Hey guys,

I'm considering buying a Shield TV but have a few questions.

I tried out a Apple TV 4 however found that it wasn't good enough for what I wanted. I'll be upgrading from a WDTV Live and so I want whatever I end up with to do at least what I did with that. (The ATV4 was awesome, but it ended up having too many deal breakers that I'd want to upgrade as soon as the next iteration was released).

What I like about the Shield that the ATV was unable to do was:

• 1080p24
• HD Audio passthrough (though I think ATV may be able to do this with Infuse's latest release)

Beyond that, and everything else I know the Shield can do (Dreamcast emulation?!? What?!) I want to be sure that it can play 1080p hi10p anime encodes (which requires software decoding).

Does anyone have experience with playing many scene released hi10p on their shields? Run into any that just won't play? While I could return the ATV4, the Shield isn't officially sold where I am, so when I buy it I'm stuck with it (hopefully for better).

Also, frustratingly I missed the deal Amazon for a free shield remote. Had that deal happened before?

Thanks