

It is recommended for Shield 2019 models users stuck with optical to keep Dolby audio Processing ON in order to get system-wide AC3 transcoding and preserve a 5.1 speaker configuration. Optical is limited to “vanilla” Dolby Digital and DTS, as it does not have the bandwidth to carry more advanced codecs like Dolby Digital Plus/EAC3, lossless audio codecs such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, or more than two channels of PCM audio. Optical cables (also known as S/PDIF or TOSLINK) can carry digital audio streams to an AV receiver/soundbar that can decode two channels of uncompressed lossless PCM audio or compressed 5.1 surround sound. Very old form of connection with very limited passthrough capabilities. IMPORTANT: built-in decoding capabilities are not to be confused with the TV audio passthrough capabilities. Recent TVs will often have at least basic DTS/AC3/eAC3 decoding capabilities built-in some models having even a full TrueHD Atmos decoder, although they only have stereo speakers, which is lame. Built-in speakers, stereo arrangement pretty straightforward stuff. Let's take a look at the different possible audio setups: I am not kidding this time: no stone will be left unturned, you hear me?įor information about video, see the Shield Display Guide įor tips about settings and global setup configuration, see the upcoming Best Practices Checklist. Looking for content - send us a mod mail if you have something that should be added.(You can also email with a follow up or more detail) Samsung SmartThings hub support (using a dongle) is coming. It's also compatible with the GeForce Now game streaming, a service from NVIDIA costing $7.99 per month. Many android apps can be successfully sideloaded if not available on the store. The Shield Android TV supports Youtube, Netflix, Google Assistant, Plex, Kodi (or the optimized SPMC) and many other Android video-streaming apps and games. The 2017 editions come with an always listening games controller that offers Google Assistant support. It comes in two versions - a 16 GB version for $199/£199 and a 500GB version for $299/£299.

The NVIDIA Shield Android TV is a high-powered Android TV device, featuring a Tegra X1 and 3GB of RAM (source).
