WEBVTT 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:08.220 wow the sound stage on this thing 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.860 that is impressive the time is now six 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 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 00:00:17.220 --> 00:00:23.760 working on over the next week or so where we get into more details 00:00:20.520 --> 00:00:25.019 performance thermals anything else that 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 00:00:26.939 --> 00:00:34.260 because that's not final yet so this video is going to be focused on the 00:00:30.840 --> 00:00:37.940 unboxing experience the specs and just 00:00:34.260 --> 00:00:41.219 uh first impressions of this potentially 00:00:37.940 --> 00:00:42.899 revolutionary gaming handheld so we got 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:47.280 a bunch of different languages telling you places that you can play with it I 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:51.600 think we'll toilet 00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:56.340 they know their audience don't they over there at valve 00:00:53.399 --> 00:01:00.239 okay so Packaging um we've got nice little like guide so 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:03.719 you press this button to bring up this menu press this button to bring up this 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:07.320 menu really impressed with the packaging so far I was going to talk about this a 00:01:05.460 --> 00:01:11.280 little bit more detail later but we actually considered doing a carrying 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 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 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:26.640 then maybe that's still something we can explore but unfortunately it seems to be 00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:29.400 kind of kind of awesome so I got a nice 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:33.299 little elastic strap there if you want to strap it onto something we've got 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 00:01:34.740 --> 00:01:39.659 of thing carrying handle 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 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 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:51.299 power adapter might have preferred to see just a type c female Jack on it so 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 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 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 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 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:14.700 you probably figured this out I'm planning to do size comparisons on short 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:20.400 circuit here with all the other gaming hand tubs that we have on hand 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:22.980 there it is ladies and gentlemen I 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.400 opened it upside down trust me I'm a professional 00:02:28.620 --> 00:02:34.980 so that's fine um yeah that's fine but the outlet has 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 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 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:45.420 gotten another six inches if it had been down here but 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 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 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 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 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:05.099 set it down on something so I suspect 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 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:16.260 on your cable you know causing like a strain or like a breakage so steam deck 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 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:28.620 to the better ergonomics oh never mind well okay it feels 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:32.819 deceptively light because of the the really nice hand grips back here I'd say 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:36.060 that they're designed for someone whose hands are maybe a touch bigger than mine 00:03:34.440 --> 00:03:42.180 but that doesn't prevent me from Comfortably reaching everything abxy 00:03:38.760 --> 00:03:44.040 d-pad joysticks everything is easily 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 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 00:03:50.700 --> 00:03:56.819 bit okay let's uh let's do some more size comparisons real quick here so 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 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 00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:10.319 around 350 but that's Android based that's not a full fat computer and then 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 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:20.160 the heavier side of what's out there right now but because of the ergonomics 00:04:16.979 --> 00:04:21.239 I'd say it punches down I don't know I 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 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:30.120 always putting phones in cakes or dumping buckets of chocolate loonies on 00:04:28.380 --> 00:04:35.460 me well this time the prank is on Nintendo because they're announcing 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:38.220 project kill switch haha funny name I I 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 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:47.699 bit more you know rugged and drop resistant oh I get that one too and also 00:04:45.840 --> 00:04:50.580 presumably a little bit more ergonomic I haven't had a chance to actually get my 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:55.020 hands on it yet because it looks like it's still in very early stages right 00:04:52.500 --> 00:05:01.699 now but I gotta say the design looks freaking fantastic goes to show you bad 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:03.539 people can design good products 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:07.199 what hey they started it 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 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 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:18.000 kind of padded interior to protect your steam deck and then this outer layer 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:21.060 that looks like particularly if you have larger hands it's going to be super 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:25.080 comfortable so we're gonna have that linked down below and it will actually 00:05:22.740 --> 00:05:31.259 be released someday unlike Half-Life 3. haha Half-Life 3 joke very very current 