What's up guys Chigz here from Chigz Tech Reviews.
Today I've got my hands on the latest 2019 Nvidia Shield TV Pro.
That's right people this is the second GEN 2019 model.
Well let's jump straight into it... inside the box you will find
Quick Start guide, UK power adapter but they also supplied a very convenient
European adapter should you need it so we've got the same type of adapter the
same connection as we've seen in the previous generations and the newly
designed remote control which is quite reminiscent to a chocolate bar which I'm
quite fond of the remote itself feels very slim now you do have a microphone
built-in for your voice search you've actually got motion activated backlit
buttons it's got bluetooth connectivity and an IR blaster for control of volume
and power of your television so yes you'll be able to control your TV your
sound bars or receivers with this remote now the remote control is actually
powered by two double-a batteries and if you're wondering how to open the remote
you just slide downwards and there you go and the batteries are already
installed ready to use and you actually get good quality Duracell batteries now
I was quite surprised to see that no HDMI cable was included in the package
and last but certainly not least what I've been waiting for all year the new
Nvidia shield TV and guess what guys it looks exactly the same as the old 2017
model let's just do a side-by-side so on the Left we have the 2017 model and on
the right we have the brand spanking new 2019 model you can see that they're
exactly the same design on the top just one looks newer than the other now put
the new model on top you can see same ventilations same grooves and curves on
the sides and again on the back you've got your vents 2 USB 3 ports each HDMI
out a Gigabit LAN and your power socket and on the side there is nothing so you
can see we have an identical design to the 2017 model but what is the
difference between them well the most significant difference is the new model
has the Tegra x1 plus and the old 2017 model has the Tegra x1 so the new model
has an upgraded CPU which is supposed to give you 25% faster performance than the
previous gen and not only that you also get an upgraded Bluetooth version 5 for
better connectivity and that is pretty much it everything else is exactly the
same so you have the same three gigs of ram 16 gigs of internal storage dual
band Wi-Fi AC with dual antennas you get a Gigabit LAN with 2 USB 3 ports
chromecast 4k is built-in and of course support for Dolby vision and Dolby Atmos
sound now once we are in the mood of comparing we may as well compare the
remote controls as well so here they are side by side 2017 model on the Left 2019
model on the right so you can see a significant difference between the
remote controls in the size the feel and the functionality so we've got a much
more advanced remote included in the new model which I'm definitely looking
forward to testing out so without any further ado I'm going to get this hooked
up to my TV and catch a card and we are indeed going to find out exactly how
good the new Tegra x1 plus performs I'll be right back so first of all I run a
boot up speed test and this TV box took just over 56 seconds to fully load the
home screen from a cold start and here is the home screen for this TV box and
this is Google's official licensed Android TV OS version 9 so in the top
left corner you have your voice search icons and on the far left you have your
settings and your local time thereafter the first row of icons are your favorite
apps and you can customize the row to show your favorite apps in the order you
want if you click on the apps icon it will take you to your app drawer showing
you all the default apps that are available on the system as standard and
there are only a few apps to begin with but you do have access
the Google Play Store which is the Android TV version so not the full
version so limited to Android TV apps only but you can of course side load any
Android app you like and it works absolutely fine
the next row of icons is a featured section for NVIDIA games showing you
what the latest titles you can play there after you've got your featured
section for Netflix YouTube Amazon Prime video BBC iPlayer Google Play Movies and
so on so forth and finally at the bottom you have your
customized channel option where you can rearrange your home screen to suit you
and you're watching lifestyle now let's quickly check out the main settings and
go straight to device preferences and select system storage info so this box
has 16 gigs of internal storage from which you have 11 gigs free to use now
if we have a quick looking about you will see that we are running Android TV
OS version 9 PI so here is a quick look at some of the new features now the
first one is AI upscaling and here are the different options that you can play
around with in this section next one is CEC power control giving you a lot more
options and also the ability to control your TV with the actual shield remote so
onto the tests let's begin with 4k videos from a USB Drive and we are going
to do this with the Kodi Media Player now Cody is not installed by default so
we're going to test out the voice search function and actually find Cody from the
Play Store so here we go I'm pressing the microphone button and I'm going to
speak into it search for Cody media player
and I'm pleased to say it has found the latest version of Cody so I'm gonna go
ahead and download and install that right now and we're gonna begin playing
4k video samples from a USB Drive so first of all we are testing the 4k high
bitrate jellyfish demo and this one is 160 megabits per second and playback is
smooth as expected I also tested out the 180 megabits per second jellyfish demo
and that also played back very nice and smooth and finally the 400 megabits per
second file also played backed very smooth so high bitrate 4k files will
play absolutely fine on this box
so moving on now to the YouTube performance test and you can stream a
maximum of 4k at 60 frames per second on YouTube
we have 15 minutes
Richard
we're not just black with cops - we pull ourselves over later what am I doing
here you begin on a second chance
you have an army inside you they call them so that brings us to the Netflix
test and this box supports Netflix 4k HDR with Dolby vision and Dolby Atmos
support Tom Cruise equivalent of India so that those two things and you can
also stream up to 4k on Amazon Prime video
so moving on now to the gaming test beginning with bomb squad
now along with Android games you also got access to Nvidia games and there is
