Nvidia shield tv pro vs apple TV

[Anandlondhe]

Which is better Nvidia tv shield pro or apple TV for home theatre? Mostly for watching on streaming platform and with dolby atmos setup with eARC 2.1 144 hrz tv

 

[girishtd8262]

Opinion varies. I have got both Apple TV and nvidia.
I feel nvidia is far superior in sound quality especially punchy lfe.apple tv image is more smooth.

 

[suku_patel_22]

For streaming, either is fine. I would go with Apple TV. Nvidia is too long in the tooth, no warranty, overpriced.

 

[vinothkumar]

If you don’t have a serious home theatre setup, either option will work fine. However, the Nvidia Shield delivers bit perfect Dolby audio, which the Apple TV does not. Even so, when compared directly, the audio output from both is inferior to using eARC from the TV. For general use, though, they are perfectly adequate.

 

[suku_patel_22]

If you don’t have a serious home theatre setup, either option will work fine. However, the Nvidia Shield delivers bit perfect Dolby audio, which the Apple TV does not. Even so, when compared directly, the audio output from both is inferior to using eARC from the TV. For general use, though, they are perfectly adequate.

None of the streaming services offer anything more than Dolby Digital Plus, so anything is fine , even a Fire stick 4k. So, the support for bitstream is moot!

Apple TV should be chosen for a more fluid UI and integration with your Apple ecosystem(if you are an Apple user already).

Purely for streaming, NVidia is pointless, especially without any support whatsoever.

How can the audio output from both be worse than eARC? All there of them support HDMI2.0 at the very least. All audio signals should be equal.