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Nvidia shield is usually regarded as the gold standard for Android TV devices.
The Shield is also one of the only Android TV devices that passes on HD audio codecs, so if you stream any Blu-ray rips with DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD and you want passthrough to work correctly, you probably want a Shield.
DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD and you want passthrough
Can you elaborate on this please - what's passthrough and dts?
I have a shield - can I use it as a server, or is it just a client?
A shield is just a client, can't be used as a server AFAIK.
DTS is just a different set of audio formats/standards, originally popularized in theaters by the movie Jurassic Park.
DTS-HD Master Audio is their lossless audio format, meaning it decompresses out to being the exact same audio bit-for-bit as the mixer heard when they finalized the audio for the movie.
Likewise, Dolby TrueHD is also a lossless digital audio format, so it also decompresses to the exact same audio the mixer heard when mixing/mastering the movie.
Using it and loving it!
There's always one. 😁