It can sometimes be difficult to find a great deal because prices are often inconsistent. NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Pro sells for $200. It is always $200. It rarely drops below $200, and when it does, you can bet it’s covered in our blog. It dropped last August. Amazon is offering it again today for $174.99. (Opens in a new tab Other retailers such as Best Buy (Opens in a new tab.
If you don’t wish to purchase the Pro version, you can still save on the basic NVIDIASHIELD TV streaming media player. Amazon also has the Pro version for only $124.99 (opens in a new tabIt is now available at a lower price than its $150 regular price. It doesn’t offer the same features but it’s much more compact.
With a device such as this, you have many options. You can start with the gaming. A Nvidia graphics card is required for PCs with NVIDIA graphics cards (RTX4080 anyone?). You can stream your games from this device to your big-screen TV. Here’s how it works.
This is already great, but you can also add Xbox Cloud gaming. This service comes free with Game Pass Ultimate. You can use it to play many games on your TV. This is just one of many gaming possibilities that you have with the device.
The built-in AndroidTV gives you access to all of your favorite apps such as Netflix and Hulu. You can stream your favourite shows and catch up on Christmas movies. You can also use Plex Media Server, which allows you to access all of your content from your network via one device.
You can also connect peripherals to the media player using two USB 3.0 ports. You can also control your new media device using Google Assistant.
