Uncompressed audio – The Nvidia Shield delivers the goods
No other streaming box on the market, including the excellent Apple TV box, can pass thru high end audio like the Nvidia Shield.
The Shield can support:
- AAC
- AAC+
- EAAC+
- MP3
- WAVE
- AMR
- OGG Vorbis
- FLAC
- PCM
- WMA
- WMA-Pro
- WMA-Lossless
- DD+ decoding
- Dolby Atmos Decoding
- Dolby TrueHD (passthrough)
- DTS-X (passthrough)
- DTS-HD (passthrough)
Now just try to find one for sale!
Another amazing feature is that you can run a Plex Server right from the device. It even has USB ports for connecting an external hard drive for media.
Running a Plex Media Server on an NVIDIA SHIELD TV allows you to stream your media files directly to other devices without needing a separate computer. Note that the 2019 “tube” model does not support running a Plex server (Pro models do).