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what's up guys Lew here back with another exciting unboxing of the newly released Nvidia shield I've been waiting to get my hands on this thing since CES it's finally here it's in the house let's go ahead and unbox it so what exactly is the Nvidia shield it's a portable gaming device that is incredibly unique in the gaming space it's got an NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad core mobile processor inside with 2 gigabytes of RAM it's also got a flip-up 5-inch 1280 by 720 display which is going to give you a pretty pixel dense 294 ppi it's of course multi-touch as well since this device runs Android in pretty much any Android game that you want to throw on it it's also got 16 gigabytes of flash memory pre-installed but there is a microSD slot if you want to expand that memory further in terms of the unboxing experience the first thing you're greeted with is the actual device and then underneath there you're gonna find some paperwork that's going to help you get up and running a few more specs while we're waiting this thing is 579 grams so it's a little heavier than your average gaming controller but that's because you have a screen attached and a built in battery and a number of other things so that's to be expected it also comes pre-installed with some interesting software and I'll tell you more about that as the video moves forward here's a closer look at the extras in terms of paperwork you have a little manual as well as a QuickStart guide and on the other side of this guide is a pretty cool poster if you want to put it up somewhere the other items in the box are pretty self-explanatory you have a micro USB cable as well as a tiny little power brick here these are obviously going to be used to charge the device when you're not using it or maybe you want to use it while it's plugged in let's talk about the main attraction here the Nvidia shield this is the hardware that everybody is so excited about on the back in terms of inputs and outputs you have HDMI USB a headset port and the microSD port that I mentioned earlier you've got a couple of shoulder buttons as well as triggers on the back and you've got quite an ergonomic package especially coming from a company that's sort of new to this space I guess everybody's new to this because this device hasn't really been attempted before there's never really been anything quite like this you've got the fold down and flip up screen so when you're not using it it's in a protected kind of clamshell mode and then you flip it up and booyah you get to take a really nice glance at this 5-inch 1280 by 720 display it also has speakers in this location forward-facing so you're actually going to get a little bit of stereo separation on the front and there's a microphone as I said before that lives in the center of the device above those menu buttons there so in the center is an Nvidia logo that acts as your power button and as you can see here it displays the Nvidia shield messaging which then floats away and you see this green controller icon I'll go ahead and set this thing up off-camera rather than bore you with that and then I'll boot back into the actual OS and show you what you can expect so in terms of software you've got Android so if you want to jump into a web browser that's totally fine it works exactly as you'd expect but pre-installed you've also got Tegra zone Sonic 4 episode 2 T HD is pre-installed to get you up and running with some games there's also expendable rearmed Hulu Plus is pre-installed and so is twitch TV so you're going to have some stuff to play with right out of the box the screen is not only nice to look at it's also very responsive to touch so if you're wondering how it behaves just think about your favorite smartphone and it's basically comparable to that the twitch TV app works as expected allowing you to jump into live streams and catch up on all your favorite gaming madness as mentioned earlier there are a couple of games pre-installed so you can start to take advantage of those shield controls right out of the box the first one I want to show you is called expendable rearm there's also a cool Sonic game included but I'll show you this one first the controls here are similar to some other mobile games where the left thumbstick controls your location and then the right thumbstick controls where you're shooting of course the experience is much more immersive here because of the fact that you get to use analog thumbsticks instead of having to use digital ones that are actually on your mole phone screen next is the sonic game you do have to download that one after you boot up the device but that doesn't take too long and then you'll see this classic title reimagined of course on the Nvidia shield this was one of my favorites growing up so I can't wait to actually play through this one as you can see it's powered by NVIDIA Tegra the graphics are really nice and they take advantage of this pixel dense screen but it did take me a couple of minutes just to get used to the controls so please no harsh words about my gameplay in this little sample clip right here so that wraps up this unboxing and first look of the Nvidia shield but I do want to make a video series where I can test it out try out some games etc if that's something you want to see make sure to leave a thumbs up down below thanks as always for your viewership and I'll catch you on the next episode later guys