tl;dr Right now, would you buy a shield console or a Chromebox for Kodi/Plex in the living room?
So my bedroom PC finally died and I've been able to forcefully-with-nightly-battles remove WMC from at least one viewing station. It has been a rough few weeks in the bedroom (errr, TV related only). My wife's "I like media center" complaints are slowly weakening, along with her hatred for Kodi, so I figure I should press my luck and build another Kodi box for the family room! Good plan, right? I feel like I should write a book about how to piss off the wife with technology.
I've done the chromebox thing and it works great as a premium Kodi platform. I've also done the FireTV and Rpi2 thing and they work well for budget android kodi platforms. I haven't tried the shield in person so I don't know how the overall experience is. It is very intriguing though.
So...how does the Shield console work as a primarly HTPC-oriented platform? Is it worth getting over the Chromebox, assuming none to minimal gaming? Cost isn't really relevant. The most important factor is the user experience as the HTPC platform.
So my bedroom PC finally died and I've been able to forcefully-with-nightly-battles remove WMC from at least one viewing station. It has been a rough few weeks in the bedroom (errr, TV related only). My wife's "I like media center" complaints are slowly weakening, along with her hatred for Kodi, so I figure I should press my luck and build another Kodi box for the family room! Good plan, right? I feel like I should write a book about how to piss off the wife with technology.
I've done the chromebox thing and it works great as a premium Kodi platform. I've also done the FireTV and Rpi2 thing and they work well for budget android kodi platforms. I haven't tried the shield in person so I don't know how the overall experience is. It is very intriguing though.
So...how does the Shield console work as a primarly HTPC-oriented platform? Is it worth getting over the Chromebox, assuming none to minimal gaming? Cost isn't really relevant. The most important factor is the user experience as the HTPC platform.