used more often as it shrinks video so much better than x265 and doesn't need a licence (ie: x265 support was removed from synology as they didn't want to have to pay the licence fee)
            I use Batocera (a linux based emulation front end, which has Kodi 'built in' and I use the Batocera Unofficial Addon script to add in a heap of other features (flatpak installs etc.) and even desktop mode so I can use chrome browser etc. if I want to. Plus in a usb wifi/bt mouse and you can run old windows games in WINE as well. You can set Kodi as first boot app so you dont even need to see the batocera front end (or just use LibreElec and boot direct into Kodi , but you don't have the flexibility of desktop and apps).

          • whatisk on 05/07/2025 - 14:27
            +1

            @gizmomelb: Do you have a link to the Github you used?

      • solidussnake on 05/07/2025 - 09:30

        So how does one play dolby vision rips ? Ive tried directly through the tv via network and still no luck. Plex doesnt seem to support it either

        • gizmomelb on 05/07/2025 - 09:37

          DV rips should still have the HDR10 data embedded so it's a just a try different media players and hope.
          I have found that windows support for DV is 'better' because you can usually run various CODEC packs to handle badly encoded DV (ie: the ripper has stripped out the HDR10 data to save space), but if you absolutlely need DV output then any android media box with the licence should just work (even the cheap $50 ones).

          • Bruceflix on 05/07/2025 - 09:56
            +1

            @gizmomelb: DoVi profile 8 does not have hdr10 metadata

            • gizmomelb on 05/07/2025 - 10:04

              @Bruceflix: @Bruceflix ahh thanks for the info. It's usually easy enough to source alternate encodes of public domain media with the full data that your screen / audio gear needs (or transcode it with plex or jellyfin).

        • Bruceflix on 05/07/2025 - 09:54

          If you want to be able to play dolby vision profile 7 (usually bluray remux) there are only a few devices capable. Ugoos amb6+ flashed with coreelec is one of them

        • h047j9fg9j83p on 05/07/2025 - 11:26
          +1

          I use ugoos am6b+ . Ignore this nvidia shield 2019(!!!) e-waste. My CoreELEC flashed Ugoos am6b+ Plays DV remuxes perfectly with Jellyfin server. Admiring the MGS2 name btw

        • chromium on 05/07/2025 - 15:03
          +1

          I play them using Kodi on my NVIDIA Shield Pro

      • jztilly on 05/07/2025 - 16:56
        +1

        sounds like a wife's worst nightmare

        • gizmomelb on 06/07/2025 - 14:09

          not if she's a gamer.

    • brillliantgoldmask on 05/07/2025 - 10:29
      +4

      The use-case might be niche; for me, I want to be able to stream my 4K content from my NAS to my TV, with Dolby Vision/Atmos, and nothing else can do this outside of the Shield unless you have your PC directly connected to your TV.

      • Sean8802 on 05/07/2025 - 10:51
        +2

        Biggest issue with using a mini PC with windows / Linux is for older people you have a clunky UI compared to something that runs Android TV aka the Shield

        • Nom on 05/07/2025 - 13:23
          +1

          No, you install LibreElec and then the UI is big and suitable for old people. Plug in a USB IR receiver so you can use it with a remote control.

        • gizmomelb on 06/07/2025 - 14:03

          Of course you need your PC directly connected to the TV, same as if you're plugging in a shield or other android media player (btw: my old Amlogic S905 no name based android media player could handle DV decoding quitw happily, I decided to replace it with a mini PC though as after a bit of testing I couldn't discern the difference between DV and HDR10+ on my TV (LG OLED.. cant recall model number ottomh) and the PC reponsiveness was light years faster than any of the media players I tried (and I did have access to an nvidia shield around 2023, I wasn't that impressed with it tbh).

          You can use a USB wifi mouse like I did on both my PCs, OG Xbox and later Amlogic android based media players.

