After investing £150 on a Shield I want to be using it and the experience geneanrally is quicker than using the apps on my TV. Just for comparison, I tried the Emby and Plex apps on my Samsung TV and they both use direct play for these files, it just seems that it's Emby on the Shield that doesn't. The same files on Plex alwats play directly and seek really quickly. It doesn't affect newer progressive shows so much. Old 90s shows which I record a lot of do not look good. This ends up slower, but also converts them and deinterlaces them which I don't want. My issue is, all TS files layed on the Shield in Emby end up transcoding (Direct Play error). I've just invested in a Shield TV and was going to make a choice between Emby and Plex as I don't want to keep paying for both. TS files can retain both progressive streams and interlaced streams and a combination, so I want to stick with TS. All the files record as TS files, which is what I want as the conversion to an MP4 of interlaced material is horrible. Although Shield was already able to run the Plex media player app, soon it will also be able to act as a server on your home network too.I am using a combination of Plex and Emby to record from my Homerun Duo onto my PC. Plex has today announced that it will offer owners of nVidia's Android-powered Shield box a new way to stream media around their home. The media remote and extra controllers - one is included - also add to the total cost. Shield starts at $179.99 and goes up to $299 if you want 500GB of storage. It does however give you free access to apps on any platform, along with photo uploads and the option to sync media into the cloud. Plex Pass is a bit expensive too, with lifetime costing $149.88, yearly is $39.99 and monthly is $4.99. For example, the ability to sync video to your phone or tablet requires this.
Some features may need you to subscribe to the Plex Pass. The Plex app will be free on Shield - it would usually cost $5 on Android TV.
Now it feels like it's becoming a whole new device that can turn your NAS or, simply, a portable hard drive into a whole media library which you can share around your house. Shield has always been a pretty low-cost way of streaming media as well as playing games on your TV that either come from nVidia's cloud gaming service, or stream from your GeForce-enabled PC. From its end nVidia is also supporting HDR on Netflix and will also be adding YouTube 4K60 playback too - as part of the same update which will bring this Plex support. For those who love films there's more good news because Plex supports 4K video already, and is bringing HDR along too.
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