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 4K
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.
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.
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 4K 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 4K | Apple TV 4K |
|---|---|---|
| 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…
https://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-shield-tv-vs-apple-tv-4k
