Shield TV – Laggy and times out

So I went and bought a Shield TV based on threads from here…

Updated it to 5.1 etc etc.

Android v7

Installed Kodi v17 from the Play store.

Added advancedsettings.xml for MySQL (Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/)

Most of the art will not load, if I try and play anything it just times out :<

Android TV with Kodi works fine, windows based clients work fine too.

MySQL server is 5.5.54 – shares via smb

The Shield has a DHCP IP, would a static IP help?

Baffled! Any help is appreciated before I check on a refund – lol