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TL;DR
- NVIDIA has launched an opt-in hotfix for its Protect TV Android machine to deal with bugs launched by a current replace.
- The non-reversible replace fixes a number of points like Dolby Imaginative and prescient stutter and audio playback bugs.
- Nevertheless, customers can’t set up sure apps post-update attributable to an absence of Google certification. In addition they can not roll again from the hotfix replace, making it dangerous to put in.
The NVIDIA Protect TV lineup dates again to 2015, however NVIDIA isn’t achieved updating the well-liked Android TV machine. After rolling out a shock replace earlier this yr for the Protect TV and Protect TV Professional, NVIDIA is following up with a hotfix replace that resolves a number of the points launched with the earlier replace. Nevertheless, there are a few catches with this replace.
As introduced by NVIDIA, the hotfix is opt-in, and customers have to enroll in it. There is no such thing as a strategy to roll again from the hotfix replace, however you’ll obtain the ultimate public launch every time that rolls out. The hotfix replace isn’t Google-certified both, so that you gained’t be capable of set up or replace apps like Disney Plus from the Google Play Retailer if you happen to don’t have already got them put in. Plus, HD Homerun DRM channels may also not work.
So why would a consumer willingly join this hotfix replace with so many caveats? The replace does repair many points that the earlier replace introduced alongside, so it’s nonetheless within the consumer’s basic curiosity. Given the age of the machine, customers are additionally pretty keen to take dangers with it, since they’ve already gotten greater than their cash’s value out of it.
Right here’s the changelog for the hotfix replace:
- Fixes night time mode being skipped when DAP is ON.
- Fixes Dolby Imaginative and prescient content material stutters when body match characteristic is enabled.
- Fixes Match Content material Audio Decision for USB DAC
- Provides again HQS / Maxrate possibility for USB audio.
- USB TV Tuner repair with Stay Channel app.
- Fixes playback points in Plex when utilizing AAC 5.1 audio.
If you’re keen to put in the hotfix replace with the caveats in place, you possibly can join it right here. If the caveats scare you, you possibly can at all times await the eventual public launch to roll out, though NVIDIA hasn’t dedicated to a timeline. The corporate seems to be a lot dedicated to the machine, although, so we’re optimistic.
