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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/1/19 6:23 PM, Ashu Desai wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 6:17 AM James Abernathy
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<p>I just complete the upgrade of my Front End to a 4K
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<div dir="auto">Thank you. I have been eyeing one lately since I
see them on samjhe a lot. Curious - if 4K id only via
streamed content, is there any major tipping points to Shield
vs say Firestick 4K? I only ask because that is under <span
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<p>It's plugged into the HDMI port of a UHD Samsung 4K
TV. I have it networked to the mythtv-backend via GBe
cable. But all the content I have access to for
Mythtv is 1080i/720p. I can stream 4K content from a
number of sources but all are thru a service like
Prime Video, etc. I went this way because of cost and
video quality. It's a perfect frontend for
Mythtv-frontend, Kodi, Sling, ESPN, Prime Video.</p>
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<div dir="auto">Does it play lossless audio? TrueHD, DTS-HD?</div>
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<p>My AVR supports that and I have all the settings turned on, but I
don't know when it's in the TrueHD modes? The Shield is set to
Surround Always which passes thru any audio. I just hope my UHD
TV sends those sames signals out the optical cable.</p>
<p>I don't have a 4K FireTV, but spec wise the Shield is better and
it has more CPU power and GPU power. The Shield produces the best
picture I've seen for Prime Video(4K), SlingTV and is as good a
Mythtv-frontend as I have. My preview best FE was a Core i7 with
a Nvidia GT710 card. The Shield cost about the same as my video
cost me at the time.</p>
<p>Jim A</p>
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<p> As an added benefit it's a very good gaming
platform, but that's based on an old guys opinion who
rarely games. My son things it's pretty good, but he's
a slave to the PC gaming experience.</p>
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