Nvidia Shield is an awesome device. But if its just being used for streaming , then honestly, its a waste of money.
Tivo has a device now too. It also has an all in one streaming service app.
well I was curious about the gaming and the ability to connect it to a home server since I have a ton of stuff on hard drives including games. I have a WDTV player as well but it gets to be a pain putting things on USB. And I don't Kodi anymore but when I did I came across them as having about as good a streaming hardware as you can find (although that info is at least a couple years old)
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As for the ones builit in to TV's I am not impressed but the two I have are a couple of years old already. The Samsung , from the time you turn it on, it takes a couple of minutes before you can access smart function. So it has a firestick plugged in to it even though it is smart. I use it mostly for streaming so smart is no good for me if it needs two cups of coffee before its brain works.