Hey all,
I’m wanting to upgrade my current TV streaming setup to a Shield TV (or possibly TV pro), but while these devices are super easy to get in the US, available at the basic price with next-day shipping, it’s very difficult to find places selling them here, and when they are available, they’re imports with large markups and over a month to arrive.
Am I just SOL here if I want this device promptly and reasonably priced? I’m going back to the US for a few weeks in June and considering just waiting until then if there’s no other option, but returning it if I decide it’s not for me will be quite difficult in that case.
I had no trouble getting my Chromecast here so I just assumed it’d be equally easy for such a popular device, but apparently not!
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US Amazon sells it for $149.99 and will ship it to Japan.
Upgrade to a 2017/2019 device in Q2 2023? It looks like it was never released in Japan, so all sales are ‘parallel imports’. Is there any specific reason to want this over any other domestically offered thing? If you can get it for cheap in USA, that’s probably the easiest way.
I had to order it from amazon.com , was still cheaper than buying it here.
Sometimes you might find a second hand one on yahoo auctions.
I have unused Shield TV Pro that I got from Amazon during covid. Box has been opened, but ended up never even turn it on. PM me if you are interested.