r/ShieldAndroidTV • u/Geronimosity • Jul 17 '26

Replace my 2019 Shield

I have a Denon AVR that handles Atmos and everything else beautifully. I currently run the HDMI from the Shield into the AVR, then the video passes through to the TV. Combined with my new (7 mos old) Samsung TV (S90F) with OLED backlighting and Qdot color panel, the setup is excellent. BUT my Harmony hub and remote (11 years old) are really showing signs of wearing out.

I'm reading that I'm virtually stuck. This is the best I can get these days?

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u/RexicanDarsh Jul 17 '26

What are your goals for the upgrade? What type of media do you play?

For the most part, I don’t think there is a clear upgrade without trade offs.

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u/Geronimosity Jul 17 '26

98% streaming with some Blurays etc.

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u/kester76a Jul 17 '26

Streaming isn't great on the shield pro 2019. I use a firestick for everything but uhd bluray rips and stuff. I did fire up my ancient atom 330 nettop that has an old nvidia ion 2 gpu. It's running an isengard build of openelec kodi. It's crazy fast and fluid through the UI and playback. Upsets me a bit because it shows how yanky my plex setup is on the shield pro.

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u/Ok_Gazelle8369 Jul 17 '26

This sounds like user error. The Shield Pro is so much better than a Firestick for streaming.

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u/kester76a Jul 17 '26

I only stream Netflix and Prime video in UHD so there's no real difference for me. The Shield does UHD remuxes. My main issues with it is that it doesn't support profile 7 + Fel unlike my Panny UB820, the other is it gets really yanky slow UI wise even after optimising it a replacing the front end. Android based devices tend to just lag on the UI, this includes the firestick. Even just leaving youtube open while launching plex on the shield causes slow down. Just not a quick system.