LG built in apps vs standalone Android box?

broona

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Just ordered a 65" C9, and I'm trying to work out the best way to get it set up, either using my existing kit, the apps on the TV, or potentially an Nvidia Shield or similar.

I currently use the following :-

Netgem HD box for Freeview, catchup, and Prime TV

Himedia Q5 Pro for Plex and a couple of Android apps

AMD 2200g PC for 1080P blu-rays and MKV rips (slight overkill!)

I'm hoping that either the TV will be able to do all of the above, or a Shield will be able to, save having so many devices, can anyone tell me whether the LG would be capable of all of the above, or if a Shield would be a better option?

I'm also thinking of taking advantage of the half price Sky Q offer that comes with the TV if that makes any difference to my options.
 
I think the only thing mine is lacking, which I need, is BT Sport. It's got all the other usual catch-up and streaming apps and Freeview
 
I have a 55C7 and I use the in-built apps for iPlayer, Plex, Netflix and Prime with TV hardwired to router with a 50Mbps connection. All have worked flawlessly. Plex took a bit of fiddling around at the start but that was a Windows network issue in the end solved by changing one setting.

My Plex server is via a wireless connection to router and it streams 4k HDR files/rips no problem at all.
 
Thanks for the replies, I think I'll try the apps out first, and if they don't work as I'd like, I'll look into something more powerful.
 
Depends what you want and have? Netflix and Amazon both have atmos but does the TV support and output that to an amp (if you have one) does the media streamer output dts for your bluray rips if they're in dts? The shield can do dts x and atmos. Do the inbuilt apps support Dolby vision like the apple TV box does?
 
Thanks for the replies, I'll be using the following kit and apps ;-

Freeview HD directly on the TV
PS4 Pro
Xbox One S (after just realising it's also a 4k blu-ray player!)
Netflix UHD
Amazon Prime

Everything will be running through a Denon AVR X2400H.

I've just bought a Shield on AVF, always best too have options. ;)
 
The LG apps are decent and are updated reasonably often so they're well-supported. Amazon's is a bit clunky but that's the same on every device.
 
I'm about to get a Shield TV Pro as the LG B8 doesn't support all necessary codecs, and x265 doesn't always play well.

I've got an Xbox One X but the lack of decent apps is a pain.
 
Do you not need freeview dvr capability too ? or, that's the sky consideration
using tv inbuilt freeview/play apps all give adverts no ? and inbuilt tv dvr's with the epg / multi-tuner / encrypted-record capabilities maybe limiting.
I use an old humax dvr, but looking for replacements
 
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