It will passthrough any type of Dolby or DTS I've thrown at it, and it can do ac3 conversion for setups that require it. It'll also do frame rate matching for displays that support it. Plus the upscaling for DVD and 720p content is pretty good.
I'm still annoyed at the constant amount of ads on the homescreen (that were patched in and didn't exist when I bought it), and I could write a book on why I wish NVIDIA would die in a fire, but as a media player you could do a lot worse.

(2025-03-13, 07:33 PM)alleycat Wrote: I've been reading how the Shield cannot play Dolby Vision Profile 7 FEL layers, which affects the playback of ripped discs. What from I've read it drops the FEL layer and effectively converts it to Profile 8. Anyway I've just ordered a Ugoos AM6B+ from Aliexpress, which is one of the few devices that can play Profile 7 FEL. You need to install Coreelec on it but it seems simple enough. How much real world difference it will make I don't know, but it will be more accurate.

I just saw this video on the subject

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kviwN0KKRgQ&t

Myself, I still have a shield but have also been rocking a Zidoo lately

(2025-03-17, 03:03 PM)stwd4nder2 Wrote: It will passthrough any type of Dolby or DTS I've thrown at it, and it can do ac3 conversion for setups that require it. It'll also do frame rate matching for displays that support it. Plus the upscaling for DVD and 720p content is pretty good.
I'm still annoyed at the constant amount of ads on the homescreen (that were patched in and didn't exist when I bought it), and I could write a book on why I wish NVIDIA would die in a fire, but as a media player you could do a lot worse.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...u&hl=en_GB

(2025-03-17, 05:29 PM)Hitcher Wrote:

(2025-03-17, 03:03 PM)stwd4nder2 Wrote: It will passthrough any type of Dolby or DTS I've thrown at it, and it can do ac3 conversion for setups that require it. It'll also do frame rate matching for displays that support it. Plus the upscaling for DVD and 720p content is pretty good.
I'm still annoyed at the constant amount of ads on the homescreen (that were patched in and didn't exist when I bought it), and I could write a book on why I wish NVIDIA would die in a fire, but as a media player you could do a lot worse.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...u&hl=en_GB

I know, I'm just too lazy to do this when all I do is hit a button to launch kodi anyways.

Thanks for the replies! I think I'm going to take a chance on the Shield. I share the same reservations about NVIDIA, and the bombardment of ads, but at least I can install a custom launcher.