![]() ![]() In addition to 1080p, the Elgato Game Capture HD also supports 720p, 576p, 480p, 288p and 240p, though I’m not sure what scenario would cause you to record at less than 480p other than recording retro games, but with the Elgato Game Capture HD it’s possible. Put simply, what you see on the screen is what you’ll see in the resulting capture. Check out our video review for inFAMOUS: Second Son below – be sure to click the HD button and run it full screen:Īs you can see, there are minor artifacts introduced when uploaded and re-encoded by a video hosting site, but I can assure you that the source video is absolutely flawless. ![]() ![]() No capture system of this type has ever been this elegant or straightforward. (You normally have to use the included cable for 1080i, or you can capture via HDMI at 720p on the PS3, but a recent patch has allowed players to turn off HDCP and capture at 1080p via HDMI on the PS4) The Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U are pure simplicity itself, only requiring that you plug in HDMI cables to capture at 1080p or 720p as supported by the game itself. With some trickery outside the scope of this review we were able to capture PS4 footage via the Elgato showing Delsin Rowe’s adventures in Seattle in all of it’s high resolution glory. Thus far no capture systems have been able to capture that resolution on any system other than the Black Magic card which requires installation into a PC with a very strict motherboard / chipset requirements. Obviously the power of the PlayStation 4 is capable of rendering beautiful scenery at 60fps and at 1080p resolution. Here’s where the rubber meets the road – let’s look at the captured result. Compression is minimal in the translation, dropping the resultant 1.2GB file to 960mb while leaving visual fidelity intact. ts format to a more portable and universal. After just 24 seconds the 11 minute 1080p capture was converted from the native. Starting with the most simple and easy transition possible I selected mp4 1080p for my output options. The software encoding process maintains its simplicity, masking the most complex of process behind just a few simple clicks. Sharing is as simple as clicking the icon that represents the destination for your video – a refreshingly easy approach that alleviates the need for converting your end product yet again to get it onto various outlets like YouTube or iPad. Three quarters of the screen is consumed by a full-resolution preview of your captured footage, while an intuitive dock of icons nestle to the right. Rather than having to learn something complicated like PowerDirector or After Effects from the Adobe suite, the tools you need to slice and dice your captured footage is right at your fingertips. Snapping a pair of HDMI cables into the rig sent me off to the races. After that fresh reboot I was able to see the size of the tiny software footprint – just 31mb. A quick boot to safe mode to remove the device from Device Manager and to re-install it solved the problem, but this seemed more like a hiccup on my machine than with the Elgato. Unfortunately it hung there and never installed the drivers. I cabled up the Game Capture HD to my MSI GT70 and immediately it asked to install drivers, as one would expect. The system itself is roughly the size of a deck of cards, and underneath it is a USB, component, HDMI, and a proprietary PS3 cable – not a single power cable to be found. It is clear that the team at Elgato wanted the Game Capture HD to be the best of all worlds – opening the box there was a plethora of adaptability at my fingertips. Elgato is looking to simplify all of that with their Game Capture HD. Whether it be a card you have to install in your PC, having to tether to a power cord, or cumbersome software, each of the capture systems on the market have their own quirks. Whether you are writing reviews, capturing your best Halo or Call of Duty match, or shoutcasting your favorite game, getting video from the screen to your PC so you can share it with the world has always been a bit of a hassle. Capture software and hardware has long been a part of the video gaming world. ![]()
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