there's gonna be a quiet introspective
very useful video full of consumer
advice about hey guys this is Austin and
today I have the brand new Nvidia shield
so you may remember this this is the
original Nvidia shield and I'll actually
really like this however there's a new
version that's just come out but the big
question is is a 200 on gaming console
worth it
what's interesting is the shield
actually shares a lot of common DNA with
the brand new Nintendo switch so
honestly this is probably going to be a
more powerful option not only does it
support both 4k and HDR but as you'll
see the new slim version also adds some
new features so this guy is running
Android TV now that's actually probably
my favorite sort of Smart TV interface
that I've tried not only is it fairly
snappy and easy to get around but it
also is fairly powerful you can do
things like actually multitasking as you
watch video and there's some new things
with the new new get version which this
is preloaded with also that is really
small are you serious I mean I don't
think anyone thought the original shield
was all that large but this thing is
absolutely tiny wow I wasn't expecting
that
I mean in pictures it looks almost exact
same but we actually put them
side-by-side
there's a huge huge difference I guess
it makes sense so there's another
version of this that actually can come
with a 500 gigabyte hard drive and I
assume that that's probably gonna be a
little bit bigger than this but right
now we're talking about something that's
not that much bigger than a normal
streaming box like an Apple TV
you're really not losing much because of
the small size either so we still have 2
USB 3.0 ports Ethernet HDMI the biggest
loss is the lack of a micro SD card slot
but honestly with the shield I prefer to
just plug in a USB Drive for extra
storage anyway something that wasn't
including the original shield is the
actual remote so this was something like
$50 on the previous version however it's
really nice to have this actually
included as much as this is a gaming
device I feel like a lot of people
myself included probably end up spending
more time watching Netflix so having a
dedicated remote is nice there also is a
brand new controller and this is an
interesting looking controller why I get
going for the sort of faceted look but
it's such a weird choice to not smooth
out
gret I mean it actually doesn't feel bad
I really wasn't a big fan of the
previouse shield controller so I do
think this is an improvement and I guess
once you kind of get it settled in your
hands you don't notice but that's such a
unique call to do that I don't know I I
don't hate it it's definitely unique at
$200 is the Nvidia shield is an
interesting value proposition so for
this kind of price you could pick up a
used Xbox 360 or ps3 and ton of terrific
games and on the flip side of things I
used Xbox one or ps4 is not going to be
that much more expensive now to be fair
you do have that 4k and HDR support
honestly especially on the media side
I think Android TV pretty much beats all
of the consoles and it does have some
fairly decent gaming chops with games
that run natively games are specifically
made for shield as well as things like
GeForce now as well as streaming from
your personal PC but the real question
is how does all that stuff actually come
together something else that shield can
do is play some party games
more specifically jackbox thanks guys
the video really appreciated who the
Nvidia shield is the ultimate party game
device inside the shield is using the
Tegra x1 processor from its predecessor
well that might not seem like an upgrade
because it really isn't most importantly
not only is this more powerful than any
other streaming box out there but it
still got a lot more horsepower than
some like an Xbox 360 or ps3 so one of
the things that you can find on the
shield is portal and no this is not some
dumbed-down mobile version this is a
full port of the proper PC portal
experience when you think about it the
shield really is about as powerful as a
lot of the gaming pcs that were out at
the time of portals release so sure
you're not getting the full 4k ultra
setup with mouse and keyboard and all
the kind of fun
toys but to be honest you're really not
losing a lot either it's pretty much the
full experience and especially if you've
never played portal before
it's definitely worth a look I make it
gonna make it can I make it oh yeah I
can make it there are also more
traditional android games such as Real
Racing 3 now on the surface yes this is
basically the same game that you can
play on your phone however once you
actually get it up on a big-screen TV
and you have this controller it really
does kind of changed the experience and
then speaking of this controller it's
good so you know at first I was a little
unsure but after playing with it for a
few minutes it immediately jumps out to
me as maybe not quite on par with
something like the Xbox one which is
definitely my sort of favorite
controller out it's really not far off
the sticks are nicely weighted the grips
are nice even the sort of hexagon shape
doesn't really bother me
there's also Resident Evil 5 for the
shield and as you can see it's a it's
fun it's really easy to play and I'm not
dying a lot right now um this is a
direct port of the Xbox 360 and the ps3
version of the game and while it might
not be the most technically advanced
game in 2017 it's decent if you have any
ammo which I currently don't in addition
to the native titles for the shield you
can also stream full PC games using
GeForce now this very much is relying on
your internet connection but if you have
a decent one it can be a good way of
adding a lot of titles to the shield
well it might be a little bit of an
older game the Tomb Raider reboot is
still a lot of fun and considering that
we're running at 1080p ultimate settings
here on a PC it does not look bad at all
so I think one of the things that
especially in the early days of game
streaming was a little bit sketchy was
the latency but it's actually not bad I
would want to play Call of Duty or
battlefield on it or here's something
that's a little bit more casual it's
completely usable there are plenty of
GeForce now games that you can pick from
including no man skies if you really
want to play them in sky on your Nvidia
shield that's totally an option but
there's a few different ways of doing it
whether you can actually subscribe and
get a few free games or actually just
purchase them it might not be the
greatest way of playing games in the
world however if you have a desktop PC
with a modern NVIDIA GPU you can
actually stream it over your local
network so games that you already have
owned and you play on your gaming PC you
can use the shield to play on your TV in
addition to gaming the shield makes a
solid media box so on top of that 4k and
HDR support you have all the staples
like YouTube and Netflix and Amazon but
on top of that the multitasking is solid
so I could be playing a game jump right
back out
you and you have additional things such
as Google assistant which is pretty much
only found on the Google pixel right now
there's a lot of cool stuff with the
shield for $200 while the shield might
not be the best upgrade if you have the
previous generation it's still one of my
favorite ways of streaming 4k video and
then the gaming set of things that game
stream really does make it useful if you
do have a PC that's compatible if not
while a lot of the games are interesting
it's not quite compelling enough to make
it worth it for me you'd probably be
better off just picking up a console but
definitely be sure to let me know what
you guys think in the comments below and
I will catch you in the next one