Should you get the best Android TV streaming box or the Apple TV 4K? – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)

New look, same great performance

NVIDIA Shield TV (2019)

Good for most

Apple TV 4K

NVIDIA has been owning the Android TV streaming box segment for years with the same NVIDIA Shield TV hardware. In 2019, NVIDIA finally gave us a new look with an upgraded processor that delivers all the features required to keep pace with the newer competition.

$150 at Amazon

Pros

  • Tube design is compact and easy to set up
  • Best support for Google apps and services
  • Expandable storage via microSD
  • Support for 4K and HDR
  • AI-upscaling

Cons

  • Only 8GB of internal storage
  • Doesn’t ship with an HDMI cable

Apple is known for making top quality tech products that are perfectly suitable for practically anyone. tvOS is easy to navigate and supports the most popular streaming services with output that supports 4K HDR and Dolby Vision.

$179 at Amazon

Pros

  • Best support for Apple apps and services
  • Great for mirroring content from Apple devices
  • Media looks stunning on 4K TVs
  • Optimized to be easy to use

Cons

  • No way to expand storage
  • Doesn’t ship with an HDMI cable

Two of the biggest players in the platform game are Apple and Google and both have excellent options when it comes to streaming content. Apple’s got the Apple TV 4K, while Google’s best Android TV box for years has come from NVIDIA. Now that NVIDIA has finally upgraded the NVIDIA Shield TV hardware, the best Android TV box has gotten sleeker without sacrificing performance.

So which should you get? Let’s break it down.

Need to consider more than just the specs

Source: Phil Nickinson / Cordcutters

For the most part, NVIDIA Shield TV (2019) and Apple TV 4K do the same things in the same ways. They suck in digital signals, process them, and spit ’em out to your TV. Each has a remote control and does Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and the rest of the basics.

Category NVIDIA Shield TV (2019) Apple TV
Processor NVIDIA Tegra X1+ Apple A10X
Operating System Android TV tvOS
Storage 8GB 32/64GB
External storage Yes No
4K resolution Yes Yes
HDR10 Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Dolby Vision Yes Yes
DTS-X Yes No

With the updated NVIDIA Shield TV, the only glaring difference in the specs is the internal storage. Its 8GB of storage may seem paltry, but let’s be real — most people are going to be streaming content from apps like Netflix, YouTube, or Disney+. If you do need extra storage for binging your own media library, you can load up a microSD or mount that extra storage as internal storage for your Shield to use to download apps and games. This is something you can’t do with the Apple TV, which offers no ways to expand the 32GB or 64GB…

https://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-shield-tv-vs-apple-tv-4k