# Best 4k HDR client
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346 "2018-02-28T19:31:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mpg732\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mpg732_gmail.com)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/1 "2018-02-28T19:31:57Z")
What is considered the best box for 4K HDR playback? That can also pass along Atmos for sound.
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### Author:  [@cookies](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cookies)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/2 "2018-02-28T21:52:25Z")
The Nvidia Shield is the most capable and compatible, by far.
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### Author:  [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/3 "2018-03-01T11:20:48Z")
+1 for Shield.
FYI, Shield supports HDR10 but not Dolby Vision. Plex does not support Dolby Vision either right now.
Full Shield specifications at: [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/)
Here’s the audio & video portion:
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### Author:  [@mpg732\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mpg732_gmail.com)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/4 "2018-03-01T16:13:21Z")
On the KODI forums they say that the Shield has issues switch back and forth from HDR to non HDR. do you know if this effects plex as well?
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### Author:  [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/5 "2018-03-02T05:17:15Z")
I’ve never noticed any issues switching between 4K HDR & 1080p (blu ray rips). I do not reconfigure the Android TV video settings on the Shield nor in Plex. Shield is set to 4k/10-bit/4:2:0/60Hz. Plex set to adjust frame rate on playback (play movies at 24fps, etc).
The only HDR I have in my Plex library is some sample files from [4kmedia.org](http://4kmedia.org) and similar sites (demo files from LG, Samsung, etc). The HDR10 files look great. The “HDR” flag shows on my TV for a few seconds, indicating things are working OK.
Plex wants 4K HDR in an mp4 container. Some of the downloads were TS files and I had to remux them to mp4. I used tsMuxeR to pull out the individual video/audio components and MeGUI to put them in a MP4 container.
Other threads mention transcoding HDR to SDR (10 bit -\> 8 bit video) is problematic. The colors wash out. I didn’t transcode any 4K content, so don’t have direct experience.
Netflix in 4K HDR also looks great. Plays back in HDR10 with AC3 5.1 audio.
I don’t use Kodi, so can’t compare Kodi vs Plex.
My setup:
Shield TV --\> Denon 4300H --\> LG OLED 55B7P
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### Author:  [@Tamberlox](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Tamberlox)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/6 "2018-03-09T11:04:35Z")
Check my latest post guys, Plex DOES support Dolby Vision
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-4k-hdr-client/227346/7 "2020-01-08T00:41:25Z")