We’re considering shutting down our media PC for good, as it’s aged, noisy and draws a lot of power. We’ve been googling around and it seems like Nvidia Shield would be a good substitute. However, we mainly seem to get the positive ads or positive reviews about it when we search around, and I would like to get some more “rounded” comments about it.

How does it perform with VPN? Can you stream games from other computers? Does it handle media streaming services well without lag? Is it a time/money sink?

  • RegnaOPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Well, we currently have a midrange Sony TV (2022) with Android as an OS and Plex installed, and I’ve been annoyed with the lag there and the inability to configure our interface the way we see fit. Thus we still had our media PC connected to it.

    Moonlight really seems like a good option, as my kids like to stream and share content across the house, as well as gaming when we travel light.

    Thank you for the info.

    • @eramsethEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Quite welcome.

      My Sony TV is either 2022 or 2021 (I forget) and it’s the 850 series. Shield tv interface (even the 2015 model) is noticeably much more responsive and configurable.