Customer Ratings & Reviews

Stopped into the Best Buy South loop in Chicago— I ordered head so I wouldn’t have to wait in line or shop around. I knew what I wanted. I used PayPal to finance my purchase, so it would be cheaper today. Although I ordered ahead, I had to wait in line because they were doing all of their returns first rather than focusing on the line that was starting behind me. Kept getting moved around even after my cashier was grabbing my items. Highly frustrating. Anyway. I got my items, and got home to set it up. It’s a pain to set up with OBS. not going to lie. The elgato app doesn’t do much and is for recording actual footage and this model atleast does not let you record audio. You need to troubleshoot every time you boot on OBS. deleting the audio profile to program it from elgato again and then monitor your audio in the settings. It’s very repetitive. It only helped me play my switch and being able to get my output to my laptop to my monitor. Now I can shiny hunt for my friends on discord with this elgato software and technology. It’s very niche and something I wish I had a long time ago.

Love the product. Work as it is supposed to. Easy to setup and good for streamer especially if you are new to it. Quality product with great service. Got the last one at store and working good. The only thing I recommend is buying a audio capture to in you want to get quality audio and no problem with headphones and obs

This was the best upgrade to my set up no lag good quality and was easy to set up. Now my son can stream his games like he always wanted to

Bought to record ps5 gameplay/stream through my laptop. Integrated smoothly and doesn’t take up much desk space. 10/10 would recommend for a starting streamer or if you want to record gameplay at a higher res.

It’s good works fine just don’t like the issue with having to use a chat link to get full chat audio when streaming through console

The reason I buy this capture because you can do live on TikTok or other platforms for 144fps pass through if you have monitors 2k like me I have one monitor 2k.And like so much this capture also if you use cable chat-link is so. Perfect the audio

It works! I purchased this capture card for nintendo switch game play recording. Im using it to create video game content. Please note, that if you are using this for an ipad, you must get a multi port with atleast 2 usb- c ports, one for power and one for data transfer. This capture card uses the ipad for power. Im getting about an hour of video capture per full ipad charge on my current setting, using camo studio app.

Works exactly as described. Audio and video are crystal clear. You don't even have to download the desktop app, you can just select it as input on your computer. Fantastic product.

Was a little tricky to setup in obs took me way longer then i would've liked. However, when it come to quality no one who does it better then Elgato once you get all your settings to your liking.

Easy set up, great minimal product. Plug and play, using it for Switch 2.

If is you are looking for your first captured card without break you pocket this is a very friendly and easy setup option that you can found in the market also the costumer service of them on the website are amazing they help you to do some setups if you need it for free

Was wondering if going with elgato brand or soemthing else but i am not disappointed and super happy with my decision

it works great https://youtube.com/shorts/ZaRr7PwpFU8?si=08tJ_kYvD6D3dmb-

Best capture card I have ever used. I have had no issues what so ever. The quality is amazing and it’s so simple to use.

I bought this for the simple fact of streaming my console to pc, but unexpectedly it runs very well even when I’m just playing games on it. All in a though I think if you don’t want to per say buy another monitor, this works just as well.

[Employee of bestbuy] Works well captures display overlay great after messing with some settings and getting wires plugged in correctly works great

Very simple setup was a little confused at first but the instructions were clear , I did end up returning as I needed the version above this for the higher pass through options worked on my PlayStation 5 perfectly though

The video capture device is one of the essential devices when streaming or recording gameplays to upload them later to a platform. With this Corsair Elgato Game Capture, you can achieve good results in this task. The box contains the capture device, a USB-C to USB-C cable, an HDMI 2.0 cable, and some documentation. Installation is simple and straightforward. It has an HDMI output and input, a USB port, and a 3.5mm audio jack port. The quality you want to achieve depends on the type of game and configuration. The device can record in 4K60 resolution and also captures and plays back at 1440p120 or 1080p240. The design is compact and simple, designed for portability, and comes in black. The device is compatible with various consoles such as Xbox, PS5, Switch, etc., compatible with various streaming platforms like Stream Deck, and is also compatible with various devices such Windows PCs, Macs, and iPads, making it easy to use and a versatile product. In terms of performance, everything flows smoothly, there is no screen tearing, files are recorded in good HDR quality, as is the audio, and it is easy to configure for different needs. It is a compact, discreet, and nice quality product. If you are looking for a capture card for your console that is reasonably priced, has good features, and is easy to use and configure, this is one of the best options on the market. I can definitely recommend it.

