Android TV boxes

[Troezar]

Just discovered these are a thing I'm looking for something to play a wider variety of file types and access media I can't get via Netflix or Amazon Instant Video.

I've currently got a 4yr old Samsung 1080 TV and access Netflix etc via my blu ray player since Samsung stopped supporting the TV apps

Ideally something supporting 4k for some future proofing would be handy as well as decent ongoing software support.

Any suggestions on what to go for? Budget, less is good but the right tool for the job is more important

 

[Troezar]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18590873

Thanks, I was actually reading up on that as you posted it Definitely an option but I was looking for something that may be a little more "open". I have however installed Plex on my TV and PC and got it transcoding and streaming now albeit with the quality tuned down a bit.

Should 500Mbps powerline adapters give the bandwidth for 1080P HD streaming? I don't think it was CPU lag as it was running at 35-65% whilst transcoding and streaming but I was getting some buffering.

 

[Troezar]

If the TV is 1080 why are you transcoding, doesn't plex have a direct play function (Im no plex expert).

That's okay. I'm transcoding because neither my Bluray player nor my TV can play the MKV files directly. I've tried converting the files but none of the formats I've tried are compatible either.

I thought Nvidia shield was some sort of gaming platform, I'll have to take a closer look at it