My folks have a summer home / cottage without internet access, I am looking for a box that only plays downloaded movies and no Netflix etc. I had a cheap non-android device but had a lot of issues with high bit rate movies wherein they would stutter and skip during playback, presumably due to underpowered processor or RAM..
Nvidia's Shield Pro is my first choice but I dont want to pay for unnecessary features like gaming or apps.
TL;DR Can anyone recommend a device that will allow us to playback pirated movies from USB, but doesnt have other unnecessary features I dont want to pay for?
Honestly, I'd just set up a Raspberry Pi with Kodi. You don't need Android for your use case, and it'd probably be a hindrance.