00:05:28.580 --> 00:05:36.120 banana for scale yes thank you thank you very much jono lttstore.com you can get 00:05:34.020 --> 00:05:38.940 your very own banana for scale also the sweet indoor hoodie now one of the 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 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 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 00:05:51.900 --> 00:05:56.940 great about it is how flat it is how 00:05:55.199 --> 00:06:02.280 easily packable but there are a couple of things that make the steam deck even 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:05.039 though it's main body segment here is 00:06:02.280 --> 00:06:11.220 about the same thickness the actual overall profile of the device is like 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:13.319 double and that's because of the grips 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:18.479 as well as the fact that the joysticks are more of a full-size controller class 00:06:15.900 --> 00:06:23.280 of joystick with super long travel compared to pretty much all of these 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:26.940 other devices like look at the profile of these joysticks next to each other 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:31.860 Hoffman can you see that so you can see there's like 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:35.880 double the travel so if you want finer control 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:39.900 this is going to be it but you know this I could conceivably put in 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 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 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:51.660 for 20 minutes so I just grabbed the Neo 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:54.840 Chuck it in my pocket we're walking around the mall steam deck 00:06:54.120 --> 00:07:00.419 um I mean yeah maybe but I wouldn't really 00:06:58.979 --> 00:07:04.800 recommend it you're putting a lot of strain on that thumbstick fortunately 00:07:02.460 --> 00:07:10.259 valve's approach to right to repair so far has been exemplary so I'm expecting 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 00:07:14.580 --> 00:07:20.099 accidentally screw them up one of the other things that's really standing out 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:24.240 to me before even turning it on is the anti-glare coating for the preview valve 00:07:22.139 --> 00:07:27.300 set out the 512 gig version which has okay well it has some other extras it 00:07:26.039 --> 00:07:31.919 has like a special keyboard theme or something like that but the big one is 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:37.680 this kind of etched glass anti-glare coating you guys can kind of see how the 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:39.960 reflection is compared to these other 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 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:51.479 quad core zen2 CPU eight threads total 16 gigs of LP ddr5 memory so it's 00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:55.800 running at 5500 Mega transfers per second that's going to help both with 00:07:53.220 --> 00:08:01.080 CPU performance and more importantly the onboard GPU it's running our dna2 00:07:58.440 --> 00:08:06.000 Graphics instead of Vega based Graphics which means that theoretically we are 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:07.319 looking at significantly better GPU 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:11.460 performance on this compared to everything else on this table 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:16.080 so on the top you got pretty much an Xbox controller like layout so you got 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:19.139 your d-pad left thumb stick you've got your start and select whatever the 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:23.460 modern names for that are on the Xbox controller two microphones I have very 00:08:21.960 --> 00:08:26.940 high expectations for both the microphone and speaker on this thing 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:31.680 based on my experience with the valve index for a company that doesn't make 00:08:29.580 --> 00:08:37.019 dedicated audio products valve seems to know a freaking lot about audio uh you 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:40.860 got your abxy second thumbstick we already saw what these buttons are 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:44.039 supposed to do so this one is your steam button which brings up your steam 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:48.720 Library steam store anything steam settings and then this one right here is 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 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 00:08:55.459 --> 00:09:01.800 USBC so that's for charging or connecting to the dock which we don't 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:06.899 have unfortunately power button and then we've got shoulder buttons 00:09:04.140 --> 00:09:10.380 oh those feel pretty good actually I'd say that's a nice respectable travel 00:09:08.580 --> 00:09:14.700 distance on those triggers then you've got L3 and R3 when you press 00:09:12.839 --> 00:09:18.240 in the analog sticks by the way these are capacitive so they're touch 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:24.839 sensitive on the top which is pretty cool yeah I know right then you've got 00:09:20.880 --> 00:09:27.240 L4 R4 L5 R5 on the back now personally 00:09:24.839 --> 00:09:30.360 I've never really daily driven a scuff type controller with uh with the back 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 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 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 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:50.399 good balance of pressing force and like tactile response actually all the 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:53.820 buttons feel pretty darn good I wouldn't mind if the abxy were a little bit 00:09:52.260 --> 00:09:58.200 shorter travel I do have a preference for that but there's definitely better 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 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 00:10:03.779 --> 00:10:08.940 never really talked to size comparison with the 1X player so you can see the 00:10:07.380 --> 00:10:13.260 profile is actually quite similar because the 1X player also has a 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:16.680 sculpted grip like the steam deck everyone's taken a very similar approach 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 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 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:29.640 the unit without getting suffocated for sure and away from the user 00:10:27.959 --> 00:10:35.040 here's