1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:08,220 wow the sound stage on this thing 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:10,860 that is impressive the time is now six 3 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:15,780 days ago and I am about to get my first hands on with a production unit of the 4 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:18,840 valve steam deck now there's going to be an LTT video that we're going to be 5 00:00:17,220 --> 00:00:23,760 working on over the next week or so where we get into more details 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,019 performance thermals anything else that 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:29,279 we're allowed to tell you at this point we can't get too deep into the software 8 00:00:26,939 --> 00:00:34,260 because that's not final yet so this video is going to be focused on the 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:37,940 unboxing experience the specs and just 10 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:41,219 uh first impressions of this potentially 11 00:00:37,940 --> 00:00:42,899 revolutionary gaming handheld so we got 12 00:00:41,219 --> 00:00:47,280 a bunch of different languages telling you places that you can play with it I 13 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:51,600 think we'll toilet 14 00:00:49,260 --> 00:00:56,340 they know their audience don't they over there at valve 15 00:00:53,399 --> 00:01:00,239 okay so Packaging um we've got nice little like guide so 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,719 you press this button to bring up this menu press this button to bring up this 17 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,320 menu really impressed with the packaging so far I was going to talk about this a 18 00:01:05,460 --> 00:01:11,280 little bit more detail later but we actually considered doing a carrying 19 00:01:09,299 --> 00:01:15,479 case for the steam deck as like an LTT Store item and then we found out that 20 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,439 valve was making their own and I kind of went well hey if uh if it's not any good 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:26,640 then maybe that's still something we can explore but unfortunately it seems to be 22 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:29,400 kind of kind of awesome so I got a nice 23 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:33,299 little elastic strap there if you want to strap it onto something we've got 24 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:35,579 this little pouch that you can kind of stash in there if you're into that sort 25 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:39,659 of thing carrying handle 26 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:43,320 seems oh it's in there isn't it well it's probably fine it's pretty armored 27 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:47,460 hold on we'll get to that in a second though first let's have a look at our 28 00:01:45,420 --> 00:01:51,299 power adapter might have preferred to see just a type c female Jack on it so 29 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:56,820 that this cable can be replaced with a longer one if I really want but it's a reasonable length my one concern is that 30 00:01:54,659 --> 00:02:02,640 the steam decks only charging port is at the top so if you have this plugged in 31 00:01:59,759 --> 00:02:07,259 and the Outlet's not right next to you it could actually be a bit of a reach 32 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:10,860 issue to get up and around the device I didn't mention this but the astute among 33 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:14,700 you probably figured this out I'm planning to do size comparisons on short 34 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:20,400 circuit here with all the other gaming hand tubs that we have on hand 35 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:22,980 there it is ladies and gentlemen I 36 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,400 opened it upside down trust me I'm a professional 37 00:02:28,620 --> 00:02:34,980 so that's fine um yeah that's fine but the outlet has 38 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:38,700 to be pretty much right next to you in fact you often if you can you see that 39 00:02:36,540 --> 00:02:42,720 thing so you can see there's actually not a lot of slack on this it would have 40 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,420 gotten another six inches if it had been down here but 41 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:50,280 I'm sure valve knew what they were doing when they put the power in on the top if 42 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:54,360 I had to guess based on that I actually used the top charging port on the ineo 43 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,080 more often than the bottom charging port I'd say that's because of the weight of 44 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:03,900 the device and what I find is that after even like 10-15 minutes really I have to 45 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:05,099 set it down on something so I suspect 46 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:10,620 it's going to be quite a similar story for the steam deck and the last thing you want to be doing is setting it down 47 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:16,260 on your cable you know causing like a strain or like a breakage so steam deck 48 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:20,700 650 grams actually I think it's lighter than the ineal I thought it was just due 49 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:28,620 to the better ergonomics oh never mind well okay it feels 50 00:03:25,819 --> 00:03:32,819 deceptively light because of the the really nice hand grips back here I'd say 51 00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:36,060 that they're designed for someone whose hands are maybe a touch bigger than mine 52 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:42,180 but that doesn't prevent me from Comfortably reaching everything abxy 53 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:44,040 d-pad joysticks everything is easily 54 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:47,459 within reach the only thing is that if I'm playing a driving game and I want 55 00:03:45,420 --> 00:03:52,620 finer control over the joysticks up here I need to shift my palm up just a little 56 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:56,819 bit okay let's uh let's do some more size comparisons