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hey guys this is Austin and this is the new Nvidia shield crack open the box and inside you'll find the shield itself along with the decent mount of accessories you've got the controller which comes with every shield and HDMI 2.0 ready cable micro USB for charging the controller power adapter for the shield and a bit of paperwork to get you up and running the start of the show is definitely the shield it's a lot closer to an Apple TV than an Xbox in size and with the optional stand it should fit nicely with an entertainment system powering everything is the new Tegra x1 with eight cores three gigabytes of RAM and what's essentially a smaller version of a full gtx 960 pu this is some serious power for a set-top box and the shield takes advantage with full 4k support not only can it run Android TV in 4k it has smooth 60 frames per second but this also means you have easy access to 4k video on YouTube you know like the video you're watching right now but of course also other 4k content from Netflix with other services coming soon considering how quickly 4k TVs have come down in price this is a big win for NVIDIA nothing else in this category can handle 4k right now even including consoles like the ps4 and Xbox one speaking of consoles the shield has some gaming cred as well there's a decent selection of native titles including classics like half-life 2 while playing half-life takes some getting used to with the controller this is basically the full experience there's also doom 3 BFG edition which I spent the most time playing it holds up nicely on the shield with a solid framerate and some PC like options the Talos principle takes this even farther with full control over the graphics which makes the nerdy me happy it's paired with vaguely portal like puzzle solving gameplay that's a lot of fun especially because the original portal is also on the shield many of these games have been ported to Android TV by Nvidia but you've also got normal titles like Leo's fortune which the shield handles easily there are quite a few more games on the way - such as Borderlands and Crysis 3 the only problem is that the 16 gigabytes of built-in storage gets filled up fairly quickly there is a 500 gigabyte pro model for $100 more but it's easy to add a microSD card or even a normal USB hard drive when you need to expand the storage on top of the native games there's also Nvidia's grid streaming this is still invade at the moment but it allows you to stream PC titles over the Internet it works reasonably well although connecting over AC wireless or even better internet will help cut down on latency if you have a PC with an NVIDIA GTX 650 or better you can use game stream to play games from your PC on shield it works really well there's almost no lag when both the PC and shield are on the same Wi-Fi network all of this gaming is done on the shield controller it's on the bigger side that it's comfortable to hold with a nice weight you've got a micro USB for charging along with the headphone jack and a few capacitive touch buttons for navigating Android TV there's also a built-in microphone which is really helpful for searching half-life 2 google cast is also included which allows the shield to replace a chromecast for apps that don't support Android TV letting you control media from your iOS or Android phone there's also built-in streaming to twitch straight from the shield along with the ability to record your gameplay without needing a capture card when Nvidia asked me to check out the shield I wasn't sure what to expect but after spending some time with it I've got to say I'm impressed at $200 it has a lot going for it gaming is solid with more tiles on the way and the ability to handle 4k is a big win so what do you guys think about the shield let me know in the comments below and if you enjoy and want to see more videos like this definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel anyway guys thank you so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one