Is a nvidia shield still the best? Are there others? I'd like to play various 4k HDR video files. Which one to buy? Any recommendations? Nvidia shield looks very much outdated but there's nothing new.
What about plasma bigscreen? Would that be good? I'd just use it for jellyfin, the DE doesn't matter much.
I have a regular-ass Amazon Fire TV stick 4k max that I use to play my Jellyfin content. It has native hardware support for h.265. I can't remember the last time it needed a stream transcoded. Of course, it is encumbered with the Amazon ecosystem, but it was cheap.
I also have one of those $20 Walmart Android TV boxes. The UI is a little slow in it but it plays the same Jellyfin content just fine, and you can replace the stock launcher on it with whatever you want.