          When I went back to using a PC I made a HDMI-CEC to USB converter so I can use my TV remote control over HDMI-CEC - https://github.com/gkoh/pico-cec

          Mostly I boot into Kodi and use the tv remote control to 'drive' it, I can exit KODI back into Batocera and then I use the xbox joystick to select and play games.

        • gizmomelb on 06/07/2025 - 14:12

          you don't boot direct into linux/windows desktop mode.. you use a front end program that is specifically designed for a '10 foot interface' so that you can control it easily on a tv screen without needing a mouse or keyboard.

          I suggest you google 'libreelec' - you can install it to a USB stick and it'll boot directly into KODI (and you can have other media apps which you need to set up yourself), so easy to give it a try and see.

      • Pidgeon on 05/07/2025 - 11:17

        This is my use case.

      • nico8amy on 05/07/2025 - 17:54

        Suggest you look into ugoos am6plus and corelogic set up. Cost me less than 160.

      • Employeedrasticmeasures1337 @ Amazon AU on 07/07/2025 - 21:51

        FireTV 4k sticks can do this (been using one for a few years now), but just got the Shield this sale and it's definitely better / more complete / has tons more options.

        Steam Link streaming runs like crap on FireTV sticks though, it's smooth riding with the Shield.

    • bennettbackward on 07/07/2025 - 07:37

      It is much better than the google streamer for streaming games from your PC using Moonlight. If I wasn't using it for that I would go back to the google streamer. The shield uses android 11 so it feels a bit dated.

  • TheDukeOfNukem on 05/07/2025 - 09:01
    +10

    God, I remember the SHIELD. That thing kicked ass. Still probably does. Whatever the last big major update like 3 or 4 years ago was poopoo'd mine for me. Made a bunch of emulators run shittier and a few different things and by then I had DevMode on Xbox and moved on anyway. But by God, it was incredible nearly 10 years ago having a tiny little box play GameCube games so well. Godspeed, NVIDIA SHIELD.

    I must say though, it seems ridiculous to still be going for this price. They were 200 years ago and even that was more than I paid in 2016/2017 (yes, I know the 2019 refresh but still)

    • PainToad on 05/07/2025 - 09:06
      -4

      Yeah. Dev mode is now free on Xbox too. More people need to know about it.

      • TheDukeOfNukem on 05/07/2025 - 09:09

        Damn, had no idea about it becoming free. Does it still have the three console limit? I might sign my main account up to it and throw DM on the other Xboxes in the house yet to join up. Got an X, two S's, and a couple Ones floating around. Only real problem with doing it on an Xbox One is the boot times take a hot (profanity) minute, hard to go back to. At least I did it via Turkey and paid like $2.50 or so, maybe less, even if I spent the full twenty though, I'd have got my money back ten fold over the years in use.

      • TheDukeOfNukem on 05/07/2025 - 09:27
        +2

        Maybe I did something wrong, I'm not particularly fussed, but I just tried to sign up and it's still wanting to slug me $21, knowing me it probably goes live in a week or something and I didn't look lol

    • Bruceflix on 05/07/2025 - 09:58

      Wait, i can run emulators on my xbox? How?!

    • bleach1st on 05/07/2025 - 11:44

      Yeah, I bought mine back in 2018. It was great when I purchased it but the enshitification cycle of Google TV drove this in device into the ground. I migrated myself to a more traditional Media PC to get away from the Google TV ecosystem. It now collects dust. So sad, as this device was so easy and simple to use.

      • BradH13 on 05/07/2025 - 12:57
        +4

        What enshitification cycle? My Shield is better and snappier today than the day I bought it many many years ago.

        If you're talking about the home screen getting ads, that's a feature in my opinion. That's how I find out what has come out lately and to 'find' it.

  • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:01
    -8

    2019? But why? Whats this thing?

    • PainToad on 05/07/2025 - 09:07
      +18

      Whats this thing?

      Nvidia Shield TV Pro 4K HDR Android TV Media Player

        • PainToad on 05/07/2025 - 09:08
          +12

          Not running Android modified by Amazon.

          Higher performance.

          Does this really matter? Up to you.

