I have a Shield TV and harmony hub and am wondering if it's a good idea to pick up the echo dot that's on sale for $29.

Is it worth using or simply a novelty? And could it connect to a Logitech Z625?

Has anyone been successful getting the app sideload and working? The Shield version doesn't seem to work for me. Thanks!

Until i can purchase a hdhomerun box, wondering if there is a way to watch and dvr live tv with my current setup?

Has anybody had any luck extracting an apk for the new browser for the Fire TV?

For a while, I was really looking forward to purchasing a Mi Box. The Chromecast + App capabilities are what would set it apart from our 4k LG webOS (which I love) tv + Fire Stick combo right now. But just a CC isn't enough, and Fire Stick/webOS lacks any kind of casting. But reading this subreddit, there seem to be lots of complaints about the Mi Box - however, there is no alternative for a cheaper box.

1. Is it ok for 1080p viewing? There isn't enough 4k content for me to care right now.
2. There seem to be complaints about app availability - can apps be sideloaded/pushed from the Play Store?
3. How has the Nougat helped with the connectivity/sync/general speed of the box? If at all?

Just looking for a summary on these issues, haven't seen any posts but I just want to make sure before I go out and purchase. We're fine with what we have now, but we'd like to move to DirecTV Now next year and we'll have to purchase several more boxes to fill up our home. There doesn't seem to be many options out there which is disappointing!

hi i have my hdd connected to my sony xe9005 android tv. hdd has a 4k movie in h265 format the movie file is broken down into multiple zip files. kodi can play generally zip files but it cannot play this 4k due to filesize or bad 4k support i guess.. not sure. but is it possible to play the 4k zipped files on my tv? i cannot see the folder on tv. i tried playing via vlc but it failed. any support?

Exactly what the title says. Do I have to copy the roms to the Shield? Do I have to mount the Flash drive as internal?

Thank you in advance!!

Hey so I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I have a western digital 4tb hd. I have 4K content that I put on the hd from a Mac. It will not show up properly on my tv or I tried spmc, and my XBOX one x. Please help me !! I’m stuck and have no idea what to do !! Any guidance would be much appreciated!!

I just bought the Harmony smart control that comes with a remote and the hub.

I paired the remote via Bluetooth to my shield and I can navigate menus but my volume up and down buttons don't work and neither do my "activity" buttons (for example I have the movie button set to open Netflix)

Anyone know how to fix this?

Sony Bravia 940E. Had the tv about two months, still struggling with this interface.

Acorn TV app downloaded fine, looks like it should work fine (i.e. seems to be same as Crackle - who watches Crackle?). But where's my app? Not anywhere on Home Screen. Help! Thanks

Say you leave the phone downloading a movie all night. Then instead of copying the big file to your PC, you stream it straight from your phone, using the Kodi app, for example. Has anyone tried that? Is it smooth?

Hi,

I know we have root access to files on the beta 1028. But is it possible to use apps that need root with the Mi box somehow? Like some specific functions in Tasker that require root, like Killing apps.

Anyone know if this is possible?

I have a 2015 Toyota Sienna with the BluRay ultrawide screen system with HDMI imput as an option. I also have a lot of movies on Vudu and Google play. What I am wanting to do is use an android tv box in the van. I would like a system that lets me download the movies to the device, as well as play some games. The system in the van actually supports dual imput, so you can watch a movie on one side, and have a game system plugged into the other side.

I want an Nvidia Shield tv, but I'm not dropping that kind of money on it. I would rather get something in the 30-50 range just because it is cheaper, but I know that goes into the just android systems and not offical android tv.

Of all the options, which would be best? Which ones let you download movies to an SD card? I'm not sure if the vudu apps on android tv allow it.

Iam using Hotstar and Altbalaji apps available in Android TV mi box. But I guess there is no Voot or Tata sky app? I've tried running tablet versions of these apps with mouse but they are crashing.

Anyone have any luck? Any other TV app suggestions?

Hi guys, Just made my first TV purchase ever and am extremely excited to use all of its capabilities. I was trying to connect the to the WiFi to use the Android TV functions, but it would not connect to the internet. My apartment already has internet in the walls and is directly linked into my router. The TV is able to connect to the WiFi, however it is unable to connect to the internet. Can anyone please assist?

I recently purchased an LG OLED55B7A. The first thing I noticed when hooking up my Shield TV was that the UI was being rendered in a lower resolution, 1080p I believe. I verified that my shield is outputting a 4K 59.940hz signal at 4:2:2 12bit Rec.2020. Can we expect Android TV UI assets to properly support 4K at sometime in the future? It is pretty sad when the UI of the WebOS native apps look 10x better than my 200 dollar dedicated '4k' streaming box.

Why can i not find Netflix in the play store? When i go to search for netflix on the Chrome app. I find an option to download. When i hover over the download link with my cursor and hit OK on the controller nothing happens.

Im going mental, all i bought this thing for was for netflix.

Does the YouTube app support 4k HDR on the Nvidia shield tv 2017? Cos I can't get it to work...

As above, app is now crashing on any Hd channels after i updated it and is only giving audio on SD channels. Has anyone else experienced similar? I'm in the UK. I went to uninstall updates but i seem to have uninstalled they whole app. I use the shield as my DVD server, does that mean i may have lost all my recordings?

I also cant get into the menu on HDhomerun app to re-add my hard drive, it used to be pressing pause 10 times or so to get into the menu?

I'm using Kodi to access the files on my computer and it acts as if I turned the PC off in the middle of playing a movie! (wifi shows I'm still connected)

And if I try to access the files on my tablet or using my TV native function, no problem at all.

This issue appears to have been mentioned before, not only here but in other forums, yet I have yet to see a solution.

To describe the issue: in all applications, from Netflix to YouTube to Hulu, there is a very noticeable lag between what is on the screen and what come out of my speakers. This occurs no matter if it's the built-in speakers on my television, or if it's my Vizio soundbar system. Changing audio settings does not help in the slightest. I estimate the lag to be about 1-1.5 seconds between the sound playing and the video catching up.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, have you found a way to fix it?