32bit limitation of Nvidia Shield Tube a factor for Apps of tomorrow?

by Bodycount9

I'm slowly upgrading my living room entertainment area with a new TV, new AV receiver, and new streamer. The Mi Box I have now has been working great for over three years but I want atmos and dolby vision and HDR10 to work well so I'm looking at the 2019 version of the shield.

I won't be playing games with it. Absolutely none at all. No dolphin emulator either. So as of today, the tube which is 32bit only would work for me.

Need opinions here. Do you think Google is going to limit apps to 64bit in the future? I know Apple has already done it with the iphone apps. Because if they do, the tube will be a dead unit.

I also read the tube doesn't work well with Plex and 4k files. People saying it crashes a lot because Plex needs 64bit to work well. I don't know how true that is though. I use plex a lot. I have my own server and have a library of about 1000 movies and about 6000 TV episodes. In my house it's either YouTube TV or Plex for our viewing needs.

arrowrand

It's possible that people are downvoting you because you said Apple. It's much more likely that people are downvoting you because you have 1000 movies, 6000 TV episodes and all of the hardware to "aquire", store and serve those files, but you're worried about $50?

The Shield TV Pro is $50 more and is 64bit compatible. Yes, it IS out of stock everywhere, but you did say that you were taking this upgrade slowly.

pawdog

There would be no point in Android forcing 64bit . The issue with Plex was becasue of the way the Tube uses memory and Plex had to compensate which they mostly have. Fire TV is 32bit and only 1.5GB of RAM 4K remuxes never crashed the app. I've pretty much made the Tube my everyday device even though I have a 2017 right next to it. If it wasn't for the remote I wouldn't know the difference. In a perfect world I would recommend the Pro for your first Shield, but I don't hesitate to recommend the Tube as the next best choice.

MDiddy79

Nvidia can make the tube 64-bit any time they'd like too. The only difference between it and the Pro is 1 GB of RAM. Other than that, the hardware is identical (other than connectors) from what I've seen.

Given that, Nvidia could just release an x64 version of Android to install on the box anytime they'd like. Not really sure why they didn't in the first place.