real quick here so 57 00:03:54,120 --> 00:04:00,780 we've got the 1X player mini 566 that's the lightest one of the this class of 58 00:03:59,099 --> 00:04:05,760 device and then if you're looking at something like the GPD XD okay so that's 59 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:10,319 around 350 but that's Android based that's not a full fat computer and then 60 00:04:08,099 --> 00:04:15,239 for the Big Kahuna the 1X player we're looking at around 782 grams so it's on 61 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:20,160 the heavier side of what's out there right now but because of the ergonomics 62 00:04:16,979 --> 00:04:21,239 I'd say it punches down I don't know I 63 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:26,340 don't know what the best way wording that is this video is brought to you by dbrand you know those punksters that are 64 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:30,120 always putting phones in cakes or dumping buckets of chocolate loonies on 65 00:04:28,380 --> 00:04:35,460 me well this time the prank is on Nintendo because they're announcing 66 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:38,220 project kill switch haha funny name I I 67 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:42,660 get it which is a case for the valve steam deck that aims to make it a little 68 00:04:40,620 --> 00:04:47,699 bit more you know rugged and drop resistant oh I get that one too and also 69 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:50,580 presumably a little bit more ergonomic I haven't had a chance to actually get my 70 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:55,020 hands on it yet because it looks like it's still in very early stages right 71 00:04:52,500 --> 00:05:01,699 now but I gotta say the design looks freaking fantastic goes to show you bad 72 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:03,539 people can design good products 73 00:05:01,699 --> 00:05:07,199 what hey they started it 74 00:05:05,580 --> 00:05:10,800 so you guys can check it out we're gonna have it linked in the video description 75 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:14,400 it's kind of like their grip phone cases so it looks like it has a really nice 76 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:18,000 kind of padded interior to protect your steam deck and then this outer layer 77 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:21,060 that looks like particularly if you have larger hands it's going to be super 78 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:25,080 comfortable so we're gonna have that linked down below and it will actually 79 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:31,259 be released someday unlike Half-Life 3. haha Half-Life 3 joke very very current 80 00:05:28,580 --> 00:05:36,120 banana for scale yes thank you thank you very much jono lttstore.com you can get 81 00:05:34,020 --> 00:05:38,940 your very own banana for scale also the sweet indoor hoodie now one of the 82 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:44,520 things I'm realizing with all these devices spread out in front of me is there's a lot more to portability than 83 00:05:41,940 --> 00:05:49,500 just the weight and I've put a lot of hours on the original ineo and now the 84 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:55,199 2021 Pro since I did my first Hands-On and one of the things that is really 85 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:56,940 great about it is how flat it is how 86 00:05:55,199 --> 00:06:02,280 easily packable but there are a couple of things that make the steam deck even 87 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:05,039 though it's main body segment here is 88 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:11,220 about the same thickness the actual overall profile of the device is like 89 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:13,319 double and that's because of the grips 90 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:18,479 as well as the fact that the joysticks are more of a full-size controller class 91 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:23,280 of joystick with super long travel compared to pretty much all of these 92 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,940 other devices like look at the profile of these joysticks next to each other 93 00:06:24,660 --> 00:06:31,860 Hoffman can you see that so you can see there's like 94 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:35,880 double the travel so if you want finer control 95 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:39,900 this is going to be it but you know this I could conceivably put in 96 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:46,139 my pocket like when I'm walking around the mall and I did that the other day right my 97 00:06:43,740 --> 00:06:50,400 son and I were going for haircuts and I knew I was gonna have to wait for him 98 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,660 for 20 minutes so I just grabbed the Neo 99 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,840 Chuck it in my pocket we're walking around the mall steam deck 100 00:06:54,120 --> 00:07:00,419 um I mean yeah maybe but I wouldn't really 101 00:06:58,979 --> 00:07:04,800 recommend it you're putting a lot of strain on that thumbstick fortunately 102 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:10,259 valve's approach to right to repair so far has been exemplary so I'm expecting 103 00:07:07,919 --> 00:07:16,500 it to be very easy to get your hands on and replace these thumbsticks if you do 104 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:20,099 accidentally screw them up one of the other things that's really standing out 105 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:24,240 to me before even turning it on is the anti-glare coating for the preview valve 106 00:07:22,139 --> 00:07:27,300 set out the 512 gig version which has okay well it has some other extras it 107 00:07:26,039 --> 00:07:31,919 has like a special keyboard theme or something like that but the big one is 108 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:37,680 this kind of etched glass anti-glare coating you guys can kind of see how the 109 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,960 reflection is compared to these other 110 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:45,419 devices which are mirror-like see that it's kind of hazy so it's got a 111 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:51,479 quad core zen2 CPU eight threads total 16 gigs of LP ddr5 memory so it's 112 00:07:49,379 --> 00:07:55,800 running at 5500 Mega transfers per second that's