YouTube Video Compression and the New Nvidia Shield Android TVs

Before we get started, I just want to give you a heads up that YouTube video compression isn't that great. If you're viewing this, make sure you're viewing it on a pretty decent screen. This is uploaded in 4k, so that's gonna get my point across more than anything else. But I know it's not gonna be as good as what I'm seeing on my main screen. I hope at least this gets my point across.

The CTA Prime back here again today, I want to check out the new AI upscaling baked into the new Nvidia shield Android TVs. Now, this works with both the lower end shield TV model and the shield TV Pro. The one I have here is the lower end model, which costs $150 and comes with a Tegra x1 plus CPU, 2 gigabytes of RAM, and 8 gigabytes of internal storage. This AI scaling works on both models, so I wanted to use the lower inversion just to show you that it's working.

Keep in mind that this AI upscaling only works with certain apps right now, and those include Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. But hopefully, this will be brought to the whole system later on down the road from within the settings. We can go to AI upscaling as shown here, and I've also enabled demo mode, so we'll just back up and check out some YouTube.

This really can't turn a 480p or 720p video into a real 4k video, but it does an amazing job in this case. Let's go with Big Buck Bunny, which was uploaded 11 years ago - it's a Blender demo, and we'll set the resolution to 720p. I'm going to restart this, actually, would just go right about here. And now, let's pause the video and set it to demo mode so I can move this cursor around to give you an idea of how well this works.

I've got a eye enhancement off, and this is with the eye enhancement on - hopefully, it's coming across as good as it looks on my screen in this YouTube video. Let me just circle a spot here and take a look. So, this brings out the detail, which I mean... it's crazy! It's amazing how they made this work.

So, I'm going to set this to double-screen mode and play with it some more. We'll get to another spot and then do it one more time. Just thinking that this is absolutely amazing that they were able to pull this off with this ARM chip - I don't know what kind of Voodoo they got going here, but it works amazingly well.

