From a family man point of view. Did the NSATV upgrade from your usual vanilla media player bring alot of new things when it comes to family bonding and time?
As it suppose to be an all in one box for gaming and music + plex server.
yes! very much indeed, sir! though at some point (and as expected with new devices), there are slight learning curves of its usage.
my personal reason in acquiring this is to have a media player and game console in-one. and am really glad I found it in Shield. makes me think this becomes the cheapest -- if we talk about getting BOTH (1) the best and most powerful media player (2) combined with a game console.
with games, I just want the classic old NES/SNES ones and I'm glad that they're available for FREE via emulators. for the new and more advanced ones, I'll leave it to my kids if they'll be interested when they discover them =)) I might even support to pay for them.. =))
with movies & music -- I'll stay traditional for now. download from source and store/collect them on our external HDDs. we can't stream yet since we are limited with low internet speed account.
however with Plex streaming, I liked the version pre-installed on LG TV with our laptops as the Plex Media Server -- it's accessed via WiFi. playing 1080p and 720p contents are flawless. Only 4K contents where we experience some video stuttering. but it's understandable since we're on a WiFi band.
while the Plex app pre-installed in Shield used as a media player acts differently and it requires more bandwidth even with the same 1080p/720p contents found in our laptop's Plex Media Server -- which I don't understand.