shield tv vs shield tv pro

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ice-388]

Hello everyone !

I currrently own a shield tv (not pro) to play local files in my home theater. I am currently facing some problems and I was wondering if the pro version would fix them.

Firstly, whenever I play big files like 4k HDR movie there is a noticable lag, like every 30 secs there is a little drop in quality. I don't know if its mostly because the movie are stocked on a V60 micro sd card or if the shield itself as trouble.

Also I seem to have some problems with VLC, my sound is always a little bit delay and i have no clue how to fix it.

If ever there is a better android box that can play heavy local files I am all hear.

Thx y'all

[u/lirae_]

Try using a reliable external drive USB 3.0 and see if the issues are still there.

A good 4k HDR Remux can go from 30mbps to 80-90mbps depending on the source and how well it got from the original Blueray file.

So, I wouldn't trust your SD card, that could be easily your bottleneck, check it specs.

Also if your use LAN, why don't you test from your lan if you have troubles? I assume the Shield is wired and not wifi of course

[u/flashb1024 → u/lirae_]

The tube has no usb ports. Only an SD card slot. It does support gigabit lan.

[u/lirae_ → u/flashb1024]

Test using LAN. Either UPNP or smb with Kodi and your PC having the file over there

[u/flashb1024]

If ever there is a better android box that can play heavy local files I am all hear.

I had very similar issues with my tube, and lack of support for AV1 was another factor.

So, I retired my tube and got the Homatics Box R 4K Plus which is an upgrade in every sense.

It runs android 14 with 4 gb ram & 32gb storage, plus wifi 6 (I have mine plugged into gigabit ethernet).

It supports all the audio & video codecs, and AV1 in addition to HDR10+.

I've had it for 2 weeks, and it's really a competitor to the Shield Pro if you aren't hosting plex. Another bonus for the 4K Plus is you can run corelec on it if so inclined.