Nvidia Shield Vs. Amazon Fire TV Sticks: Which Is The Best Streaming Device For You? – BGR

Nvidia’s Shield TV streamers have been around for almost seven years. Despite their age, Nvidia Shield devices are still considered one of the most powerful and versatile offerings in the world of streaming media players. For example, the Shield TV and Shield TV Pro are the only media players to offer built-in AI upscaling. The Pro model can also function as a Plex media server and supports a USB TV tuner, features that are unavailable in most mainstream media streamers. More importantly, despite their relatively old age, these two streamers are still being supported by Nvidia, with the last update released just over six months ago in January 2026.

However, with plenty of competition, especially from Amazon’s popular Fire TV Stick lineup, which costs only a fraction of Nvidia Shield devices, does it make sense to go for one of the two seven-year-old media streamers? Moreover, do all consumers need the power or the extra features offered by Nvidia Shield devices,…