Connected to my gaming pc via ethernet, does the Shield perform significantly faster? It costs $200 more than the Mi Box in my country. Main uses: watching 1080p movies and occasional gaming. I never use streaming services because my connection is very slow.
Ehm, the Link costs around 5€ every couple of weeks. Why not just buying that ?
Had a mi box and bought a Shield TV. They are not in the same league as price would suggest.
More importantly, it’s WiFi is not the fastest, it only has usb2 port so if you want Ethernet, you need to buy a usb to Ethernet adapter. But it’ll nether be able to reach 1Gb/s, more like a third of it actually.
That might not be enough :-/
Appart from that, if you don’t try to use the mi box for 4k movies or dts-hd / atmos, it’ll do the job. I had problem with it dropping sound every now and then while doing this so it’s why I bought the Shield TV.
I have a Mi box and I use Moonlight for streaming (1080p 30fps). It works, not great but it works, and only if I'm the only one using the WiFi.
If you're going to invest, go for the Shield because it has an Ethernet Port built-in.
If you want something exclusive to streaming, I've a college who uses a raspberry pi 3 with moonlight and he says that works great. And it costs less than both the Mi box and the Shield.
Shield has 1gbit ethernet port, Mi box has none and only single usb2 connection s you re capped at 100mbit usb ethernet adapters.
you should definitely consider that.
The Steam Link app works pretty well even on my XBR65900E's wimpy CPU, poor wifi. (I didn't even try it on ethernet yet- it's limited to 100Mbs).
Anyone has tips on how to pair PS4 controller to mi box?
I have a Mi Box but I don't have a Shield so I can't compare them.
I've been using Kodi to watch my movies (1080p h264 and h265) that are stored on my NAS: no problem as long as your connection is good. My Wifi was too slow so I had to buy a USB to ethernet adapter. However, when I upgraded my Wifi to 5Ghz Wifi, no more problem, it's super fast over Wifi now, I don't need the adapter anymore. I was using a raspberry pie before. The Mi Box is way better: Android TV is pleasant to use, the Mi Box remote is quite good too, and it's quite fast, no slow down.
I tried Steam Link for an hour, using the Steam Controller connected to the Mi Box via bluetooth. My computer is connected via ethernet. I've played Lego Star Wars and Project Cars. It was an overall good experience, no bug, no freeze. On Project Cars, I think there was some frames drops, but I don't know if it comes from my computer (it's not a crazy machine, i5, 8Gb DDR3, GTX 960), the connection or the Mi Box. Or maybe even Steam Link app.
I know the Shield is better, of course, given its price. It depends if you're willing to spend that much on a TV box.