This is what the AI enhancement looks like off; it's basic. And this is with the AI enhancement on - you see how it brings out the detail? That's what I'm really hoping to see more of in other apps and video playing services instead of just streaming services.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enbefore we get started here I just want to give you a heads up YouTube video compression isn't that great so if you're viewing this make sure you're viewing it on a pretty decent screen this is uploaded in 4k so that's gonna get my point across more than anything else but I know it's not gonna be as good as what I'm seeing on my main screen but I hope at least this gets my point across what's going on guys the CTA Prime back here again today I want to check out the new AI upscaling baked into the new Nvidia shield Android TVs now this works with the lower end shield TV model and the shield TV Pro the one I have here is the lower end model 150 dollars got that Tegra x1 plus CPU two gigabytes of RAM and eight gigabytes of internal storage now this AI scaling works on both and I wanted to use the lower inversion just to show you that it is working here keep in mind that this AI upscaling only works with certain apps right now you to Netflix Hulu and I believe it does with HBO but hopefully this will be brought to the whole system later on down the road from within the settings we can go to AI upscaling as you can see I have it set to AI enhanced detail enhancement hi and I've also enabled the demo mode so I'll back up and we'll just check out some YouTube now this really can't turn a 480p or a 720p into a real 4k video but it does an amazing job here we're gonna go with Big Buck Bunny this was uploaded 11 years ago this is a blender demo we'll go to more and I'm gonna set it to 720p so we're set to 720p I'm gonna restart this actually would just go right about here I'm going to pause the video and now I'm gonna set it to demo mode so I can move this cursor around just to give you an idea of how well this works this is with a eye enhancement off this is with a eye enhancement on now hopefully it's coming across as good as it looks on my screen in this YouTube video but I'm gonna kind of circle a spot here and I just want you to take a look so this is on this is off on off it really brings the detail out I mean it's it's crazy it's amazing how they made this work so this is basic enhanced basic enhanced I'm going to set it to double screen mode and we'll play here we'll get to another spot and then I'll do it one more time I just think this is absolutely amazing that they were able to pull this off with this ARM chip I'm not sure what kind of Voodoo they got going here but it works amazingly so this is what the AI enhancement off this is basic this is on so we'll just check out let's say this butterfly over here so this is off this is on you I really do hope they bring this two more apps because it's pretty awesome to see it work like this right that eyeball here's one more little section I wanted to show you over on the right hand side we have this little squirrel guy or mole guy whatever but it really does bring that detail out now this video was uploaded 11 years ago at 720p since then there are definitely 4k videos of this up on YouTube that look amazing brings out his whiskers his eyes the hair on him so here's something a little trickier it's definitely not as pronounced as the last one we just took a look at but this is Night of the Living Dead this is uploaded on YouTube it's a public domain movie I have a eye off right now but when I turn it on it actually sharpens it up quite well if we take a look at her hair and her face I'm just blown away by how well this works so that was just a quick look at AI upscaling on the new Nvidia shield Android TV really excited about this and like I mentioned I really do hope it comes to a lot of other video apps it'd be really cool to see it and let's say Plex VLC and other video playing apps instead of just streaming services so that's it for this video guys I really appreciate you watching if you're interested in picking one of these up I will leave links in the description definitely keep an eye out on the channel because I got a lot more coming on these but like always thanks for watching youbefore we get started here I just want to give you a heads up YouTube video compression isn't that great so if you're viewing this make sure you're viewing it on a pretty decent screen this is uploaded in 4k so that's gonna get my point across more than anything else but I know it's not gonna be as good as what I'm seeing on my main screen but I hope at least this gets my point across what's going on guys the CTA Prime back here again today I want to check out the new AI upscaling baked into the new Nvidia shield Android TVs now this works with the lower end shield TV model and the shield TV Pro the one I have here is the lower end model 150 dollars got that Tegra x1 plus CPU two gigabytes of RAM and eight gigabytes of internal storage now this AI scaling works on both and I wanted to use the lower inversion just to show you that it is working here keep in mind that this AI upscaling only works with certain apps right now you to Netflix Hulu and I believe it does with HBO but hopefully this will be brought to the whole system later on down the road from within the settings we can go to AI upscaling as you can see I have it set to AI enhanced detail enhancement hi and I've also enabled the demo mode so I'll back up and we'll just check out some YouTube now this really can't turn a 480p or a 720p into a real 4k video but it does an amazing job here we're gonna go with Big Buck Bunny this was uploaded 11 years ago this is a blender demo we'll go to more and I'm gonna set it to 720p so we're set to 720p I'm gonna restart this actually would just go right about here I'm going to pause the video and now I'm gonna set it to demo mode so I can move this cursor around just to give you an idea of how well this works this is with a eye enhancement off this is with a eye enhancement on now hopefully it's coming across as good as it looks on my screen in this YouTube video but I'm gonna kind of circle a spot here and I just want you to take a look so this is on this is off on off it really brings the detail out I mean it's it's crazy it's amazing how they made this work so this is basic enhanced basic enhanced I'm going to set it to double screen mode and we'll play here we'll get to another spot and then I'll do it one more time I just think this is absolutely amazing that they were able to pull this off with this ARM chip I'm not sure what kind of Voodoo they got going here but it works amazingly so this is what the AI enhancement off this is basic this is on so we'll just check out let's say this butterfly over here so this is off this is on you I really do hope they bring this two more apps because it's pretty awesome to see it work like this right that eyeball here's one more little section I wanted to show you over on the right hand side we have this little squirrel guy or mole guy whatever but it really does bring that detail out now this video was uploaded 11 years ago at 720p since then there are definitely 4k videos of this up on YouTube that look amazing brings out his whiskers his eyes the hair on him so here's something a little trickier it's definitely not as pronounced as the last one we just took a look at but this is Night of the Living Dead this is uploaded on YouTube it's a public domain movie I have a eye off right now but when I turn it on it actually sharpens it up quite well if we take a look at her hair and her face I'm just blown away by how well this works so that was just a quick look at AI upscaling on the new Nvidia shield Android TV really excited about this and like I mentioned I really do hope it comes to a lot of other video apps it'd be really cool to see it and let's say Plex VLC and other video playing apps instead of just streaming services so that's it for this video guys I really appreciate you watching if you're interested in picking one of these up I will leave links in the description definitely keep an eye out on the channel because I got a lot more coming on these but like always thanks for watching you\n"