Bought an Nvidia shield - what now?!

by crowirl

So after years of using firesticks/xbox's/Chromecast for my media consumption and staring on jealously at Nvidia shield users, I've finally bought my own.

I have Live channels setup, Spotify,YouTube, 4k video through prime video and netflix and a Plex server setup feeding the shield client and Kodi. So I'm asking, what else should I do?

I've some experience with tasker, smartthings, Alexa and Google home - anything I should do involving those and the shield?

I find the inbuilt Google assistant a little underwhelming to be honest. It doesn't show me prime video content and is buggy when clicking through to Plex. Often having to hit "retry" to get it to play. I got a free Google home mini with it which I'm yet to set up but will do if soon.

Tl;dr bought Nvidia shield, what do you recommend doing with/to it to get the most out of it?

Edit: I'm not a gamer so probably won't take advantage of the shield's abilities in that regard!

indianacpl

The google mini does a nice job controlling the shield, as far as putting the shield and tv to sleep or turning on tv and waking the shield (provided cec is turned on for both) opening apps and such.

Add a web browser and the Nvidia Shield app to your phone and it makes for a nice combo. puffin browser is tv friendly. I prefer Samsung Internet Browser now that the Nvidia Shield app is out, but you also have chrome.

X-Plorer is a great file manager for the shield. It has sendanywhere built in. Add same app for your phone and makes side loading a breeze. Download apps or files with your phone and send to sendanywhere on shield.

TvAppRepo for getting sideloaded apps onto your favorites row

Set orientation for putting side loaded apps into landscape mode

Buttload you can do

OssotSromo

It's for watching TV. Sounds like you've got that part set up.

So watch TV.

roenthomas

Sell it.

No j/k, enjoy it, play some 4K HDR files if your TV can support it. Use the passthrough for 7.2.4 audio if your receiver can support it.

n1nja3

One of the first things I do is install Puffin Browser and bookmark all the Reddit Sports streams like NBA and UFC.

BiggussDikkuss

Crack a beer and congratulate yourself for not getting suckered into the Xiaomi shitty vortex !

rauldzmartin

Install Kodi and go over /r/Addons4Kodi ;)

ecureuil

If you like homeautomation, buy the SmartThings Link hub. I control my lights (Z-wave dimmers ans switches), water flood sensors (4, 3 behind each toilets and one in the laundry room), motions sensors, etc. Really neat if you're into that expensive hobby !

FlimtotheFlam

Something I learned today is first use the Nvidia Shield Remote App and 2nd use GBoard so you can copy paste stuff into the Shield from your phone.

skreak

if you have a gaming desktop with a Nvidia 6th gen card or newer you can setup remote play using the GeForce Experience on your computer and the NVidia Games app on the Shield. Pro-Tip, if you find yourself using this a lot then please plug the shield into a wired network connection instead of wireless, desktop too.

himcor

Steam link is surprisingly good. Supports many controllers via bluetooth.

cpc2

If you like playing old (and not so old) games, install RetroArch + a library browser with a nice UI like ARC Browser. You should be able to emulate all the old consoles up to PSP, N64, PS1, and maybe even GameCube.