Nov 22, 2018, 7:47 PM

The nVidia Shield is one of my go-to toys for this season.

As an example in my home rig I run a Plex server on my desktop where I download all sorts of media. I can stream it very easily via Chromecast to the TV with one caveat - the Android app defaults to video compression ignoring thr server's settings to play this at a local resolution.

The Shield is a superior option to other approaches (I don't wanna haul a laptop around, and even very portable computers to run this stuff (Raspberry Pie, etc) will need a bulky wireless device around to control them. nVidia gives a remote and a gamepad if I also want to play Android games on the TV.

Here's an easy link for US-ians out there since it's the season to be discounted: https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/damien-cox/nvidia-shield-tv-is-25-off-for-black-friday/ . There may be other better deals, too.