NVIDIA SHIELD UPDATE A FULL PLEX MEDIA SERVER

     As William O'Neal's blog, New Shield as an Android TV Box, it update adds the ability to run a full Plex media server.
     Plex, for those who are not aware, is a piece of software that lets you stream your video files over your local network or the internet from a central media storage box. It can handle virtually any video file, presumably ones you’ve obtained from legal sources, but we’re not here to judge. Plex actually transcodes your videos in real time, then streams them to your chosen screen.

     With NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV, you can watch the latest and the hottest movies and TV shows in 4K Ultra HD, be it on Netflix, YouTube, KODI (XBMC), or PLEX. You can also listen to your favorite music or play your favorite playlist.
And with NVIDIA NOW, you can "instantly streams a library of popular PC games at up to 1080p 5 resolution at 60 FPS from NVIDIA gaming supercomputers in the cloud."
     NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV is two different storage capacities: SHIELD 16GB is available at $199.99, and SHIELD PRO is available at $299.99. Even if the price is not the cheapest, The Plex update also includes the ability to manage your Shield’s storage over a local network using your computer. That’ll be great for loading video onto the server. Nvidia hasn’t specified the release date for the 3.2 update, but it shouldn’t be more than a week or two.