![]() ![]() The interface is streamlined to help you find movies, shows, apps, and games quickly. It’s an amazing device - simple to use, with a remote that has a microphone so you can do voice searches on Google. Of the movies available to purchase, there are only a few dozen and a handful of recent releases.Īnother realization had to do with the NVIDIA Shield. The idea is that you purchase this gear to watch content in 4K and then have to come to grips with the fact that there isn’t any content. ![]() It’s as though the 4K market is stuck in that awkward period when movies are released for purchase before you can rent them (which is, by the way, true of Ant-Man right now - but not in 4K). Most 4K movies on Vudu and M-Go are not available to rent, though. I will admit being impressed by the quality, seeing individual flecks of dirt during a boat scene that were definitely harder to see in the HD stream, and noting how water droplets had more clarity like you could reach out and pop them. I only found one movie for rent - the disaster flick San Andreas, which I watched twice. Next, the Vudu and M-Go services seemed promising, but the second cold hard truth is that most of the Hollywood movies in 4K cost $30 and you can only purchase them. Many of the Amazon movies are just upsampled from HD anyway. No matter which content I played - YouTube 4K videos, Netflix shows, or Amazon shows and movies - the stream always played in HD. (Amazon says they are looking into the issue.) I was using a fast cable connection at 60 megs, but it didn’t matter. First, on the Samsung 65-inch television, when you try to play Amazon movies and shows in 4K, the stream always ends up switching to HD. Then, I had a complete meltdown of high-resolution entertainment. I even connected the new NVIDIA Shield, which supports both Netflix 4K shows and in 4K. I also tested out the new Roku 4, which has a handy feature called 4K Spotlight that finds 4K movies and shows from multiple services like Vudu and M-Go and puts them all in one bucket. ![]() I used a Samsung JS9000 65-inch 4K UHD SmartTV curved television, basically the best you can find and one of my favorite displays. First, I did manage to get all of the proper hardware working just fine. ![]()
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