Gadgetory

going to be a quiet introspective very useful video full of consumer advice about hey guys Lawson and today I have the brand new Nvidia shield so you may remember this this is the original Nvidia shield unless you really liked it however there's a new version that's just come out but the big question is is a 200 all 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 sun version also adds two 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 nougat 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 the fifth thing is absolutely tiny Wow are we 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 is another version of this actually can come with a 500 gigabyte hard drive and I assume that that's probably going to be a little bit bigger than this but right now we'll talk 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 two USB 3.0 port 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 included in 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 because a lot of people myself included probably end up spend more time watching Netflix so having a dedicated remote at night there also is a brand new controller and this is an interesting looking controller would I get going for the sort of faceted look but it's such a weird choice to not smooth out the grip I mean it actually doesn't feel bad I really wasn't a big fan of the previous shield controller so I do think this is an improvement and I guess once you kind of get it settled in your hands you or I don't notice but that's such a unique call to do that I know I don't hate it it's definitely unique at $200 the Nvidia shield is an interesting value proposition so for this kind of price you can pick up a used Xbox 360 or ps3 and a ton of terrific games and on the flip side of things I use Xbox one or ps4 is not going to be that much more expensive meant to be for you to have that 4k 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 so the older shield can do or is place in party game more specifically jackbox Oh No is your guest here I am I think I know at all I do not think I had that oh thank gosh being in the video really Christine Kurt of the Nvidia shield is the ultimate party game device inside the shield is using the Tegra x1 processor from its predecessor all 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 suddenly I can Xbox 360 or ps3 so one of the things that you can find on the shield is portal and knows 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 game pcs who are 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 especially if you've never played portal before definitely worth a look I make it I 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 change the experience and 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 what 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 is 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 something it's a little bit more casual it's completely usable so there are plenty of GeForce now games 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 can be playing a game jump right back out to menu and you have additional things such as we'll 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 to streaming 4k video on the gaming set of things that game stream really does make it useful if you do have a pc compatibl if not well a lot of the games were interesting it's not quite compelling enough to make it worth it for me you'd probably be better off to 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