mthr1
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We still, on occasion, hit the theater with the family. We’ve even done a drive in here and there. Yes, we still have a couple of those. 
The memories are what you can’t place a price tag on, you’re absolutely right.
Birthday dinners out - heck, I could’ve had a drawer of shields. Never remorse there - but the fact of the matter, $200 isn’t cheap to spend on a streaming device - but my shield tends to imprint some really happy memories.
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Sometimes viewing a movie with the family at home can become some of those precious memories, too. Kids in their pajamas, bowl of popcorn, the questions and conversations, the closeness, and the carrying of the sleepy child off to bed all become a cherished memory.
I miss those days!
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Miki
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Wow @Powerfader you never cease to amaze me. Yet another depth to you exposed. That was a truly heartwarming sentiment. Particularly as growing up we were so poor we could never afford to go to a show. Some weeks all we had to eat was a burlap sack of potatoes. But we were always happy and family time was full of our own made up fun. Merry Christmas PF and thank you.
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mthr1
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I can certainly agree with that angle also - though there are drawbacks also. Lol.
Plus - there’s the occasion, with the right movie, I don’t mind seeing it on a 70ft wide screen, with XD 3D. 
Personally, our family is all about table top gaming every weekend. Pretty cutthroat stuff there.
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Lolll, all history those were the good ole days for sure🤮
Comtech
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mini keyboard is very nice as touchpad mouse and typing,use mine everyday on my shield
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Yes it is. 3rd gen cube and 2nd gen 4k max are pretty good too but not quite Nvidia shield pro yet. And Nvidia shield is fully customizable unlike Amazon devices.
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TXRon
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Tina Turner - The Best (Official Music Video) - YouTube
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Comtech
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i have a 2017 shield in the basement, the hard drive failed and i just replaced it with a samsung ssd drive 500GB and dang woke that box up! had been slow for awhile and i hardly go down there since my son moved out…man cave coming soon…lol
i want an 85 inch tv to put down there to watch football,nba and mlb and it looks like wallyworld is gonna give me a nice xmas present…i also took the shield apart and it had a ton of dust in it,blew it out with canned air when i replaced the HD,that old box is fast as hell now…i never knew
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JerryJ
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External memory? What would you suggest?
I recently received my Shield Pro and in searching for basic set up instructions on YouTube, is was suggested that a Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.2, Gen 1 flash drive was the one to get. 128gb and speeds up to 400 mb/second. It was $10 and shipped with the HDMI cable that I needed. I installed the drive before starting up the Shield, formatted it and all seems to be good.
So now my issue/question is I am having issues with Kodi. Doing anything in Kodi is slower than my old Basset Hound. I only have two Addons, Fen and Twilight and both with RD. I pick a movie, like Night of the Living Dead and it takes 30 seconds to load the available streams and the art work still hasn’t loaded yet. I pick a stream (I pick a stream that is not that big, 1080 rather than 4K. And it typically takes over a minute to load and start playing. My VPN speed is 150 down so I can’t blame that.
I still have my 2nd Gen cube and timed the same steps as I did on the Shield and it was load and play in 12 seconds. I’m trying to troubleshoot this so I wanted to run this by the collective here to see if anyone thinks that it might be a flash drive issue.
AJS1
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Well if you pull the flash drive out does it load quicker?
BigDave
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Love my Shield Pro. Use it daily. If not the best, it’s close. The bigger question is can it stay in the best category with Nvidia’s attention on other areas. Technology standing still is losing the race.
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If you have Kodi on the usb it will be slow, needs to be on main storage.
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JerryJ
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That would have been my next step. So I pulled the drive and Kodi was gone. So it must have been loaded on the drive and most likely what was causing the slow operation of Kodi.
I tried to reload Kodi from the Troypoint toolbox but it wouldn’t load. (some issue with the URL). Anyway, at this point I am probably going to nuke the Shield and start over without that flash drive. Could anyone recommend a flash drive that they have had success with on the Shield Pro?
I just found this thread and Mr Powerfader, says he’s had no issues with his version of the SanDisk 256g Ultra Fit 3.1 flash drive.
https://troypointinsider.com/t/best-external-storage-for-nvidia-shield/93737
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JerryJ
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That’s what I was thinking. When loaded up Kodi i wasn’t offered a choice of where to park the app. The Shield just put it where it wanted to.
**UPDATE: I pull the flash drive and nuked the Shield. I reloaded everything without the flash drive. Now everything just screams along like no tomorrow. So having that drive installed in the USB port was the issue. I run a light load, Kodi, 3 or 4 addons, VPN, safety dot and the typical maintenance apps. So maybe don’t need the flash drive anyway?
AJS1
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It wouldn’t be a problem unless u record a lot.
