The only thing in that video that was actually an "Android TV" Box was the shield, so get that I guess.
Nvidia shield TV is the gold standard. constant updates, stable performance... I actually forget it's there and only remember the content. this is how any streaming box should work.
Mi box. Cheap and works wonders.
NVIDIA SHIELD!!!!
2nd would be Mi Box, but if you do your research like I did, you will see in this sub, every other post, someone needs help with something on Mi Box.
That tells me its a far away 2nd.
Join the Green Team and get a Shield.
There are not that many choices for certified (or whatever Google calls it) Android TV boxes. Shield and Mibox are the only two in common use on this sub.
There are devices that use a fork of Android but aren't really Android TV, like the Amazon Fire devices and AirTV from Dish (at least I think that's what the AirTV devices are doing.) The Channel Master Stream+ uses pretty stock Android TV and Google's live channels app is working with them to improve the DVR functions for OTA, but I don't think they can be certified until they have Netflix, and NF hasn't given it the green light.
There are a lot of devices that stream and a few that stream and have DVR for OTA, but an even smaller subset of those are officially Android TV.
All comes down to what you plan to do with the device. Official boxes are Nvidia Shield and Mi Box. The knockoffs have some capabilities. Amazon Fire and Roku have there place as well.
NVidia Shield, everything works so much better on it. Plus you get an official Amazon Prime app.
There's a nice ranking here: http://chigztech.com/charts.html
#1 Nvidia Shield
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If you don’t get a shield then just fuck off.
I don't know that there's an official pick but many of us would say Nvidia Shield.