            • safrane on 05/07/2025 - 09:37

              @Zeee: The problem is that no one really wants a high performance Android TV box that's not a console, Switch or Steam Deck.

              All the manufacturers are making are the cheapest devices with 4K HDR Netflix support, a smooth interface (lol @ Chromecast after subsequent updates) and some smart home functionality. Higher-powered Android boxes for Kodi are for the shady side of the market (e.g. pirated sports streaming) which no reputable manufacturer wants to touch.

              That's why the Nvidia Shield 2019 is still king today, because the performance was so far ahead of its time with the cast-off chips from the Switch 1.

        • salem on 05/07/2025 - 09:16
          +5

          I went down this rabbit hole last week after setting up a 4k TV (I'd been on a 1080p TV up to then). Some of my legitimately format shifted backup video files in Dolby Vision and HDR10+ hevc mkv wouldn't play video (black screen but would have audio …. sometimes) through jellyfin on my fire TV stick 4k max. Spent hours looking into it, and found that "third party apps" were unable to access full decoders on it. The jellyfin plugin on Kodi on the fire stick handled things a bit better format wise, but a bit juddery on some high motion scenes. Also I just prefer the native jellyfin interface these days.

          All the reading I could find was that Apple TV or NVIDIA shield Pro were the two best options for Dolby vision/HDR10+ with digital audio passthrough to my receiver. I'd just set up a camelcamelcamel alert for it a few days ago, and here we are!

          • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:17
            -7

            @salem: Too complicated stuff u r doing… I have g5 lg… And fire stick max… What else do i need

            • salem on 05/07/2025 - 09:19

              @Zeee: I've only got the LG C5 . If the fire stick is playing all the media you have/want, and the streaming services you like, you don't need the NVIDIA.

            • goodwillN1 on 05/07/2025 - 09:29

              @Zeee: You still have that problem. No Dolby Vision rips for you…

              • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:31
                -5

                @goodwillN1: Whats that needed for

                • goodwillN1 on 05/07/2025 - 09:32

                  @Zeee: I have a G5 as well. Can't play shit on that. I also have the Fire Stick. Still not good. I am tempted to buy this over attempting to overwrite the software in one of the Dune boxes to get the Dolby Vision playback on videos not from streaming services .

                  Dolby Vision is needed to actually enjoy all that extra brightness you paid for in the G5.

                  • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:37

                    @goodwillN1: In short thsts just a codec… Why lg dont give us that?

                    • goodwillN1 on 05/07/2025 - 12:31

                      @Zeee: License fees. LG does support Dolby Vision and it is paid but their built in player is shit and can't play many formats. Not many good third party players available for it and they cannot access the licensed feature.

                      • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 17:54

                        @goodwillN1: Its a serious problem, pay so much and get both

                  • Mark365 on 06/07/2025 - 02:07

                    @goodwillN1: I have a c4 and this shield box, some or msot DV film are dark. The reason i bought dune hd 8k, and its all fine.

          • rarelyscene on 05/07/2025 - 09:30

            @salem: Pretty sure Shield Pro doesn't do HDR10+, I recall this from when I went down a similar deep dive after getting a Samsung OLED haha.

            • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:38

              @rarelyscene: Then no good

            • salem on 07/07/2025 - 13:13

              @rarelyscene: Looks like you're right! HDR10 and Dolby Vision are the only ones mentioned. FFS, why is there no device that ticks ALL the boxes??? Lol. Anyway it's so much smoother than the fire TV 4k max was, and I don't think I've seen anything so far that's HDR10+ that didn't also have a Dolby vision option, so probably very small real world impact on me. Most annoying thing so far was needing to sign into Google before I could pair my Bluetooth keyboard which makes things like signing into Google easier….

              • rarelyscene on 07/07/2025 - 20:13
                +1

                @salem: I think the Fire TV Cube 3 does both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, not sure if this includes all DV profiles though, my TV does not support it so I did not research any further. I believe TVs usually only support one or the other so as long as the device matches the TV then supporting both is not necessarily needed.