actually a free section so all of these games are actually completely free to
play so you don't actually have to download the game you're streaming and
playing it directly off of Nvidia server
you can also play games from your existing steam library and again the
game gets downloaded remotely - Nvidia server and it takes like less than three
minutes to download a 50 gigabyte game and the game is then streamed directly
to your screen for you to enjoy watching Triple H I think about his rivalry with
Lesnar breaking Triple H's arm twice putting mr. McMahon his father-in-law in
the hospital nothing but bad blood that to get the broken bones and injured
water WrestleMania 29 to pelagic risked his
entire career as a competitor in a no holds barred match one of the best
rivalries in our sport
so for your advanced users DRM info shows Google Widevine level 1 and here
is cpu-z where you can check out the clock speeds and you can see this is
running the nvidia tegra there's no sign of a+ it's a quad-core cpu which is
clocked at 2.0 one gigahertz furthermore you do have Android version 9 and the
Box does not come rooted as standard now in the Wi-Fi speed test we've got
download speeds of 65 and upload speeds of 15 megabits per second now here is
where things get interesting the Nvidia shield 2019 is advertised as having the
Tegra x1 plus CPU which gives apparently a 25% better performance while I did run
numerous system information apps including CPU Z dev info and ADA 64 and
here is a comparison between the 2019 model versus the 2017 model and over
here you can see the CPU information and to my surprise they are exactly the same
you have the same clock speeds same associate code name everything to do
with the CPU has been detected as being the same specs now if we have a look at
the system information page the only difference I can see is the 2019 model
is called M Darcy and the 2017 model is called just Darcy even both state
Bluetooth for plus now the 2017 model has Bluetooth 4.1 and the new 2019 model
has supposedly Bluetooth version 5 then why does both systems show exactly the
same information so that brings us to our benchmarks beginning with a
Geekbench multi score of 4 2 4 3 and in the antutu benchmark test we achieved
238 K and to confirm my suspicions I also ran the ante to test on the 2017
model and here are the results side-by-side so what does this mean
while both devices perform more or less the same according to both Geekbench and
antutu scores the performance of the new 2019 model is basically one percent
better than the 2017 model and in real time usage you would just not see
the difference furthermore if the 2019 model truly was 25% faster as they claim
then we should expect at least an aunty to score of 50k more on the 2019 model
and this is clearly not the case so that brings us to the top Android TV box
chart of 2019 showing you the latest TV boxes and seeing how they compare with
each other and as you can see the 2019 Nvidia shield TV Pro has taken position
1 on this chart with a rating of 10 out of 10 now you can view the full versions
of all my charts online at chick's tech comm and read them at your leisure so
there you have it guys that was the new 2019 Nvidia shield TV pro so here are my
thoughts on this TV box this is a great all-around Android TV box performance is
fast just like the previous generation although I can't say it's any faster
AI image upscaling will upscale a lower resolution video and make it look like
4k and it does do a pretty good job of it I also love the new remote control is
very responsive and having those extra buttons feels like a reward from Nvidia
now all the other features are the same as last year's model you have chromecast
4k ge force now game stream superb 4k video playback from YouTube Netflix
Amazon Prime video Disney Plus Google Play video and the list goes on this
also supports 4k gaming Dolby vision and Atmos is supported on Netflix Amazon
Prime and Disney Plus gaming is absolutely amazing with access to
hundreds of triple-a titles including a free game streaming section which I
demonstrated earlier on and you can also play your existing Steam library now
there is no doubt Nvidia shield TV Pro is still the best TV box money can buy
but I have a few questions that need answering while looking at the specs in
numerous system information apps and I was comparing both generations you have
exactly the same specs all benchmark tests including antutu and Geekbench
gave very similar results real-time usage was also exactly the
same so why is NVIDIA stating a 25% better performance the more important
question why call it a Tegra x1 plus processor when every single app are used
shows exactly the same CPU same clock speed same
SOC name as the 2017 model too many things don't add up here and I'm even
questioning whether this is really bluetooth version 5 to me it looks like
NVIDIA has packaged up the existing 2017 model added a few make-believe features
and gave it a new remote control to sell this as a new product they have also
taken away the game controller and the HDMI cable giving us less overall value
for our money bottom line this is without any doubt still the best Android
TV box in the world this is fully licensed by Google so everything works
as it should you have flawless 4k playback in nearly every option possible
furthermore if you've never owned an Nvidia shield TV then I suggest you pick
one up right away as you're certainly missing out on the best TV box
experience possible now if you already have the existing Nvidia shield TV then
definitely don't buy this new one thinking you will get an upgrade as it
is exactly the same product as the previous generation same performance and
all but of course you get the new remote control and no game controller or HDMI
cable included also I highly recommend you pick up the 2017 version while you
still can it's priced only 179 and it comes with a
remote and game controller and HDMI cable and in the near future you should
be able to buy the new remote control when it becomes available separately and
with that being said I will leave the links in the description so you guys can
check this product out let me know what you guys think of the new model are you
surprised at what Nvidia have done with the Tegra plus processor do you feel
slightly cheated if you've already bought this box let me know in the
comments below what your findings are if you have picked this box up meanwhile
thank you so much for watching and I hope you all have a brilliant day
I see you guys in the next one