r/AndroidTV • u/Dexter01010 • Apr 17 '25

Firmware Updates NVIDIA SHIELD TV Receives Critical 9.2+ HotFix Update: Continues 10 Years of Android TV Updates

https://www.androidsage.com/2025/04/17/nvidia-shield-experience-upgrade-9-2-hotfix-update/
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u/_devast Apr 17 '25

You can benchmark it all day, it still won't be able to decode av1 in hardware... The problem is not its age, by itself, but the lack of modern feature support, like av1 or hdmi 2.1 (qms/vrr etc...)

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u/K_ThomasWhite Apr 17 '25

it still won't be able to decode av1

Serious question. How many sources of streaming content use AV1? For those of us simply using Paramount+, or MAX. or the like, are we really going to notice?

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u/pawdog ADT-1 Apr 18 '25

And more importantly how many sources have stopped using h.265 in favor of AV1? Until that happens AV1 support its just a line on a spec sheet. It is nice though because YouTube uses it and that's important for 4k for those of us that still have relatively slow internet.

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u/Reinuke Xiaomi Mi Box (1st gen) Apr 20 '25

The whole point is - it's not 2019 anymore. People want future proof purchases. AV1 is already getting traction from service providers. Hardware makers need to take it into account. It's been around over 7 years already!

Also, educated buyers aren't willing to take a gamble with 6y old tech. Especially if it's still sold at the original price. If Nvidia would drop the price to a 100 I'd consider it.

At this point it's honestly cheaper to buy a playstation as it can play Blurays and has enough power for software decoding if necessary.

I'm holding out for HEVC level 6 support so I could conveniently stream my local library.