One other potential hiderance comes in gaming, as you won't be able to use this to play those special Advanced Android Gaming games. Nonetheless, the ability to expand the storage on the new Shield TV, even if it's not as much as you may want, is welcome. The problem here is that flash storage is still much pricier than what you will find with a traditional external hard drive. However, you'll have access to a microSD card slot, which is compatible with any card with the UHS-1 rating and above. Gone are the extra USB ports, so you can't hook up an external hard drive to the Shield TV (2019). While this makes it easier to try and tuck away your Android TV, there are some sacrifices. This new tubular design for the Shield TV (2019) offers a much slimmer and lower profile - the tube itself is just marginally larger than the included remote.

With the new redesign, NVIDIA moved away from the classic build of the original Shield TV, leaving that for the updated Shield TV Pro (2019). However, as 9t5Google reports, many Redditors find that the Android 11 update breaks their Sheild TV-based Plex server.Source: Phil Nickinson / Cordcutters (Image credit: Source: Phil Nickinson / Cordcutters) The NVIDIA Shield TV is a popular Plex server solution thanks to its powerful hardware, Ethernet support, and port selection. NVIDIA and Plex are working on a solution. But here’s the gist-NVIDIA says that an external storage “issue” is to blame for broken Plex servers on updated Shield TVs. Update, 1/19/22 4:35 pm Eastern: We’ve added a statement from NVIDIA to this article. Other media player, file browser, and emulator apps should also function correctly after installing this update.īear in mind that it may take a few days for the 9.0.1 update to reach your Shield TV device. Update, 2/15/22: As reported by 9to5Google, NVIDIA is now rolling out a 9.0.1 update that resolves the Plex library bug. But it seems that the “NVIDIA Experience 9.0” update is causing problems for some users, particularly those who use their NVIDIA Shield TV as a Plex server. NVIDIA recently roll out an Android 11 update to all Shield TV devices, including the original model from 2015.

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