ATV4K + Infuse v/s Nvidia Shield TV Pro + Plex

[Ketan]

Hello Folks,

I have these two setup, I'd like to take your opinion if you have experienced both of them for playing Local Media. I have found ATV4K does slightly better job at streaming OTT sometimes. However, I have heard a lot about Shield TV Pro preferred for playing the local media.
Has anyone done some detailed analysis of their capacities for playing local media over a NAS, connected to 2.5GBe port.
I have recently found that even with the Infuse I am able to play the 4K HDR with the DA/DV and also the True HD 7.1 media fine.
Is there a better way to stream/get/play HDR movies!! Thanks in advance for your inputs.

 

[krishpiscean]

Not going into theory and analytics, there is clear difference between these setups, with Nvidia Pro on the better side. But again it’s been almost an year that i have used that combo. I simply prefer ATV with Infuse connected to my synology NAS. The ease of Apple TV, navigation and simplicity of Infuse supersedes the marginal difference in sound via Nvidia shield.

I have a decent 9.2.4 setup and I don’t see much difference between both.

 

[altair21]

The most egregious difference between different players aside from usual support for Atmos passthrough, DTS, HDR10+ etc is how they handle DV playback.

I have a good write up here on the issues with DV with different players and sheet linked that has DV compatibility for different players.

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Post in thread 'new 4k uhd player for sony oled tv'

Sep 25, 2024

May I know on what basis the DV playback is better in Ugoos compared to Zidoo?

ah, my bad, I was a bit lazy with my response, so I'll explain it in full.

before I begin, do note all my considerations are from a proper DV playback perspective and that the player should be able to play Blu-Ray Discs or any media without weird issues like PGS subs causing issues, lossless audio not working etc, I don't care about any QoL or perf improvements that other players bring.

And. are you aware of the bullshit that comes with DV? different profiles and enhancement layers and...

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