NVIDIA Shield Android TV is the best Kodi box you can buy

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While it's more expensive than the competition, the NVIDIA Shield Android TV's long-term value makes it so much more than a Kodi box.

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has been popping up in the news more and more often these days with the popularity of cord cutting on the rise. It's a very capable media center that's available for
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but arguably works best and is easiest to set up on an Android TV box — especially if you're looking to integrate it into your home theatre setup.

Meanwhile, the
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so, ergo, the NVIDIA's set top Android console is also the best Kodi box. But you don't have to take our word for it.

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, which admittedly might seem less than objective, but there's also a fleshed out entry from the Shield on the
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as well as a top recommendation from
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— one of the biggest and best resources for configuring Kodi with valuable add-ons.

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Why is the NVIDIA Shield TV the best for Kodi?


The reasons are patently clear: while you may be able to find an Android TV box online for dirt cheap, they're often running on KitKat or Lollipop — outdated software that's certainly not as secure as the Shield, which was updated to Nougat back in January, and will also be soon be receiving Google Assistant. It's also the most powerful Android TV box available on the market, with
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. We're talking NVIDIA's Tegra X1 processor and 4K streaming capabilities.


Go looking and you'll find plenty of sites and stores advertising Android set-top boxes sold with Kodi pre-installed for marked-up prices.

Go looking and you'll find plenty of sites and stores advertising Android set-top boxes sold with Kodi pre-installed for marked-up prices. Don't waste money on inferior products with inflated prices because some guy spent half an hour installing and setting up Kodi.
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and it's fairly easy to
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, so you're definitely better off investing more of your money into better hardware than just forking it over to enterprising Amazon sellers trying to make a quick buck.

If you're a bit more technical, you might also be interested in
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, a Kodi fork that offers a similar experience specially optimized for Android TV. While it's lacking the latest interface update that Kodi 17 recently unveiled, it's still a very good media streaming app that can also be
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if you plan on using it exclusively for Kodi. But if that's the case, you can also
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for a more minimalist option for your TV.

But again, the Shield offers so many other great features, including a ton of
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, making it a surprisingly powerful device for its size.

Which Shield should I get?


If your budget is a little tight, you might be inclined to get the cheaper
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over the 500GB NVIDIA Shield TV Pro. On the smaller, cheaper unit, though, you can always
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when you start running out of storage, or via microSD on older Shield boxes.

But for our money, the
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is your best bet, with nearly 50x more storage for only $100 more.

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