the size comparison with the full-size 1X player that thing is such a 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:37.440 such a chungus surprisingly though it's 00:10:35.040 --> 00:10:41.100 a touch narrower full-size 1X player with the lake almost nine inch display 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 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 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 00:10:53.880 --> 00:10:59.720 black levels are anything to go by I think once we actually get the game 00:10:57.420 --> 00:11:05.640 loaded up here we go it's gonna look significantly better compared to the 1X 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 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 00:11:14.579 --> 00:11:20.160 one I believe is a 1920x1200 but the 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 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:31.740 anyway so personally I agree with Aya and valve's decisions here this feels 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:33.480 like probably about 20 FPS right now 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 00:11:35.640 --> 00:11:40.860 wait what the heck why is it running at non-native 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:47.760 resolution there we go wow 00:11:44.339 --> 00:11:49.620 that's gotta be a solid 30 FPS now you 00:11:47.760 --> 00:11:54.000 know it is amazing how good a modern game looks even at lower medium details 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:58.079 on a display this size like it makes a huge difference to be 00:11:56.160 --> 00:12:01.860 running this class of Hardware compared to you know what Nintendo's put in the 00:11:59.820 --> 00:12:06.300 switch which is basically like a six-year-old phone processor 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 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 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:19.079 couple of little things I want to try real quick here first is the mouse this 00:12:17.459 --> 00:12:22.980 pad is set up to control the mouse cursor and it kind of vibrates actually 00:12:21.420 --> 00:12:29.720 here can you hear this oh yeah crazy right oh it's momentum based so 00:12:28.079 --> 00:12:34.200 you can be like and kind of flick it over and it'll kind 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:39.300 of Rumble so kind of almost like it feels like uh like a like a friction 00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:44.820 ball or something that you're rolling your finger over so you can move it or 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 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 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:56.040 right now one of the great things about the steam controller was how highly 00:12:54.240 --> 00:13:02.160 configurable it was you could use it to play just about anything from FPS to 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:03.060 third person to racing to even like RTS 00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:07.980 games uh and I believe valve intends to 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:11.760 continue that Legacy here because they certainly aren't continuing that Legacy 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:15.360 in the form of steam controllers 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:19.800 just take a moment to appreciate that Forza Horizon 5 a Microsoft game is 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:24.839 launching on Linux like we're not talking software much 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:26.760 today like I said but huh 00:13:24.839 --> 00:13:29.760 valve rates the 50 watt hour battery for anywhere from two to eight hours 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 00:13:31.260 --> 00:13:38.399 similar to the 47 watt hour battery in the eye Neo which gets just under two 00:13:35.760 --> 00:13:42.600 hours under the heaviest loads and much more than that if you turn down the 00:13:40.199 --> 00:13:46.260 performance profile of the soc or whatever else what else is there to 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:51.480 really say it's got Wi-Fi Bluetooth all the connectivity that you'd expect 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:53.100 and we are now loaded into Forza Horizon 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:58.680 5. on a Linux based machine if I had to 00:13:56.459 --> 00:14:02.880 guess I'd say this is somewhere in the neighborhood of 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:10.440 it's actually really hard to tell that's interesting see my car looks great 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:12.839 that looks like 60 FPS locked 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:16.860 but then there's kind of this judder or stutter or something when I look at 00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:22.800 objects in the distance can you see that that's like 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 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:31.320 even show this one to you guys because the screen's so shiny by comparison 00:14:29.579 --> 00:14:35.279 see how the towers and stuff are smoother 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:38.940 more motion you say nope they are both set to exactly the 00:14:37.800 --> 00:14:43.560 same settings you're looking for distant objects whether they look smooth or whether they 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:48.839 look juttery oh yeah okay so you know what I'm you 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 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:58.139 investigation to do over the next six days actually let's talk acoustics 00:14:56.040 --> 00:15:02.760 to my ear which obviously is not very scientific 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 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 00:15:09.959 --> 00:15:15.839 an enjoyable gaming experience otherwise it gets this thing gets loud in Wild fan 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:20.760 mode and that's really impressive considering that that's an at 15 watts 00:15:18.540 --> 00:15:23.600 and this is a 25 watt chip running in auto mode right now 00:15:26.540 --> 00:15:34.019 thank you 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:35.720 wow the sound stage on this thing 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:41.160 it sounds so good okay that is impressive and you guys 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:47.540 aren't even getting the directionality like an absolute toy by comparison 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:56.820 this makes noise this has a sound system 00:15:54.720 --> 00:16:01.620 and I think that pretty much wraps up the 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