Hi guys,
I've had the 2nd gen FireTV for a few years now and only recently when I tried some HDR content, I found out it was not supported.
Enter the new 4k firestick with 1.5GB DD4 ram, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision.
The Geekbench shows that the new 4K Firestick out performs both the Pendant stick and also the FireTV cube.
The FireTV 2nd gen is still faster but with the lack of HDR, its made me look else where.
4K Stick PRO's
Smooth 4K UHD playback
Dolby Atmos, Vision, HDR10 and HDR10+ supported
New remote now supports volume adjustment of your soundbar / TV / Amp
Faster than FireTV cube & Pendant
DD4 Ram
At £34.99/ $34.99 its an absolute steal!
4K Stick CONS
Alexa still needs more functionality
No Native Youtube app
You can see the full review including gaming, benchmarks, 4K playback here
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Hello there.
So I have a Nvidia shield tv pro which does a great job upscaling HD content to 4k. I currently use a 4k oled television so it works hand in hand.
This weekend I am upgrading to the 2019 model of Samsung QLED 8k television series.
So my question is. How will shield decide upscaling, will both the TV and shield work against each other, which device will have priority in upscaling. Would turning off upscaling on the shield make it better?
Also would things be clearer or better straight from the TV apps due to shield being made for 4k? Currently buying a 8k HDMI cable to put into the shield from the TV too if that helps.
Hopefully I can get some insight.
The Nvidia shield tv only supports HDMI 2.0b which supports 4k at 60hz and either doesn't support 8k or only supports it at 30hz. I doubt the shield supports 8k output atall. I would say to leave nvidias scaling on and see how it does it will upscale to a maximum of 4k on its own then the tv will do the rest.
Always let the TV do the upscaling. The processor and algorithms will be better than the Shield's as the manufacturer knows what to do with the pixels based on its design. All 8K TVs know how to upscale from 4K because there isn't any 8K content.
Hi, after owning a 2nd gen firetv box (not cube) for years, I assumed that it did 4k...
Now the 4k TV has finally arrived - LG C1, I cannot get the ftv to output 4k !
It's set to 4k in settings, but the TV always reports 1080p.
I have several side loaded apps that play 4k, but....
I have been told that the 2nd gen box will only play 4k from Amazon content... Could that be true ?
Any advice guys ?
Thanks
Ps I've a 4k stick on the way, just in case lol
Rooster#1 said:
Hi, after owning a 2nd gen firetv box (not cube) for years, I assumed that it did 4k...
Now the 4k TV has finally arrived - LG C1, I cannot get the ftv to output 4k !
It's set to 4k in settings, but the TV always reports 1080p.
I have several side loaded apps that play 4k, but....
I have been told that the 2nd gen box will only play 4k from Amazon content... Could that be true ?
Any advice guys ?
Thanks
Ps I've a 4k stick on the way, just in case lol
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it does. Might be a network speed problem. Usually mine takes about 2-3 minutes to start playing in 4k. I never had any issues with 4k on my firetv2.
Mmm, that's odd then !
My 4k stick has arrived, and it working as expected... Same WiFi, same location... So I've given up on the box, it can go 8n the bedroom
Thanks for the reply Michajin
I currently have the Amazon Fire TV Cube 2nd Gen, but I'm wondering if the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a better option. I have an Xfinity wifi 6 modem with a 1 GB internet plan. The cube has a faster CPU, but the 4K Max supports wifi 6. Which device is the better option?
The Cube and 4k max are both streaming devices, and streaming services max out at ~30Mbps. Even if you are streaming Blu-ray rips you are only dealing with ~65Mbps.
What are you hoping to gain from WiFi6? You should be able pass over 400Mbps with WiFi5 already.
The 4k Max also does AV1 decoding but at the moment that doesn't make much difference since any service providing AV1 also provides alternative codecs of comparable quality.
The 4k Max has an eARC hub option if you want to stream audio from an eARC capable TV to Echo speakers.
The 4k Max has a few more features, but these features will have no impact for most users.
I buy 4k + 1080p + digital movies, rip the 1080p and 4k hdr content at its highest quality sometimets upto 70GB size for 4k hdr pure mkv files, disc on my hdd and stream through plex on shield tv pro 2019.
is ai scaling pointless if the files are pure mkv 4k and 1080p and direct play from pc to shield?
whats there to upscale?
1080p to 4k scaling?
I did demo test on avatar 1080p, it upscales it most definitely, wow.
4k hdr doesn't get upscaled says nothing to upscale. ofc. unless 8k streaming device.
makes me wonder if nvidia has more in the works since 2019 for a new device even better n more powerful.
Does AI upscaling works for videos played in KODI app?
What are the apps in nvidia shield tv pro which support AI upscaling?
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What are the apps in nvidia shield tv pro which support AI upscaling?
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Not 100% sure but I'd guess probably any app that outputs 720p 30fps or 1080p 30fps while connected to a higher resolution screen.
Plex works, and i also assume kodi does too