Game capture devices

[Demon_Skeith]

I may have asked this before, but I'm looking into getting a capture device to record game footage for GF's youtube channel (Wii U smash anyone?)


Anyone here have any recommendations and any issues I should keep an eye out for? One I see right now is that there may be lag on the screen while playing a game.

 

[IntoxNitram]

Think lag shouldn't be an issue with more decent elgato devices. Maybe lag in multiplayer games but think you'll be okay aside from that.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I'm still looking into it, but I've read the lag comes from the display having to run through the capture device before reaching the tv.

 

[IntoxNitram]

Found out anything else about this yet?

 

[Demon_Skeith]

still looking into this but will have to get an answer by next week though.

 

[IntoxNitram]

Yeah I am interested to hear an answer here. Never personally heard of the issue so I want to know if it is something that is actually occurring.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

So far everything is mixed, like with buying any piece of tech. Nearly impossible to find a 5 star rating only device.

 

[Sardonic Pickle]

Elgato or Dazzle

I have a dazzle SD one and it works finely, I'm sure the HD one would too.  I wish I could afford it though.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I'm paying for HD, which I think everything supports now.

 

[IntoxNitram]

It only really makes sense to get a HD one now, anything else would be a waste of money.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

And update, I decided to get

Elgato - Game Capture HD60


Via amazon, and after getting their credit card and signing up as a student, I got free 2 day shipping and $30 off my order.


Sooooo, expect me to post some Destiny gameplay next week!

 

[Sardonic Pickle]

It only really makes sense to get a HD one now, anything else would be a waste of money.

Unless you do retro reviews.  Which I do.  

 

[froggyboy604]

It only really makes sense to get a HD one now, anything else would be a waste of money.

If you have slow internet upload speeds, or use dial-up or slower internet, the SD version would be good since uploading a 720P-1080P HD gameplay videos can take many hours with a slower internet connection with slow uploads speeds would take 30 minutes to hours to upload if your ISP also slows down your upload speed if you upload too much, or too many large files to the internet. Some internet service providers also limit the amount of bandwidth you use a month before they slow down your internet, or make you pay a high overage fee for going over your limit.

I watch a news story on TV which tested uploading large files to the web, and it took a long time on the Cable, and DSL internet connections they tested becuase the uploads speeds are slow.

A lot of older computers, and laptops may have trouble recording HD video because of less RAM, and slower CPU, and some PC's hard drive may not have enough space to store HD video on smaller hard drives on older computers.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

You be surprised how many steps and check lists you have to go through to ensure you can record gameplay.

But yes, you can't do old gaming in HD.