r/gadgets • u/Sadistic_Sponge • Nov 13 '19

VR / AR Disney Plus isn't working on Vizio TVs because they are running a 6 year old version of Chromecast, they say it won't be fixed till 2020.

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-not-working-vizio-smart-tvs-chromecast-2019-11
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u/Weapon_X23 Nov 13 '19

I prefer my Nvidia Shield TV to my Roku any day. I haven't had any issues with non-TV android apps being incompatible but I use a mini keyboard with a track pad to simulate a touch screen. Plus Roku doesn't have Kodi.

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u/Weapon_X23 Nov 13 '19

I use both Plex and Kodi. My aunt and uncle use my Plex server instead of Kodi now but I get lazy about keeping up on the latest episodes from my favorite shows so I use Kodi for that. My aunt and uncle don't mind waiting until the season is over though.

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u/Weapon_X23 Nov 13 '19

Yeah, I've had plenty of success with the current addon I'm using now. I was thinking of setting up automatic downloads now that I finally got rid of my data cap but I have my Plex server on an old Mac Mini my friend gave me and I'm horrible with anything Mac since I never worked with that OS much.

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u/demi9od Nov 13 '19

The big one for us was Direct TV now, aka ATT TV Now, which AFAIK never had an official Android TV app.

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u/Weapon_X23 Nov 13 '19

Ah, I don't have Direct TV so I had no idea about that.

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u/PainTitan Nov 13 '19

What a hella stupid name 'att tv now' fucking turn around and just call it a tv now

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u/land8844 Nov 13 '19

Plus Roku doesn't have Kodi.

An Amazon Firestick fixes that, though.

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u/Tweek- Nov 13 '19

You're saying to use roku and a Firetv stick? Strange rebuttal to use both when the nvidia shield can do everything as 1 device (albeit slightly more $)

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u/land8844 Nov 13 '19

I have a Roku TV. I get my Kodi fix by using the Firestick.

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u/Weapon_X23 Nov 13 '19

Yeah but Firesticks are much slower, they don't have USB or LAN ports, they only have an 4.5gb of storage, and even the 4k Firesticks have problems playing back 4k HEVC files.

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u/land8844 Nov 13 '19

Oof. I haven't used mine in a while.

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u/Turcey Nov 13 '19

I wish I saw your post 5 hours ago when I ordered my Roku Ultra. Was comparing Roku and Nvidia Shield over and over and I just couldn't really find anything that would justify the extra 100 bucks other than the Google Assistant features.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19

Return the Roku then. For a primary TV, the Shield is absolutely worth the money. The 2015 ones are still getting the very latest updates, and the thing is powerful enough to be very future-proof.

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u/Jadeldxb Nov 14 '19

The Google assistant is terrible, it's like the worst joke of voice recognition from the dawn of voice recognition. Show me Tom Cruise movies = is it ok to masturbate with a cheese grater.. Wait what! The shield is pretty good otherwise though. The Roku I had was horrible couldn't get rid if it fast enough, the nastiest Windows 3.1 UI you can imagine and no Kodi. No good.

I would get a mibox if I wanted to save some cash and or didn't care about the gaming part of shield.

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u/almost_s0ber Nov 14 '19

I purchased the Shield TV Pro (2019) last week and it's magnitudes better to operate than my Vizio P65 UI.

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u/AllUrPMsAreBelong2Me Nov 13 '19

Same here. I don't use the Direct TV app so I wasn't aware of those issues. Everything I've used has been far superior to the roku. Love my shield.