

This produces incredible sharpness and enhanced details that no traditional scaler can recreate. First introduced on NVIDIA SHIELD TV, AI-enhanced mode leverages the computational power of the GPU to pass content through a trained neural network model. This mode is only available for PC users with select NVIDIA GPUs or on NVIDIA SHIELD TV. It uses on-device processing to improve the quality of the stream by eliminating blurriness. This new “AI Enhanced” mode is using the same technology that the Shield TV debuted a couple of years ago, but at that time the function was exclusive to video only. You can also stream games from a local NVIDIA-powered gaming PC, so you don’t have to move your PC tower to play in your living room.The Nvidia Shield TV’s 2019 refresh brought with it a neat trick that could upscale content to 4K using AI, and now that upscaling feature is expanding to GeForce Now.Īvailable starting today with the v2.0.37 update for GeForce Now, all members can now stream games and see higher quality on their machine. You can use either a mouse and keyboard, or a game controller. Gaming is another strength for the SHIELD TV Pro, with support for Android games as well as games streamed via GeForce Now. Best of all, Plex Server is supported so you can stream these videos on other devices with Plex installed. This is helped by the dual USB 3.0 ports on the back of the SHIELD Pro, so you can plug in either a USB flash drive or an external hard drive. Plex lets you stream your movies and videos from a local source like a hard drive or flash drive in full quality. One is the ability to play back local content via Plex. While just about any streaming box can play movies from common streaming apps, NVIDIA has packed in a few extra features that sets the SHIELD TV Pro apart. This allows the SHIELD TV Pro to support 4K HDR streaming, as well as AI-enhanced upscaling to make older lower-resolution TV and movies look sharp on a modern TV. NVIDIA has taken a slightly different approach with the SHIELD TV Pro giving it a fast CPU, a powerful GPU, and 3GB of RAM. The NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro is 15% off at Amazon, that’s $169.99 (opens in new tab), down from $199.99.

This Android TV box has a built-in 4K Chromecast, a wide range of streaming apps like Netflix, and Plex support for playing local content. There are a ton of streaming boxes available for your TV from several different manufacturers, so it can be hard to find the right one for your setup.
