Is it still worth buying a Nvidia Sheild in 2025? Are they ever going to update this?
>>106506706You don't want software updates for this with sideloading apps going away. Nvidia is the AI company for AI scam businesses, so they're never going to make consumer tech again.Until a fork of android TV becomes able to be installed on mini PCs as an OS with the ability to install apps properly on it this is the best you're gonna get.
>>106506706To this day I dont understand what is the purpose of this device
just get an apple tv to watch your japanese cartoons in HD
>>106507096thats what i was thinking, im currently using an apple TV, but my parents Roku is getting very slow so i was looking into a replacement. I dont love the navigation of the apple TV compared to the Roku remote, so maybe ill just get a newer Roku for them and call it a day.
>>106507074Great for people who have old TVs that run like shit. I have a an LG C6 from 2016 and the built in webos is shitful. It also has support for all lthe surround sound audio formats you could want, so it just werks with my AVR
>>106507386FWIW any (recent) Fire stick will be at least more performant than any Roku. Even if your parents aren't doing 4k, that overhead will make the rest smoother. That being said, I fucking hate both Fire and Roku and shit, both Apple and Android boxes.
just get a laptop, an HDMI cable, and rechargeable wireless mouse & keyboard
It works the same as the google tv in my bedroom. In fact it probably crashes just as often if not more. The ai sharpening feature is something I use pretty often. I guess overall the shield seems less useful these days.
>>106507386Onn 4k is the least shitty of them and you can still side load apps and launchers
I have 4 of these. Still the best. While rare, Nvidia still gives firmware updates too, amazingly enough. Of course if they fuck with sideloading that would suck, but I don't see it happening.
>>106507074One of the few non-chinkshit devices that does full lossless audio passthrough
>>106507435New TVs too. Fuck using the built-in software
>>106506706reminded of a nvidia shield thread from last september where several dickasses sperged all over the place and insisted i was wrong when i said nividia abandoned this
>>106506706it was good when it came out but its shit now, the shitty walmat onn that steals all your info out of the box is faster
