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the new Apple TV is revamped and considered by many to be the best set-top box of 2015 but NVIDIA has something to say about that their shield packs performance power and 4k output in a glowing green package and NVIDIA is so confident they asked me to partner with them and compare it head-to-head against the Apple TV so what's up guys Jonathan here and for starters we'll kick things off with design the Apple TV is relatively simple and straightforward it really just kind of blends in with your setup whereas the shield can be set up lying down or propped up right on a stand which is where that green lighting really stands out and screams PC master-race the Apple TV comes with a completely redesigned remote that utilizes that glass touch surface as the primary form of navigation whereas the shield comes with a gaming controller as its primary form of navigation with the remote being optional and that right there kind of paints the picture inside the shield packs a monster Tegra x1 processor and a 256 core GPU which is simply more powerful than the Apple TV's a8 processor no matter which way you spin it price-wise the Apple TV comes in at 149 and $1.99 us now to get you either 32 or 64 gigs of storage as far as the shield goes that also comes in two options $1.99 for the 16 gigabyte model or $2.99 for a massive 500 gigabytes of storage you are getting more storage at a lower price initially with the Apple TV but where the shield has a big advantage over the Apple TV is expandable storage up to 128 gigabytes through micro sd or even through external USB drives the shield is running Android TV which means a couple of things one you get Google cast baked directly in which equals chromecast functionality and two Google Voice the chromecast functionality is sick because it really doesn't matter if for an iOS or Android it's really become one of the easiest way to get content off of your phone and on to a TV Google Voice on the other hand kind of speaks for itself but obviously in this case can be utilized for looking up content or information on your favorite shows and movies now for the Apple TV that is running TV OS which is super clean super minimal but also really efficient and really smooth the animations and the interface worked great within the room oh and of course because of Apple that means you're getting Siri and I really like how when you're searching for a movie or show it lays out all your potential viewing destinations so looking up The Walking Dead for example it's not just gonna shove iTunes down my throat it'll also let me know I could save money and watch it on Netflix now one giant difference between these two is something near and dear my heart pixels the shield is equipped with HDMI 2.0 which means that condition have 4k 60 Hertz content and conversely the Apple TV for some reason is capped at HDMI 1.4 and 1080p output which is weird to me especially since the new iPhones can record 4k video theoretically Apple could dish out 4k output through a software update but I highly doubt that because that's not really Apple's style and even if they did it'd be capped at 30 Hertz now I do want to mention by no stretch of the imagination does the Apple TV look bad but good god this Breaking Bad look ridiculous in 4k the other huge difference is gaming the Apple TV is really geared for simplistic iPad style games which isn't necessarily a bad thing but if you're looking for more graphic intensive games the shield is the way to go there's a handful of killer Android titles geared to run natively on the Tegra x1 processor but if you really want to get serious you can stream legit PC games with GeForce now you do need to have a solid internet connection preferably wire at the very least a 5 gigahertz Wi-Fi network but if you get that cover it is freaking awesome it's essentially a Netflix for gaming with a really impressive lineup that is constantly growing so at the end of the day if your balls deep into Apple's ecosystem the Apple TV makes sense it's clean its well-thought-out with a lot of attention to detail the overall application is fantastic and it's gonna offer things like periscope where you're not gonna really find on other platforms now in the other hand if you aren't tied down into Apple's ecosystem logically the shield makes more sense you have 4k output killer gaming expandable storage and a much more open experience than you get on the Apple TV aside from that just about wraps with this comparison hopefully enjoyed the video if you did and you are feeling like being awesome make sure to go Terry Crews on that like button now the peeps over Nvidia are confident that anyone who tries this shield will fall in love with it so in turn they said they'd hooked me up with one to share with one of you guys details on how to win her down below this is Jonathan with TLD and I will catch you guys later