I prefer airplay native on the AppleTV vs the Apps that allow Airplay via the shield as I find its obviously quicker to start/stop native. Personally I have both (several generations of each) and I prefer the interface of the appleTV more (all seachboxes and keyboards act the same) whereas app to app the shield (or any android tv) those and similar functions can work different. So… Should I sell the Shield and go Apple? Would it make a difference to my life - or have I literally got the Kool-aid flowing through my veins? And Ive also got apple one, so arcade for the kids, tv+ etc… I am an iOS dev, so I guess it would be fun to tinker with some TV apps. Im not sure what was causing the mixup, it could have been the shield.

I’ve got an ONKYO 676 as my AV receiver, which I used to use all hooked up with hdmi and cec, but I had so many headaches of it randomly stopping working I now just use optical straight to the TV. I could also do it from my phone, but some apps, like All4 don’t allow you to airplay from the app. But I tested the airplay from my M1 Mini (with VPN on) to my Samsung tv and that does work. So I know there’s no way of having a VPN app on the device, and Im not interested on putting it on my router. So from my point of view, many of the advantages are no longer there.

I used to have the odd play around on geforce now, but haven’t touched it for over a year and no longer interested.

And casting is a nightmare, as it needs the vpn active on both Shield and phone, and then is very patchy, I know it’s not necessarily NordVPN and probably more to do with the android OS somehow letting them know my location, as on other platforms, iOS or Mac, it works just fine. Tends to not always work and even when it does work, I’ll suddenly get a geolocation block mid stream. The native nordVPN app seems to just be totally crap now.

I have recently moved to Germany from the uk.

But these days I just don’t have the time or motivation, and tend to find everything I need through the normal streaming ways. When I first purchased it I was on android, not so privacy aware, and the built in chrome cast was nice.

First, and a biggie, I no longer feel comfortable letting google have an eye on me.

I do like it don’t get me wrong, but here are some of my issues.

I have a 2015(I think?) Nvidia shield pro 500gb. So Im trying to figure out if I should do this move, but having not actually used an Apple TV for quite some time, Im not really sure if it’s a good idea.

How to airplay from mac to nvidia