Home Tech Showdown - Apple TV (2015) vs NVIDIA SHIELD! #Helpful Post

he 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

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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