Just got a new job and strongly considering buying a Shield TV. A lot of this post is a brain dump so I'll cross out everything I've already figured out. This guy is going to replace a my old gaming PC AMD 9950BE and a GTX 560 Ti 448 Core (handme down). That old PC is going to be turned into an OMV box so HDD on the shield isn't important so going for the 16GB version.

Media

• Kodi
• Netflix
• HBOGo
• Amazon
• Youtube
• Spotify
• Xfinity
• Karaoke? I'd like something better than just YouTube, also free

Gaming

More of a secondary concern but something I want to have. I tried the whole steam streaming from my gaming PC to the media center, but it was WiFi all the way, it only worked when no one was on the network and even then it would randomly go to hell. Improving the network is also on my to do list, so not something that can be dismissed outright. Maybe electrical, or maybe replacing the Comcast router with something good.

• Emulation Station (RetroPie) looks easy enough to add, and the Shield should have more than enough power for it
• Parsec looks to be my best bet for streaming as I have an AMD card, looks like they have an app
• Steam streaming isn't an option correct?

Input

It comes with a controller and a remote which is nice, but the remote seems a bit skimpy in functions and local coop is good.

• How's support of 3rd party remotes, I have a cheap media remote with a KB on the back and with air mouse abilities.
• Any good IOS apps for general control, I've got a few for Kodi but they won't be able to manage other apps?
• Is there a go to super cheap tablet for only controlling media centers?
• I have an Xbox360 dongle and 3 controllers.
• Steam controller that I would like to use, I'm seeing a lot of hacks. Not that I ever learned how to use it but would be nice to sit on the couch an play Destiny 2 / Overwatch.
• Voice command looks like a lot of fun, but I don't know where to begin asking questions. Never got a good enough Mic solution on my HTPC

Interface

The thing I was most proud of in my media center was how I got everything working together I had Kodi able to launch Steam Big Picture, new movies, sub category of all movies, new TV episodes, and sub category of all episodes. Steam had all of its stuff and then a link to jump back to Kodi. No mouse control needed, I could never get streaming apps to work well enough (which is actually why I'm doing this), other than YouTube (plenty of jank).

• Can I set up a custom home page, and Nvidia isn't going to overwrite is with whatever they want to show me?
• If not can I set up Kodi to launch other applications on Android? Basically have Kodi be my interface for the ShieldTV and have the ShieldTV home page be launch Kodi

Anything else I should know?, or am not taking into consideration