What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Bit pricey but also quality product. The included software (download) is also surprisingly good. It is easy to use and has the added features of converting the output files to various formats. The pros:- reliable and trustworthy.
I bought this to live stream consoles than for pc gameplay (obs is fine for doing that) the software that comes with the product works brilliantly and produces output that matches the original content both fps and in hd 1080p. Records brilliantly with... Read More
Cons
The stream processor is dire. The developers neglect the mac software so don't bother buying if you're running mac. This capture card does not work on a lot of pc's and is not a simple plug in and play.
Video quality is terrible and encoding doesn't seem to be working correctly scrambling the output, even when only attempting to record directly to hard drive. With elgato's own software i am unable to stream directly to twitch, software states it live... Read More
There’s no component/rca/s video support here, so if you were intending to upgrade and sell your old device off then consider how important a feature this is. There is no way to set audio bitrate/bit depth in the software, where other competing produc... Read More
Highlights
Quality
This has made streaming from my xbox series x so much easier the quality of perfect and no delay
Quality product good service and very helpful
I do have occasional issues with streaming where the quality is really bad and skipping
Having tried 2 other gamecontent capture devices in the past 2 weeks this one finally ticks all the boxes for my purposes capt... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Packaging was excellent and arrived well in time
Great product just ensure your computer has minimum specs to run the elgato
Competitiveness
So much better than the extenal hd60 version installed and setup stream using obs and works a treat perfect soundpicture aswell... Read More
A bit pricey compared to others on the market but definitely worth the extra for me
This is a fantastic product but be aware that if you have a ryzen cpu it won’t be recognised in your motherboards pcie x1 or x4... Read More
The footage is clear and crisp and the recordings are very high quality with plenty of control over the bitrate inside the elgato software
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- This product had a total of 3,232 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 3 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Great capture card for people who dont know a lot about the inner workings of a pc also this does work on windows 7 but you have to download the later version of the game capture program that it uses and not the newer one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Expensive but you get what you pay for
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is a pain in the butt to set up all the details to actually make it save properly to the computer
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