Everyone in the family is sold on the idea of cutting the cord with one notable exception. My Fiancee's mom really enjoys watching the local TV station (KTLA5) in her mornings before work.

KTLA has an Android App, which I've tried to side-load but it's really janky. They stream via livestream.com but there isn't a Livestream app for Android TV, and sideloading the official mobile app is even uglier.

So, before I buy an antenna and the HDHomerun Extend, which is more than the cost of the Shield, can anyone think of another way to stream KTLA5 to the Shield TV?

I have a new Mi box and it is struggling with 60fps youtube videos. When playing 1080 or even 720 content that's 60fps I'll get a second or 2 stutter of both video and audio. It happens very frequently during the videos. Is there a way to disable that in YouTube? I'm tired of having to lower the content to 480.

Ive returned the box and got a new one thinking it was a hardware issue but same, I've reset to default, uninstalled youtube updates even played with some of the developers settings but same issue.

I'm desperately looking for an (affordable) android box that's 802.11ac compatible. I know that both the Fire TV and Firestick as well as the Nvidia shield are, but does anyone know of any other options? I'd prefer something I can buy on Amazon. I've bought Chinese boxes that are 2.4/5Ghz compatible but they're still SLOW compared to say, and iPhone 6s when testing for download speed. So even though the device would connect to my 5ghz network it would top out at like 35mbps.

Hi is there anyone out there with one of these 2016 EU models - XD75, XD70, XD83, XD80, SD80 and ZD9 Series that can extract the amazon video APK from the 27. September update please. The update is supposed to "Improves video / audio playback and optimises audio levels. Allows Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) audio pass through" and id love to see if I can install it on my Shield TV

Many Thanks

Matt

Do you guys know if the Xfinity TV app works on the Shield? I am normally a Roku user just for ease of use and the wife likes it, but I am paying almost $30 a month for my cable box etc. The Shield seems great, and if the app works I think it could be a great addition. Just want it to be simple without rooting the device and all that. Is it standard download like on my Android phone?

I'm just curious what people are using for their video players and why. I'm currently using Archos paid version because I like the Leanback UI and how it automatically pulls metadata and minimal setup that is required. Plus the option to stream .torrent files. However, Archos sometimes doesn't seem to want find some movies or tv shows when it does it's media scan of my library.

However, sometimes the a/v is out of sync with Archos, especially if I skip ahead a lot in a movie for example, but works perfectly in VLC. The only thing is I hate how VLC's UI looks.

I havn't used MX for a while, but from what I remember I wasn't a fan of that UI either. But with the new Shield TV update, does MX player have better sound quality than the other players?

Plex I can't seem to have it discover my local media. It has meta data for movies I don't even have on my Shield TV anymore, but doesn't update to movies that are currently on the Shield. Is Plex more for streaming than local playback? Does the Plex server even have to be on just for local playback?

P.S. Don't even mention Kodi. Kodi is dead to me.

I have nflnetwork through Charter. I can log into the nflnonline.NFL.com page and authentic and watch redzone on Sundays through my PC.

I have a firetv box, but there is no way to watch through firetv with cable logins. I've tried sideloading a web browser (thinks it's mobile even with user agent changes) and trying to sideload the NFL app (requires Google apps, which fire doesn't have). So I'm looking for a new box.

If I get an Android TV box (mibox or shield), Is there a streaming app to allow me to use my cable account and watch the official redzone stream?

Thanks

Having read a couple of threads on here I wonder if there really is a significant difference between the android TV on a Philips and android tv on a Sony.

Can anyone point out the differences, if any?

EDIT: Thanks for the response, decided to go for the Sony KD49XD7005. Looked like the right choice for my budget and needs.

I'm guessing around a few months ago the Netflix app started randomly freezing while streaming on my Shield. The audio will continue playing but the image will freeze. I have cleared the data on the Netflix app and reinstalled multiple times with no luck.

Anyone experience this issue and know of a fix?

I have a Vizio P series (4K Smartcast) and decided to pick up a Mi Box for Sling TV/PS Vue, since they're just kind of clunky only casting them. I'm finding that the audio sounds considerably worse through the Mi Box than through Google Cast straight to the TV. The biggest difference is in Netflix. It sounds low quality, and there are drastic changes from quiet to loud. I'm running a 5.1 sound bar system, over HDMI ARC. I've tried the three different audio settings (PCM, HDMI, and SPDIF), but I don't notice any difference between any of them, nor do I know what is actually changing between them. Is this an issue with the Mi Box or am I do something wrong?

I am trying to work out how to use my external hard drive with an Android TV, and I don't really want to risk loosing all the data that is on it by doing something stupid.

I am planning on plugging the external hard drive into Kodi (on a Mi Box), and then watching the files from it. However, I want to be able to unplug the hard drive, and copy files to and from it aswell free of will.

Is this going to work with it as it currently is, or does Android TV have to format it before it can be used?

The latest US release. In settings, there is an "Add Account" button, but when I click it, it opens up the ... Vudu App? When I uninstall the Vudu app, it removes the Add Account button, even after a reboot.

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I got this emulator you see and I'm currently using a PS3 controller to play with it. So here's the deal whenever I connect my PS3 controller unto the tv it automatically serves as a secondary TV remote like when I press the d-pad it functions accordingly like a TV remote would do and when I press "x" it functions as enter and "o" it functions as "back". Here's the problem, whenever I play a game on the emu and as I press "o" in the game (as a certain command for the game) it also exits me from the emu and opens the emulator main menu (due to this I can't use "o" for the game) because as I said earlier it functions as a "back" command like a remote as well. How do I resolve this problem? I'm satisfied if I can disable the PS3 controller to function as a TV remote.

As a Canadian, is it worth it to buy a Mibox from ebay and import it in, or should I wait for it (or maybe a different Android TV box) to appear in Canada?