Nvidia shield tv, shield tv pro or mi box s?

by cvigti

Hi. I bought an hisense 65" 4k tv. Before, I had a ,not smart, lg hd ready 42" to which I connected a minix neo u1 years ago. That lg is going, together with the minix, to the bedroom. I used the minix to run my mkv's with subtitles through kodi on a usb pendrive. I still want to use this method with my 4k hisense (don't ask, but 8mb adsl internet plays a big part in not wanting anything to do with streaming, plus, it's free movies and series in my country where torrenting is not illegal).

Now, I have 50gb mkv's to play through usb pen. The tv does an excellent job but it struggles with the subtitles. If a remux has 20 subtitles or so, the tv menu only shows 10 or something, even my own srt either doesn't show up or works weird. I loved my xbmc for minix. I want it back. But it is needed in the other tv so, should I buy a mi box s for this or a shield tv (would have to use sd cards instead of usb pens, no streaming, not even internal plex or stuff like that, I like my full remux files connected to the tv for the best sound and video quality) or even a shield tv pro? I just think these shields are kind of overkill since I'm not going to play or stream anything on them. Just want kodi and a good hardware since the mkv's are 4k hdr dts hd and 80gb some times...do you think a mi box s plays these large 4k hdr dts files fine or should I go for a shield?

BronsonRedfin

Wait for the new Chromecast ultra with Android TV

Greg00135

If you run Plex on a Shield TV Pro you can play it back on the same device and still be able to stream it on internal network to other devices in your house. Plex can handle 4k remuxes without issue depending on thd server and I think the Shield Pro can handle it no issue (I have the tube version so can't confirm).

Edit: as the mi box S I vaguely remember that it had trouble handling 4k, you definitely won't get the audio support like you would on the Shields.

BiggussDikkuss

The Mi Box S is fine for high bitrate 4K HDR Rips played from USB storage devices.You will be limited to 5.1 DD, DD+ and DTS Audio output.

Use Kodi Leia if you want all the bells and whistles with Subtitles etc.

BTW: I would use CoreELEC Kodi on a MINIX U1 or U9 Running from a microSDHC card, it will be better Vs anything Android Kodi:

https://coreelec.org

If you just want “Kodi” and Kodi only, a great snappy, fast, good bang for the buck can be had with the Ugoos X2 or faster X3 Cube and then run CoreELEC Kodi on it. You will never look back.

cvigti

Yeah I just need 4k hdr 10 bit and 5.1 dts/dd sound. My hometheater is limited to that sound. I download remuxes which are from 50 to 80gb. I just need a box that can play this files the same way my tv plays them when I plug a usb pen to it, but with better UI and better options, for example, all subtitles available (tv shows just 10 or less), better subtitles options, opensubtitles addon as I had on kodi and movie starting with subtitle. Right now, I put the mkv in the pen, plug the pen to the tv, choose input on tv, choose file, start movie, press subtitle button on remote, try and find correct subtitle from list, and sometimes subtitle is probably out of list because it doesn't show (srt same name as movie). Before (old tv and minix) just plug usb in minix, start xbmc/kodi, choose movie, starts playing with subtitle I put in folder or, if needed, I could open full list of subtitles in file or use opensubtitles or bsplayer to search for a subtitle on-the-fly.

I just want this, but for 4k hdr 10 files 😁 my minix might even do it...have to check.👍 If it works I'll just buy the cheapest android box to put in the old tv 👌😁