What's up guys. Chris Majestic from Majestechs.
Today I'm wondering, could this possibly be the best Android Media Player?
So the Nvidia Shield is a gaming console first, and Android Media Player second.
It has a 64-bit octa-core CPU with a 256 core GPU.
It comes with 3GB of ram, 802.11AC dual band WIFI, and comes in 2 different sizes.
You can either get a 16GB version for $199 
or you can buy the 500GB version for $299.
I was actually surprised at how thin this thing
is pulling it out of the box, considering
what it has in it. It has an inconspicuous
capacitive power button that you just touch
to turn on. It has an infrared port on the
front. It has a rubber grip on the bottom
so it doesn't slide around so much, and a
really modern and cool LED light on top of it.
You're going to have your exhaust vent. You're
going to have a MicroSD card slot, Micro USB
port, 2 USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, an
HDMI 2.0 port, and then your proprietary power port.
You can connect a USB 3.0 drive so even
if you do get the 16GB version, if you already
have a USB 3.0 drive laying around, it may
make sense for you to just use that as internal
storage and save yourself a few bucks. So
when you open the box you're going to get
the Shield TV, a Shield Controller or gamepad,
2 micro USB cords to charge the remote and
the gamepad, a high-speed HDMI cable, which
will support 4k, and mine actually included
the Shield Remote Control without any additional
cost. It normally would be about $50 but I
think they're running some type of promotion.
I'm not sure if that's going to be a permanent
thing but mine did come with a remote. So
the Nvidia Shield remote is going to have
a really nice and thin design. It's going
to have brushed aluminum on the back. It's
rechargeable. So you'll have the directional
pad here. It's going to have the OK/Enter/Select
button in the middle. You're going to have
your microphone at the top. You'll have your
Back button, Home button, and then you'll
have a microphone button, which can be used
to do voice control, voice search, and enter
text. And even though you can't really see
it, the volume button is capacitive so you're
just going to slide your finger to turn the
volume down and slide your finger to turn
the volume up. One of the cool features, very
similar to some of the newer Roku boxes, the
remote does have a headphone jack so you can
plug in your own headphones and you'll have
your micro USB port for you to charge the
remote as well. So the included gamepad is
going to feel something like a toss in between
an original Xbox controller and an Xbox One
controller. It is fairly comfortable, although
no as comfortable as some of the newer consoles,
but it works fairly well. You're going to
have capacitive buttons on the front. That's
going to include your multi-function button,
back button, start button, and home button.
You're going to have volume buttons on the
bottom. The gamepad does have a headphones
jack so you can connect your own headphones
and it has the micro USB port for you to charge
it. So this is running Android TV so the software
looks fairly familiar to most Android set-top
boxes. However, this one does support 4k,
unlike some of the others. You're going to
have the search button. You can use terms
just like you would with Google Now. You can
ask it the weather. You can say whatever you
want. It shows suggested apps here. It shows
trending things. You may not find it very
helpful. I know I didn't but it is there and
it does show some things you may have watched
previously as well. Then you'll have your
Shield Hub and your game streaming from Nvidia.
Some of these are going to be subscription-based.
They do, however, have some free games so
you don't have to pay for all of them. Obviously
the paid ones are going to be a little better.
Now keep in mind that not all Android games
are going to be supported on Android TV so
you may not be able to play everything, but
it does have a good amount of games here.
So this thing does stream Netflix in 4k, unlike
some of the other Android set-top boxes, which
is very impressive. Not only does it do Netflix
in 4k, but it also supports 4k for YouTube,
so if you want to watch my videos...........in
4k, you can watch them on this device in 4k.
So you can also use Google Cast on this as
well. So if you want to think about how Chromecast
works, you can just open up a video and cast
it straight to your Chromecast, it works the
very same way with this. You're just going
to open up Youtube, Netflix, or whatever you
want, whatever video, and you can just hit
the cast button and it will open it up on
the Shield. Gaming on this thing is pretty
cool. I was fairly impressed by the graphics.
Although it's not going to have top-of-the-line
graphics like something from PS4 or Xbox One,
it does have very good graphics. I was able
to play games. I didn't have any dropped framerates.
The sharpness and quality was very decent.
The controller feels good in-hand. It's very
responsive. So one of the main reasons I bought
this thing is because for a long time I've
been trying to find an Android Media Player
that supports HD Audio formats. So I've gone
through all types of different media players,
some from Tronsmart or Minix. However, none
of them support HD Audio formats. So Kodi
has an experimental release that I actually
found through a Google search and they supposedly
have support for True-HD now and DTS-HD. So
I downloaded it and I was actually able to
sideload install it right on to the Shield,
which to my surprise worked perfectly. So
this is the very first time I've been able
to get Dolby True-HD sound from any Android
Media Player. So this is a very huge plus
for this thing. I've been trying to get this
to work for a very long time. I've got a really
nice 9.1 audio setup in my basement and I've
built HTPC's to make that work but I really
wanted to use an Android Media Player just
because it's cool and you can do other things
with it like install certain apps and games.
Not only that but it's considerably cheaper.
The average HTPC is going to cost me about
$600-$700. This thing costs $200 and I can
do everything that I would normally do with
an HTPC but in a much smaller form-factor
and I'm able to do other cool things with
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