hey guys sawsan and this is the ps4 slam
now this is a fairly new console in fact
it literally arrived here 23 minutes ago
courtesy of my good buddy Ken however I
think the big question is is this worth
it
slim consoles are nothing new however
what is a little bit interesting about
this is the fact that there is another
ps4 coming the ps4 pro in just a couple
months not only is it a redesigned
console but it's also seen a price cut
so this now runs $300 versus the
original ps4 which used to go for 350 on
top of that as you might be able to
guess from the wonderful artwork it now
includes uncharted 4 in the box I'm
really curious to see how this ps4 slim
actually performs because with that pro
coming out there's very little reason to
get this if you know there's something
better in just a couple months right so
if we open up the box we'll see first of
all a headset so it's the same little
mono headset they've been shipping with
the ps4 forever also have a micro USB
cable to charge the controller
you also get an HDMI cable in the box
now something interesting about the ps4
slim is that unlike the Xbox 1s it does
not support 4k but there is an update to
support HDR however that HDR update will
now work on all ps4's super confusing I
know there's also the power cable so
just like the Xbox 1s in the original
ps4 there's no power brick now this time
around the controllers actually been
slightly redesigned some curious to see
if I could open up from the right side
would be helpful actually feels like
right now this is the same thing so this
is an original ps4 controller and this
is the slim I'm not seeing a lot of
difference first glance oh there's a
little bit of light up there also
a full disk oppe of uncharted 4 this is
actually a nice touch I feel like most
of the time you just get a digital
download I think that's everything for
the unboxing let's actually get the
console itself and I can already see
it's tiny Wow whoa that is a lot smaller
now the surprise when I saw the original
Xbox one versus the S at how much
smaller was but this is this is even
bigger of a leap whoa first of all no
more glossy plastic that is a lot
better-looking in person than any of the
pictures or videos that I've seen when I
first saw the leaks and some of the
early hands-on pictures was like but so
it's kind of like someone took an
original ps4 and chopped off the top
half but the big difference is in the
height so the slim is well slim unlike
the original ps4 which had these
annoying touch buttons for power and
eject the ps4 slim has dedicated
physical buttons now are they much nicer
to hit but they're also different sizes
you know which ones which you know what
this is a nice little touch so Sony has
all the feet are the square I completely
pointed it's - it's around back we have
the port for the power we have places
you camera HDMI and Ethernet there is no
optical audio but honestly I don't think
that's a huge loss and unlike the Xbox
1s we should drop the Kinect for you're
pretty sure getting the full experience
here there's also what looks like a
hello ah just say get to the hard drive
one fancy ps4 screw later we should be
able to get at the hard drive this
should be a normal 500 gigabyte hard
drive I've got to give Sony props they
have made it even easier to get the hard
drive on the ps4 slams still 5400 rpm
this should be pretty much identical to
what you would find in the original ps4
over all you do is find basically any
sort of SSD or small two and a half inch
hard drive it should fit in this caddy
and you can drop it right back into the
ps4 especially considering this is only
$300 it actually might not be crazy to
consider just upgrading the hard drive
when you first get it 500 gigabytes is
decent you'll be able to store a few
games but stuff like that shard it's
like 50 gigabytes it does not take long
before you'll fill that up hardware wise
the ps4 slam is pretty much what you
would expect I have a slim console
however what I'm curious about is has an
axe
to perform get into a game and it's
essentially identical to the original
ps4 which shouldn't be a surprise in
theory it can support HDR for apps and
games however there's nothing out yet
and I imagine most games will focus on
the ps4 pro on the HDR side where you
will notice the differences in sound the
older ps4 was always noisier than I'd
like and a lot of it was thanks to the
blu-ray drive the new slim drive is a
bit quieter but not by much switch to a
digital title like rocket league and the
slim is still a fair bit quieter the
only issue is when you put a disc in the
slam ya hand-in-hand with noises power
consumption both the Xbox one s and ps4
slam are based on an updated hardware
architecture which enables the same
performance in a smaller package and the
slim definitely takes advantage it idle
it's a noticeable difference but while
playing uncharted 4 the original model
needs nearly twice the power it also
runs a bit cooler the original only
really got warm when it didn't have
access to clean air but the slim runs a
few degrees cooler across the board
unless obvious but seriously needed
upgrade is in the Wi-Fi Department the
original ps4 had only 2.4 gigahertz
Wi-Fi which inelia is fairly slow but
incredibly prone to even worse slowdowns
and areas like apartments where there's
a lot of interference the slim
thankfully has at least upgraded to
five-year Hertz Wireless which delivers
up to triple the speed on my connection
it's not perfect but a huge improvement
so is the ps4 slim worth it well depends
if you currently own a PlayStation 4
this is not a great upgrade sure it's
better however with the ps4 pro on the
horizon it just doesn't make sense
however if you haven't jumped on the ps4
bandwagon yet it gets a little bit more
complicated and if you don't have a 4k
TV the ps4 slim is totally fine however
the ps4 probe will still have some
upgrades and performance even on a
normal TV and you're also getting a one
terabyte hard drive so is that what the
extra hundred dollars for most people
probably go over at this limit is still
a solid console as always if you guys
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