All things Kodi aside, I find that the Nvidia Shield TV is hands down the best media player/streamer available today (the new UHD Roku comes in 2nd). The new 2017 model only has ir control on the pro model, but it has great specs and can handle anything you can throw at it including 4k x265 decoding and native Netflix app with 4k with surround support. It is even powerful enough that Plex media server can be run on it. It also has a nice couch interface in the Leanback launcher (Android TV) and includes access to the play store which has tons of apps and games.

Of course you can also just load Kodi from the play store like any other app, Nvidia even has marketing material showcasing it's support of Kodi.

Here's a blog post from Nvidia:

[Link: shield.nvidia.com]