So these capture cards used to be a bit of a necessity just a couple of years ago if you wanted to capture your gameplay and upload it to popular video platforms for others to watch. Majority of consoles and PC’s have some sort of game capture feature built in now, but they all have some sort of limitations. This is where having the Elgato 4K S comes in very handy if you want to share long play videos on YouTube or other sites. It is compatible with just about every console, as long as it has an hdmi output. (More on that in a bit). But this Elgato external capture card makes it extremely easy to use. It is literally plug and play. No drivers needed. The only thing you’ll need to download is the Elgato capture app on your iPad, Mac or Windows PC. It is compatible with OBS for live streaming, but I strictly used it for capturing gameplay for later editing and uploading. What I really love about this Elgato is that it is compatible with my iPad. Being able to connect this to an iPad to play and capture without any latency is awesome. This means I don’t have to set up next to a huge desktop or cumbersome laptop. I just set my iPad next to me or near my TV and connect it. With the Elgato capture app, you can adjust resolution , frame rate and audio settings on the fly for your screen captures. It is so quick and convenient to set up. I mainly used it to record my Nintendo switch 2 gameplay. I was able to record 4K 60 footage with the Nintendo switch 2 with this. Footage looks high res, crisp and no issues with sound. The capture card also has an aux input on the front end so that you can record yourself speaking. My only complaint about this box is that for some reason it is real finicky to use with a PS5. And for the life of me I could not figure out why. Sometimes it would work, but for the most part it just refused to find an input signal. I think it’s the PS5’s fault. I turned off HDCP and even so it didn’t work sometimes. Tried turning off VRR, HDR, ALLM, changed resolutions.. everything. And it still wouldn’t find an input signal. Finally when I was about to give up trying to connect my PS5, it just started working. I don’t even know what I did to make it work. But when I finally Got it going with my PS5, I had to lower the recording resolution to 1080P and 60fps to record. This thing will not record PS5 in 4K 120hz, and i suppose depending on the game you are playing, it wouldn’t record my PS5 in 4K 60hz mode. Which is strange because I was able to record my switch 2 gameplay in 4K 60 fps. I was playing battlefield 6. I have it set to performance mode for that game, so I’m assuming it lowers the resolution to 1440p for that game, so I had to lower record resolution in the Elgato app. I am going to blame Sony for it. Because it worked perfectly fine with my switch 2. Perhaps Elgato can release a firmware update to make it work better in the near future. Either way, I am quite pleased with it. I love that I can record footage straight onto my iPad Pro with it. It makes editing and uploading gameplay so much easier and quicker. If you are looking for an easy to use capture card for gameplay footage, I think you will love this one.

What got me excited I’ve always wanted to have a capture card so I could make some commentary on some older classics. I knew the name Elgato, and the brand recognition it brought. What I’m expecting My expectations are to be able to plug it into a gaming console and save the footage so I can edit the footage with some voiceover narration. What’s included in the packaging? Out of the box you get the capture card, a USB-C to USB-C cable, and a HMDI 3.0 cable. My first impressions The card is small and compact. It’s lightweight, and doesn’t have any physical buttons. I like the bundled cables. I was surprised there wasn’t a quick start guide included. Instead you get a 4-step “how to plug everything in” sequence on the interior of the packaging. Let’s try it out I plugged the provided HDMI cable to the “out” port, and to a monitor. I plugged a separate HDMI cable to the “in” port and to my console. I finally plugged in the provided USB-C cable to my laptop. Blue light came on and…. Nothing. I overlooked the part where I was supposed to go to the website printed on the last part of the sequence to download the companion app that showed what I was capturing. So after I downloaded Elgato Studio, something finally popped up. The app shows a mirror of what’s playing on the monitor. You click the little red record button and off you go. There wasn’t any lag, and it captured the audio as well. I was in fact surprised that there wasn’t any lag, despite a prompt telling me to plug in the provided HDMI 3.0 cable; which was in fact plugged in. I guess it meant use a 3.0 cable to connect to the console. If that’s the case, it would have been nice if two 3.0 cables were included in the packaging. The app is very easy to use and straightforward. Once you’re done recording, the video/audio is saved as a mp4 file. What stood out that was positive I like how easy it is to use, both the card, and the app. You record, and it creates a file, simple. What stood out that was negative Not including two HDMI 3.0 cables. Who is this targeted at? This is clearly aimed a gamers. I like playing “classic” games, and so this allows me to create videos of older games that I can upload. All in all This is a great capture card. I wish it did 4k at 120hz. I like the fact that it at least does 1440 at 120 hz. I would recommend this to anybody who wants to create some fun gaming videos for memories or to upload them.