going to help both with 113 00:07:53,220 --> 00:08:01,080 CPU performance and more importantly the onboard GPU it's running our dna2 114 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:06,000 Graphics instead of Vega based Graphics which means that theoretically we are 115 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,319 looking at significantly better GPU 116 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,460 performance on this compared to everything else on this table 117 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:16,080 so on the top you got pretty much an Xbox controller like layout so you got 118 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:19,139 your d-pad left thumb stick you've got your start and select whatever the 119 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:23,460 modern names for that are on the Xbox controller two microphones I have very 120 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,940 high expectations for both the microphone and speaker on this thing 121 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:31,680 based on my experience with the valve index for a company that doesn't make 122 00:08:29,580 --> 00:08:37,019 dedicated audio products valve seems to know a freaking lot about audio uh you 123 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:40,860 got your abxy second thumbstick we already saw what these buttons are 124 00:08:38,399 --> 00:08:44,039 supposed to do so this one is your steam button which brings up your steam 125 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:48,720 Library steam store anything steam settings and then this one right here is 126 00:08:46,380 --> 00:08:51,839 going to bring up your like your system overlay I mean I guess I don't need to 127 00:08:50,519 --> 00:08:57,600 get into too much detail about that right now because that's sort of software volume buttons headphone jack 128 00:08:55,459 --> 00:09:01,800 USBC so that's for charging or connecting to the dock which we don't 129 00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:06,899 have unfortunately power button and then we've got shoulder buttons 130 00:09:04,140 --> 00:09:10,380 oh those feel pretty good actually I'd say that's a nice respectable travel 131 00:09:08,580 --> 00:09:14,700 distance on those triggers then you've got L3 and R3 when you press 132 00:09:12,839 --> 00:09:18,240 in the analog sticks by the way these are capacitive so they're touch 133 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:24,839 sensitive on the top which is pretty cool yeah I know right then you've got 134 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:27,240 L4 R4 L5 R5 on the back now personally 135 00:09:24,839 --> 00:09:30,360 I've never really daily driven a scuff type controller with uh with the back 136 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:36,600 paddle actually I do have an elite controller I've never really used them but what I will say is they are super 137 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,839 easy to access you got to kind of shift your grip on the device a little bit so 138 00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:45,360 it's kind of you kind of clawed a little bit more but I'd say they're a really 139 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:50,399 good balance of pressing force and like tactile response actually all the 140 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,820 buttons feel pretty darn good I wouldn't mind if the abxy were a little bit 141 00:09:52,260 --> 00:09:58,200 shorter travel I do have a preference for that but there's definitely better 142 00:09:55,980 --> 00:10:01,800 feeling than the Neo but the Neo I think the problem is just that they have the 143 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:05,279 long travel and the small buttons I feel like you got to pick one oh I guess I 144 00:10:03,779 --> 00:10:08,940 never really talked to size comparison with the 1X player so you can see the 145 00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:13,260 profile is actually quite similar because the 1X player also has a 146 00:10:10,740 --> 00:10:16,680 sculpted grip like the steam deck everyone's taken a very similar approach 147 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:21,180 to cooling it's almost like there's just a best way to do this you've got your 148 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:25,380 intake at the back exhaust out the top it's the only way to get the heat into 149 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:29,640 the unit without getting suffocated for sure and away from the user 150 00:10:27,959 --> 00:10:35,040 here's the size comparison with the full-size 1X player that thing is such a 151 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:37,440 such a chungus surprisingly though it's 152 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:41,100 a touch narrower full-size 1X player with the lake almost nine inch display 153 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:46,380 oh now's probably a good time to talk display specs it's 1280 by 800 so that's 154 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:49,920 16 by 10 aspect ratio 7 inches it's very similar in terms of specs to the eye Neo 155 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:56,040 it's rated for a typical brightness of only 400 compared to 500 nits but if the 156 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:59,720 black levels are anything to go by I think once we actually get the game 157 00:10:57,420 --> 00:11:05,640 loaded up here we go it's gonna look significantly better compared to the 1X 158 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:12,300 player it's not going to be as sharp so 1X has decided to go for a 1440p class 159 00:11:09,839 --> 00:11:18,420 display I believe it's 2560 by 1600s on the full size 1X player and then this 160 00:11:14,579 --> 00:11:20,160 one I believe is a 1920x1200 but the 161 00:11:18,420 --> 00:11:25,019 reality of it is that the processors in these things they're not going to be able to drive that kind of resolution 162 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:31,740 anyway so personally I agree with Aya and valve's decisions here this feels 163 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:33,480 like probably about 20 FPS right now 164 00:11:31,740 --> 00:11:37,800 so let's see if there's anything we can do to fine tune that a little bit oh 165 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:40,860 wait what the heck why is it running at non-native 166 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:47,760 resolution there we go wow 167 00:11:44,339 --> 