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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 class="gmail-m_2875607026520153714money">$60</span> setup...</div>
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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> 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>
<p>Jim A<br>
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I have been using a fire stick 4K for a few weeks now and it has
worked perfectly, but MythTV cannot play 4K content at this time. I
don't have any 4K recordings anyway. I have not tried digital audio
from MythTV on the fire stick 4K.<br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't have optic cable - my audio also goes via HDMI. I understand it's still digital but just wanted to be clear that both audio/video is via HDMI. And i have quite a few movies with TrueHD that seems to be "down converted" to compressed 7.1 </div><div><br></div><div>Just wondering if i am making a new FE, might as make one that can be future proof...</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">_______________________________________________<br>
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