WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.520 you know it's funny we've collectively bought into the streaming on demand 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:11.719 concept for movies and TV shows to the point where the idea of going to the 00:00:08.559 --> 00:00:13.679 video store to rent a DVD seems so crazy 00:00:11.719 --> 00:00:19.279 that South Park managed to turn it into The Shining parody so why then do we as 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:25.439 Gamers have such reservations about letting go of our dedicated gaming box 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:28.119 be it a PC or a console in favor of a 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:33.760 streaming service well let's start with explanations of some of the way that 00:00:30.439 --> 00:00:35.920 games can be streamed first is local 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:41.520 network streaming this has existed in the form of Sony's Remote Play for PS 00:00:38.360 --> 00:00:44.399 Vita and NVIDIA's game stream for PC for 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:49.480 a couple of years the way it works is a powerful gaming device sits somewhere 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:54.760 rendering your game frame by frame then turning the output frames into a 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:56.840 compressed video stream nearly instantly 00:00:54.760 --> 00:01:00.480 before beaming them to a much less powerful and sometimes even portable and 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:06.000 wirelessly connected device sounds like science fiction right 00:01:02.879 --> 00:01:07.840 well it's not it actually works I tested 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:13.040 NVIDIA gam stream with a high-speed camera and found that it actually adds 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:18.000 less latency than the image processor built into some televisions so from 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:22.320 there then what if rendering could be done in a data center somewhere 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:26.479 completely remote with the resulting gaming experience beamed to you over the 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:31.520 Internet well that's where industry giants like Microsoft Sony and NVIDIA 00:01:29.360 --> 00:01:35.720 are directed in their attention now Microsoft's vision seems to be to use 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:40.320 the cloud for heavy lifting and a less powerful client to do the basics 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:45.439 delivering a bandwidth savings but also increasing the complexity of the process 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:50.960 one reason why we haven't seen them do much with this yet while Sony ran out 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:55.119 and purchased on live and NVIDIA is building out data centers full of 00:01:52.600 --> 00:02:00.039 Graphics processors around the world in an attempt to make the video beaming 00:01:56.880 --> 00:02:02.119 Paradigm viable now and there's a lot of 00:02:00.039 --> 00:02:06.880 cool stuff about this approach it replaces an upfront cost for a new box 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:11.360 every few years with a monthly subscription that particularly for light 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:16.959 users could actually end up being cheaper thanks to bulk licensing of 00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:21.640 games being done over by the service provider not to mention that paying only 00:02:19.640 --> 00:02:28.440 for the time that you spend with those games could be cheaper than going 00:02:24.519 --> 00:02:31.000 overkill on a GTX 15,000 TI Ultra or 00:02:28.440 --> 00:02:34.680 whatever just for the games that demand that kind of horsepower when you spend 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:39.200 most of your time playing games that would run on your thermostat if you 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:44.200 turned it down far enough but there are some challenges too for some people the 00:02:41.959 --> 00:02:49.000 future is now I mean I'm not a hardcore I'm a decent gamer but I can easily 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:55.159 enjoy third person games and even Fighters with the nearest GeForce now 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:58.120 data center 1500 km away but many people 00:02:55.159 --> 00:03:02.400 will need faster speeds lower latency and bigger data caps on their their 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:08.400 internet connections to make this viable although services like Google Fiber are 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:10.959 amazing for making that future scenario 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:16.440 become a reality sooner and another consideration is that not every gaming 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:18.920 experience is ideal for this V for 00:03:16.440 --> 00:03:24.000 example will likely need to run locally forever to keep users from becoming 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:28.519 nauseated so as always it's going to be horses for courses which I guess is the 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:33.120 conclusion that I came to when NVIDIA approached us about doing a fastest 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:37.360 possible video about the shield Android TV and I countered with well I want to 00:03:35.640 --> 00:03:42.280 talk about game streaming in general with a sponsored bit at the end about 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:47.040 how the shield Android TV occupies a unique position inside this rapidly 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:51.519 changing ecosystem so that's what I did and here's the bit about the shield 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:53.480 Android TV as a PC Gamer with a sick 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:58.200 gaming rig but very little time to sit in front of it I've been an avid NVIDIA 00:03:55.879 --> 00:04:02.519 gamestream user since the launch of The Shield portable since I can take that 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:06.879 experience with me to the other places that I need to be like the bedroom or 00:04:04.519 --> 00:04:11.000 the living room but that device lacks some of the newer features that this new 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:16.959 gizmo has thanks to its Android TV integration and upgraded internals like 00:04:13.519 --> 00:04:18.600 4K 60fps Netflix and YouTube streaming 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:23.080 as well as support for other streaming apps like sling Plex Cody and sports app 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:27.880 with voice control with the included controller or optional remote and offers 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:32.840 up all the advantages especially for more casual users or guests who come 00:04:29.919 --> 00:04:37.520 over that I just outlined before and it can handle it all at up to 1080p 60 FPS 00:04:36.320 --> 00:04:42.680 and the really unique thing is that thanks to its teger X1 processor it also 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:47.320 delivers a surprisingly competent local gaming experience in the growing number 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:51.759 of controller friendly Android games and other natively supported games like Doom 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:55.400 3 Talos principal and War Thunder you can even stream straight to Twitch from 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:59.840 the shield with a quick click of the controller so then lonus how much will 00:04:58.039 --> 00:05:03.800 one of these set me back well if you're looking at the shield Android TV you're 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:08.600 looking at 199 bucks for the 16 gig flash-based model and 299 for the 500 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:12.639 gig model and then you can beef up the gaming experience with GeForce now for 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:17.440 only eight bucks a month after a 3mon free trial so it's kind of an exciting 00:05:15.479 --> 00:05:21.080 time then to be any type of gamer isn't it I hope if nothing else this episode 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:24.840 of fast as possible has given you some food for thought about where the 00:05:22.880 --> 00:05:28.759 technolog is heading and what the limitations are thanks for watching guys 00:05:27.520 --> 00:05:34.080 if you like the video hit the like button if you disliked it well hit that other button I guess if you have 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:37.479 comments with video suggestions feel free to leave them in the comments below 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:43.000 don't forget to subscribe and follow and all that good stuff and if you're looking for something else to watch 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:49.919 check out channel superf fun where we have the video for you rocket league in 00:05:46.880 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