2018 Nvidia Shield Review
The best TV box of all time this is the only TV box which would give you all the popular streaming services in 4k including Netflix Amazon Prime and YouTube but also you have a built in 4k Google chromecast so if you're looking for 4k HDR advanced gaming advanced video and audio support including media center capabilities and a whole lot more then this is the TV box you really need to look at so as usual we'll begin with the quick unboxing followed by our full performance tests including 4k videos gaming benchmarks and we'll see how it compares in our top TV box performance chart comparing it to other Android TV boxes so let's begin with the specs I'll put the specs on the screen so you guys can have a quick read so you have the NVIDIA Tegra x1 CPU combined with a 256 core GPU with three gigs of RAM and 16 gigs of internal storage you have dual band Wi-Fi AC with Bluetooth version 4.1 you got Android version 8 Oreo with the official Google Android TV OS this comes with a voice search remote and a voice search game controller this supports 4k at 60 frames per second with HDR 10 supports HDMI version 2.0 b and hdmi cec now this also supports Dolby DTS Dolby Atmos surround sound 5.1 and 7.1 via HDMI pass-through so this is everything you get in the box beginning with a user manual and also a Quick Start Guide we have here a voice search remote control a voice search game controller you got hands-free voice support in here built-in microphone but you also got a headphone jack so you can't connect up your headset the control itself feels very very nice feels very smooth and this controller will give you a 60 hour plus battery life and the game controller also comes with a micro USB charging cable which you plug in at the top of the controller here is your power socket and last but not least the Nvidia shield TV so here it is guys you've got two finishes on top a matte and shiny finish and you've got a green LED light going across the center so you've got nothing on the front you've got nothing on the side and on the back of the console you've got ventilation two USB ports and these are actually USB 3 ports you can expand the 16gb internal storage by attaching a hard drive or USB stick and you've got your HDMI port Ethernet port and also your power socket so nothing else on the side and that brings us back to the front of the unit and this is what the bottom of the union looks like now again you've got more ventilation going across the bottom so you've got a very nice-looking compact android TV box here to give you guys an idea of the size I will bring in first of all the TX 92 so there's a 10 X 2 X 92 side-by-side and if I put the 10 X on top you can see the size difference and in thickness and that's how it looks in thickness I'm also going to bring in the Xiaomi box which is now my current daily driver to again give you a comparison of the size and in thickness so without further ado.
