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hey what's going everybody welcome back to another day at teco tomorrow now if you're like most folks you spend a lot of time in your living room I know that I do and begin your living room you want to have the absolute best equipment so you can take total control now as many of you tech folks probably know already apple has released their brand new Apple TV now previously we took a look at Nvidia shield and they're so confident about the shield that they sponsored I head to head comparison with the brand new Apple TV let's check it out so let's first start off with something very simple the looks now the apple TV is a very small little unit and it's very unobtrusive and will fit pretty much anywhere in your environment your living room in fact when it's on you can't even see it the Nvidia shield however I feel it's more geared towards the pc crowd it's a little bit bigger has nice shiny green lights on it and when it's on you can definitely tell it's on now the next thing we're going to talk about though is the means of navigation because it actually tells quite a bit about how the product is made and what it's geared for now the Nvidia shield it obviously comes with a controller so it's perfectly geared for a gamer now the Apple control ever is their new glass controller and it's very well made and is very easy to operate in fact the interface when surfing through all your channels and all that stuff is very very nice on the Apple TV but for me being a gamer I just got to say having some that I can game with as well as control those that's a plus now as far as performance goes the shield packs a monster Tegra x1 processor and a 256 core GPU where's the apple TV features an a8 chip which is no slouch but it's definitely not as fast as the x1 next up let's talk about streaming resolutions now you guys all know that Netflix and YouTube offer full 4k content now and you got to have a device it's going to keep up with that now the problem with the apple TV is it only supports 1080p that's right your cat the 1080p via the hdmi 1.4 connection however though you can get 60 hertz at 4k using the Nvidia shield so if you want the absolute best and you care about 4k the choice is obvious following that let's about pricing and models now the Apple DV it currently has two models on the market a 32 gigabyte model which is $149 or a 64 gigabyte model which is 199 dollars now NVIDIA has two different models of their shield they have an entry level at 16 gigabytes 199 dollars or if they have a more one that's geared towards gamer just 500 gigabytes and it's 299 dollars that's actually my preferred one because if you're a gamer you want to have that storage plus if your user out there who really wants to have external storage the Nvidia shield offers both micro SD and USB external connections where the Apple TV offers nothing now one area where I definitely got to give apple serious props though is in their interface and the way you operate it their OS for operating the TV is one of the cleanest and best looking in the market it's really hard to beat on top of that you also get Siri voice recognition now I know some people out there make fun of Siri but it actually works quite well now at the Nvidia shield you're getting Android TV and like an android phone you're getting total control over your environment you also get chromecast functionality now if any of you guys have ever used this you know it's the absolute easiest way to stream things from your phone to your TV and lastly if you're a fan of google voice guess what it's here too in fact it's your means of voice navigation on the shield and it works great now jumping back to the controllers the biggest thing beyond 4k is the ability to game on the shield the apple TV is a really great device it's really a my eyes though geared more for watching TV now you can play simple iPad style games on it then that's not necessarily a really a bad thing but with the shield you get more of a gaming experience that the PC users really enjoy and want now currently there are a lot of great look and Android titles out there but for the serious gamer you can stream actual pc games through the shield and you do this through geforce now which is kind of like Netflix but for gaming so there you have it the difference is between the Apple TV and the Nvidia shield now for me personally if you're just a person who lives in the iOS realm then you're going to really love the Apple it has a great interface going through it navigating is really incredible so if you're somebody just want something very simple easy to use hey the apple TV is definitely a winner but if you're a gamer nothing right now compares to the Nvidia shield and that's more with my heart lies obviously being a guy who has a tech background high resolution and high-end components are my thing and you guys can clearly see that when it comes to resolutions and it comes to the components inside the Nvidia shield is the clear winner like I said if you just watch TV and you're a guy who's already totaled into the iOS world maybe the Apple TVs for you but if you're a person who wants to game and watch those same TV programs the choice is clear