I find myself on the fence about my next streaming player. Hands down getting another Shield would be my preference since it's the best from a hardware perspective.

With that said, I am fairly certain when Hulu launches their live service next month, there will be no sign of an Android TV app. I realize it will have cast functionality, but I already know that won't pass the wife test. I rejoiced when PS Vue finally released their Android TV app, but I am sure this app was low on the priority list for Sony just like it likely is for Hulu simply due to the fact that Android TV is likely a small piece of the pie in the streaming set top box market.

Makes me sick that I am considering an Apple TV, but that's where I'm at.

There was a post a week ago or so about 7.0 leaking. I installed it to try it out and noticed youtube won't play back 60fps videos without stuttering. This was a problem back when I first got the Mi Box on release day that was eventually fixed. Anyone else having this issue? I know I could just go back to 6 but having working CEC kinda trumps it right now.

Sorry ... I dunno if this is the right place to ask but my family finally got an Android box (model T95x) and I hooked it up to our wifi and are able to stream great content (have the latest updates on it ) but two things are bugging me and I'm having a hard time googling the answer.

1. every few minutes it seems like the screen dims and gets darker (we have an LG tv we brought last year) especually during already dark scenes. I'm trying to play with the brightness settings on the box and tv and can't seem to get this effect to go away.

2. when looking at the live channel selection ... regardless of whatever channel we choose on sky box (I think that's the name) we get an ad for assorted downloadable games that we don't want and can't seem to exit out of or select an ignore option (I have to back out manually with the remote).

We love the freedom the device gives up but not too happy with these hiccups so far.

One last thing, any opinions on good remote controls to pair up with the box? The stock one that came with this box is quite cumbersome.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It seems the Mi Box update released last week that made improvements to Netflix also downgraded YouTube functionality.

Videos watched through a web browser that have a 1080p / 60fps option available will now show 720p as the maximum resolution for 60fps playback within the youtube app on Mi Box.

This is most likely the result of youtube refusing to offer VP9 encoded video to the Mi Box, or the Mi Box not requesting VP9 encoded video. For example, if you disable html5 video playback in the web browser based version of youtube then 1080p / 60fps or any resolution above 1080p is never an option.

Also back, although in a more minor form, is stuttering with 60fps playback in youtube. It depends on the video, but some 720p 60fps videos are freezing for a moment about every 10 to 20 seconds on average for me.

The Mi Box hardware was pretty good at playing back the superior VP9 video at 1080p / 60fps and 4K / 30fps. If it's gone for good then I think I'm done with this product. I'll just bite the bullet and buy a Shield or build the cheapest HTPC I can that is as powerful as the Shield.

Have 2015 shield but want to get the new remote. Where can I purchase one? Seems like only the old one in Stock.

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Is it possible to get on screen lyrics from Spotify on Android TV? MusiXmatch got discontinued, so is there any other options out there?

Cheers.

With the nvidia shield, can you use the chromecast feature and route the audio through the headphone jack in the remote?

Hello folks,

Does anyone have a way to have song lyrics play on Android TV along with my music from Google Play? Thanks.

As if it was an Android TV app.

So i was considering sideloading Google Chrome on my ShieldTV a couple of months back but never got it done. Last night i was relaxing on the couch and decided to do a search for something off the home menu. I ended up saying "Open Google Chrome", which is NOT installed, out of curiosity and noticed that after i did that, it opened a prompt from the Play store to install Chrome on my ShieldTV. I ended up doing just that.

Anyone else notice that you can do this? I wonder what else we can bypass the regular AndroidTV Play store and have installed.

Got one of these today, had to return, as it was stuck on boot screen, and nothing seemed to reset. 2nd one working, but I have a question about prime on this.

The live TV app doesn't see it as a source. Installed​ instatv, and that seems to work, but it has an annoying warning about needing to make an in app purchase with every channel change.

How does this usually work for others? I'd like to just add the tuner, as that's what it seems like it needs. Newer fw needed on prime? Some other thing I'm missing?? If nothing else, how to pay for instatv to stop warning.

Btw, neat box so far.

Just wondering is Vudu not available on Android TV? I'm looking and can't find it in the search.

Is it possible to pair the Mi Box remote to an Android phone rather than to the Mi box? I have tried but not got it to work. I can think of pretty interesting uses for it if it worked.

I just got my new Sony 4k TV based on android. I love it, kodi works flawlessly.

But are there any tips and tricks to make it run faster/smoother etc. Isn't android OS known to be highly tweakable and hackable?

Should I disable system apps I dont plan to use?

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I get this error everytime I reboot the mibox. It's happened from the day I unpacked the device. Google brought me to a post on r/Piracy that hasn't been answered and there are no other specific results on google. For the same type of errors I see clearing app cache and data but I'm wondering if this is a mi box specific error.

Where is a good place to buy a MiBox? Walmart.com and all local stores are OOS around here.

Hi guys, i've been recently looking into getting Android TV (probably the nvidia shield) that being said, on occasion (when i don't have much time) i end up watching live TV. An example of this would be while eating breakfast i'll throw something on for 5-10 minutes. Therefore I was wondering if there was a live TV/sports component to androidTV? if so how does it work (does it run through apps etc.)?

Also last question, if for example I don't have a hulu subscription, will i need to purchase it separate from the androidTV or will having the box allow me access to all the shows?

THANKS!

EDIT: I live in Canada