Moved some things around in the house (Shield TV units, for one) and am traveling for business.
Just got the dreaded text from wife: "went to use p90x on upstairs TV and nothing on it works..."
I don't want to buy another Shield (we have 3, one in movie room, one in master bedroom, one I travel with), but our last Roku 3 unit died and unless I "fix the TV's" very soon, my setup may lose wife appeal/approval!
No. I'm sure it will be plastered here and on /r/android when it is.
Get a chromecast as a backup device
This. I've been patiently waiting for the release date. At this point I am ready to jump on a roku 4
There have been several iterations of the Mibox sold by Xiaomi in Asia already. The specs for the forthcoming US version running Android TV, match exactly with the specs on a new version already on sale in China. There was a thread here with a link a couple weeks ago. You don't have to wait for it to launch here officially if you don't want to.
edit: here's the link, https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/4n57zn/the_xiaomi_mi_box_has_popped_up_in_a_couple/
But alas, it looks like the vendor raised the price from $90 to $499 and it now says "Pre-sale" on it.
It will be released by the end of the year
Nope.