                The other factor is whether the device passes through Dolby TrueHD and DTS:X if you have a capable audio setup, the Fire Cube did the former from release and I believe it got a firmware update to support the latter.

                After I moved a year ago, my brother has my TV, while my sound system and Fire Cube are in storage so I'm not across the latest state of play. Was a fun little project at the time.

                • salem on 08/07/2025 - 08:36
                  +1

                  @rarelyscene: My little rabbit hole with Perplexity AI had "third party" apps like Jellyfin being unable to access the Dolby vision components on Fire devices, including the cube. But top apps like Prime Video and Netflix maybe could? I didn't actually check those sources so maybe I got mislead by a hallucination. Either way I've got a Shield now and turned off ozbargain alerts for the Cube!

                  My receiver (Denon avc-X3800H) does do DTS dtsX etc, but I've yet to find content that has it (and I still need to wire up the rear speakers - it's winter now so getting in the ceiling won't kill me with heat stroke!)

  • Jklaro on 05/07/2025 - 09:01
    +8

    Back in 2023 i purchased this thinking they most likely bring a new one out not long after i bought it. Like clearing out stock for new shield. 2 years later still nothing.

    • PainToad on 05/07/2025 - 09:07

      Most likely waiting for the Switch 2 to release since it will probably have similar internals.

      • safrane on 05/07/2025 - 09:42

        I doubt Nvidia could, now that the chips are now so much more expensive to fabricate (meaning they will keep a close eye on Switch 2 QA to minimize cast-offs, instead of putting out a $350+ Shield 2025) and there's so much money in AI.

    • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:08
      -2

      They have discontinued

  • adrianhughes1998 on 05/07/2025 - 09:10
    +1

    This or Xiaomi mi box s 3rd gen?

  • pennypacker on 05/07/2025 - 09:12

    I've been waiting for this to drop from the current crazy prices of $330-400.

    Cracking price, great deal.

  • DeeTrance on 05/07/2025 - 09:15
    +25

    If you remember buying your Nvidia Shield in 2019, you did so in a world where:

    Most people had never worn a mask in public.

    AI was something you read about, not something that could write your emails.

    Working from home was a rare perk, not a global necessity.

    TikTok was just taking off, and "Zoom fatigue" didn’t exist.

    The idea of a global pandemic shutting down the world sounded like science fiction.

    In just six years, the world has changed so much that 2019 feels like a different era entirely. A new shield model is well overdue.

    • Zeee on 05/07/2025 - 09:18

      Yup

    • dazza826 on 05/07/2025 - 10:03
      -1

      In the current climate I'm surprised it's still $249.

      Look at what Microsoft did with Xbox and the price increase.

      Prices have gone up significantly for lots since then too (groceries, electricity etc) so $249 went a lot further back then too relatively speaking.

    • nikoris on 05/07/2025 - 11:49
      +1

      You're trying too hard, so a pandemic and AI taking off?

  • Kumar81 on 05/07/2025 - 09:17

    hdr10 plus not support other wise good very good

  • ozchobie on 05/07/2025 - 09:20

    Had 3 in all before and sold them all after frequent issues.

    I started with the special edition kit that included the game controller that I purchased in the us. Then went with the newer tube and box, but more and more I had issues. The frequent slowdowns and display blackouts made me gave up the whole thing.

    Switched all my main ones to Apple TV and secondary small tvs with google chromecast with tv and fire tv max. Pretty happy.

    I personally wouldnt get this considering how outdated they are and my above experience.

    • ozchobie on 05/07/2025 - 13:12

      Add: Random black screens is a well known, widespread issue in the Nvidia Shield community. Just google Nvidia Shield black screen.

  • mxlmxlmxl on 05/07/2025 - 09:21
    +1

    This is not at all the best streaming device.