00:11:49,620 that's gotta be a solid 30 FPS now you 168 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:54,000 know it is amazing how good a modern game looks even at lower medium details 169 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:58,079 on a display this size like it makes a huge difference to be 170 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:01,860 running this class of Hardware compared to you know what Nintendo's put in the 171 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:06,300 switch which is basically like a six-year-old phone processor 172 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:09,779 let's fire up a game that I can run side by side and compare now to go much 173 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:14,279 deeper I want to spend more time with it and you're going to have to tune into the full LTT video but there are a 174 00:12:13,139 --> 00:12:19,079 couple of little things I want to try real quick here first is the mouse this 175 00:12:17,459 --> 00:12:22,980 pad is set up to control the mouse cursor and it kind of vibrates actually 176 00:12:21,420 --> 00:12:29,720 here can you hear this oh yeah crazy right oh it's momentum based so 177 00:12:28,079 --> 00:12:34,200 you can be like and kind of flick it over and it'll kind 178 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:39,300 of Rumble so kind of almost like it feels like uh like a like a friction 179 00:12:36,959 --> 00:12:44,820 ball or something that you're rolling your finger over so you can move it or 180 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:48,959 you can throw it and then this one you can use as a touch pad to oh I guess you 181 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:52,320 could just use it as a d-pad if you want to that seems to be how it's configured 182 00:12:50,399 --> 00:12:56,040 right now one of the great things about the steam controller was how highly 183 00:12:54,240 --> 00:13:02,160 configurable it was you could use it to play just about anything from FPS to 184 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:03,060 third person to racing to even like RTS 185 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:07,980 games uh and I believe valve intends to 186 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:11,760 continue that Legacy here because they certainly aren't continuing that Legacy 187 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:15,360 in the form of steam controllers 188 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:19,800 just take a moment to appreciate that Forza Horizon 5 a Microsoft game is 189 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:24,839 launching on Linux like we're not talking software much 190 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:26,760 today like I said but huh 191 00:13:24,839 --> 00:13:29,760 valve rates the 50 watt hour battery for anywhere from two to eight hours 192 00:13:28,260 --> 00:13:33,720 depending on what you're doing so it sounds like that's going to end up quite 193 00:13:31,260 --> 00:13:38,399 similar to the 47 watt hour battery in the eye Neo which gets just under two 194 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:42,600 hours under the heaviest loads and much more than that if you turn down the 195 00:13:40,199 --> 00:13:46,260 performance profile of the soc or whatever else what else is there to 196 00:13:44,399 --> 00:13:51,480 really say it's got Wi-Fi Bluetooth all the connectivity that you'd expect 197 00:13:48,139 --> 00:13:53,100 and we are now loaded into Forza Horizon 198 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:58,680 5. on a Linux based machine if I had to 199 00:13:56,459 --> 00:14:02,880 guess I'd say this is somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:10,440 it's actually really hard to tell that's interesting see my car looks great 201 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:12,839 that looks like 60 FPS locked 202 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:16,860 but then there's kind of this judder or stutter or something when I look at 203 00:14:14,699 --> 00:14:22,800 objects in the distance can you see that that's like 204 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:26,459 it's very subtle here let me show you this one for comparison man it's hard to 205 00:14:24,899 --> 00:14:31,320 even show this one to you guys because the screen's so shiny by comparison 206 00:14:29,579 --> 00:14:35,279 see how the towers and stuff are smoother 207 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:38,940 more motion you say nope they are both set to exactly the 208 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:43,560 same settings you're looking for distant objects whether they look smooth or whether they 209 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:48,839 look juttery oh yeah okay so you know what I'm you 210 00:14:46,740 --> 00:14:52,860 can see what I'm talking about on camera it's not final and we have a lot more 211 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:58,139 investigation to do over the next six days actually let's talk acoustics 212 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:02,760 to my ear which obviously is not very scientific 213 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:07,980 it sounds very similar to the Aya Neo in its 15 watt profile and that would be at 214 00:15:05,579 --> 00:15:11,699 exe fan mode whatever that means so that's kind of what I try to aim for for 215 00:15:09,959 --> 00:15:15,839 an enjoyable gaming experience otherwise it gets this thing gets loud in Wild fan 216 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:20,760 mode and that's really impressive considering that that's an at 15 watts 217 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:23,600 and this is a 25 watt chip running in auto mode right now 218 00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:34,019 thank you 219 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:35,720 wow the sound stage on this thing 220 00:15:34,019 --> 00:15:41,160 it sounds so good okay that is impressive and you guys 221 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:47,540 aren't even getting the directionality like an absolute toy by comparison 222 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:56,820 this makes noise this has a sound system 223 00:15:54,720 --> 00:16:01,620 and I think that pretty much wraps up the ShortCircuit First Impressions guys 224 00:15:58,740 --> 00:16:05,459 head over to LTT for our full first impressions thermals benchmarks all that 225 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:08,000 kind of good stuff and make sure you get subscribed