NVIDIA SHIELD TV Has Now Transformed Into Your Very Own Media Server

NVIDIA SHIELD Boob tube was great for game streaming and with its processing firepower, its 4K output capability was a breeze for the production. At present, here is another reason why NVIDIA SHIELD TV has become keen again.

NVIDIA And Plex Have Created A Coalition To Transform SHIELD Boob tube Into The Ultimate Media Server

According to the official blog postal service published on Plex, NVIDIA SHIELD TV has received another update:

"With its 64-bit CPU and massive GPU, allows u.s.a. to arrive actress special by letting you lot run the entire Plex Media Server direct on the device!

You read that right: the SHIELD is so powerful that information technology cannot merely run our Android Tv interface better than just most annihilation out at that place, it can besides run the full media server, including back up for hardware-accelerated video transcoding (H.264, MPEG2 and HEVC)! With multiple simultaneous streams! As for storage, you get up to 500GB right on the SHIELD, and you lot can easily add more via USB or over the network.

The 500GB NVIDIA SHEILD Pro is really the kickoff all-in-one Plex box that combines the power of the Media Server with awesome media playback capabilities. Did nosotros mention it supports 4K video @ 60fps?"

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In a nutshell, you volition no longer be required to use a PC or NAS bulldoze to human action as a Plex media server, and very before long, you can do all of that on NVIDIA SHIELD TV. While Plex already sports an Android Tv set app, which is compatible on the product in case you might ask, but there are other advantages of owning the box. For starters, information technology is capable of transcoding video in real time, including H.264, HEVC and MPEG2 formats, suggesting that you tin store your media on its hard bulldoze, or a memory device plugged into 1 of the USB ports, and employ it as the server.

The Pro version is the i that will really serve your purchase because it features storage up to 500GB, allowing you lot to bombard it with a huge number of movies and TV shows running being played at the prodigious 4K resolution (although viewing all content in 4K will quickly chew upward that storage). Plex will proceeds the new ability when the SHIELD TV gets a firmware update later this month. The Plex app on Google Play will then have media server aspects added, giving y'all the ultimate flexibility when it comes to viewing experience.

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The Pro version of NVIDIA SHIELD Goggle box carries a toll of $299.99 and features a SHIELD controller bundled with the bundle deal. If you lot want to buy a carve up SHIELD REMOTE, and so it is going to set you dorsum by $49.99.

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