    Pending your needs and media source, Apple TV 4k produces better image and sound (countless tests down to pixels and colour reproduction) and better sound placement. Also has far greater speed now resulting in more alt uses, like emulation (Delta) and native games in 40k 60 FPS. Its app catalogue from major players like Netflix, HBO MAX, Prime etc get far more development and polish as well as more users of those. in 2019 to 2021 the Shield won. Its dead and old now. You'd have to be crazy buying this at these prices. Jellyfin and Plex both have solid apps for ATV. And plenty of ways to get a dev cert to sideload IPAs for streaming apps that you're not paying for content for.

    Unless you need TrueHD. In which case Shields have an advantage their, but reality is, if your focused on TrueHD you're likely watching 4k 80GB Remuxes, in which case a Zidoo/Dune players are far superior, far better images and sound and faster.

    Honestly, no one should be buying a Shield for more than $100 mid 2025

    • PainToad on 05/07/2025 - 09:23
      -5

      Yeah unless you need Android for some APK, Apple TV smokes this.

      • Wizard on 05/07/2025 - 09:37

        Are you a comedian? The Pro is the best media device out.

        Shield Pro > Apple TV all day.

        • HuzzahIndeed on 05/07/2025 - 10:29
          +3

          @Wizard It depends what a person uses them for. If a person only wants to watch some paid streaming services they subscribe to then a 4K Apple TV gen 3 box is the better choice, because it does provide the customer with better picture quality, and higher bitrate content from some streaming services, for example content from Apple TV+ is almost double the video bitrate for people that use a 4K Apple TV box compared to people that have the Apple TV app on other devices.

          I personally have no interest in the features that the Nvidia Shield TV Pro 4K has for supporting MKV file playback which many people use to watch pirated content. No paid streaming service offers lossless audio for movie and TV content. I own thousands of Blu-rays/4K Blu-rays so there is no need for me to pirate anything, complicating the task by wasting my time spending hours in front of a computer downloading stuff before I can watch it, for me it’s as simple as walking over to my shelves and grabbing a movie, and putting it a BD player.

          • zfa on 05/07/2025 - 11:24
            +5

            @HuzzahIndeed:

            for me it’s as simple as walking over to my shelves and grabbing a movie, and putting it a BD player.

            That's actually more effort than most modern piracy solns these days tbh. The days of manually downloading stuff on a computer are long gone.

            • HuzzahIndeed on 05/07/2025 - 11:36

              @zfa: It still takes sitting in front of a computer right? The point was I want to sit in front of my computer less, preferably not at all other than for work. It also just goes to show how lazy society has become if walking over to a shelf and putting a disc in a player is too much effort.

              You also haven’t taken into account that I said I own thousands of Blu-rays/4K Blu-ray, so if I wanted put those files on other devices I would have to spend hundreds of hours of my time ripping the discs. That’s one thing that’s always boggled my mind, why people that buy discs are prepared to spend so much time ripping them for personal use, just to end uploading the files to the internet so the people that don’t pay can get what they paid for free. I also don’t see the purpose of needing your content everywhere you go, I don’t want to watch movies on a tiny screen when I am doing things outside of my home, or when I go on holiday, the point of going on holiday is to get away from and have a break from what you do in your everyday life.

              • zfa on 05/07/2025 - 11:43
                +1

                @HuzzahIndeed:

                It still takes sitting in front of a computer right?

                No.

                You also haven’t taken into account that I said I own thousands of Blu-rays/4K Blu-ray, so if I wanted put the those files on other devices I would have to spend hundreds hours ripping the discs.

                I didn't intend to post a riposte or a rebuke of your workflow. Just pointing out your idea of piracy isn't what people tend to do any more.

                • HuzzahIndeed on 05/07/2025 - 11:45

                  @zfa: So how do people online pirate and watch the highest quality content available which are large files ripped from Blu-rays and 4K Blu-rays 1:1 if they’re not downloading them?

                  • zfa on 05/07/2025 - 11:47
                    +1

                    @HuzzahIndeed: Stream them directly from piracy apps. High seas are awash with 80GB bluray remuxes and even our shitty internet can support their playback.

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