Elgato's latest external capture card records 4K content at 60 frames per second

[Shawn Knight]

What just happened? Elgato and parent company Corsair at CES this week announced the 4K60 S+, a standalone video capture device that can record content directly to an SD card without the need for a connected computer.

The 4K60 S+ is described as Elgato’s most powerful external capture device to date. The device’s onboard HEVC encoding keeps file sizes manageable, we’re told, and its pass-through affords zero lag from the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro for an authentic experience.

Of course, connecting the capture device to a PC does afford some advantages. For one, you’re no longer limited by the capacity of an SD card but rather, the amount of free storage space on your hard drive or solid state drive which is likely to be much greater than a memory card.

With a PC, you can also utilize Elgato’s Flashback Recording software to save gameplay retroactively and the Live Commentary feature to record microphone audio as a separate track. The capture device is even compatible with popular broadcasting software like OBS Studio.

The Elgato 4K60 S+ HDR10 capture device is priced at $399.99 and is listed for sale from today over on Amazon. Notably, Amazon says it’ll ship “within 1 to 2 months” so expect a somewhat significant delay in delivery. This could give rival AVerMedia Gaming the window it needs to slip in and beat Elgato to the punch if they play their cards just right.

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[QuantumPhysics]

I bought the Elgato HD60s, used it a couple times and then stopped when I built a gaming PC and started just using built in Windows Game recording.

This sounds like a good product, but I'm not paying $400 for it.

Realistically, the next Xbox and PS should offer a pro model that has built in streaming so you can bypass the PC entirely. I do appreciate the last gen's sharing function where you could capture some video, edit videos on the system and upload them to Youtube.

But they did the whole thing in a halfassed manner where streaming, recording voice chat and adding effects was terrible or absent.

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

I know HDMI has some encryption; could this be used to record DRM protected content?

 

[CharmsD]

I know HDMI has some encryption; could this be used to record DRM protected content?

If it looks like this dongle, quite probably.

I think the safer answer is "possibly". HDCP was broken before it launched, and was permanently cracked by having the encryption key's posted three years before the FCC certified it for use in television.

 

[Chris tix]

Realistically, the next Xbox and PS should offer a pro model that has built in streaming so you can bypass the PC entirely. I do appreciate the last gen's sharing function where you could capture some video, edit videos on the system and upload them to Youtube.

Isn't there a built in streaming for YT & Twitch?? PS I'm pretty sure.

 

[CaptainTom]

I bought the Elgato HD60s, used it a couple times and then stopped when I built a gaming PC and started just using built in Windows Game recording.

This sounds like a good product, but I'm not paying $400 for it.

Realistically, the next Xbox and PS should offer a pro model that has built in streaming so you can bypass the PC entirely. I do appreciate the last gen's sharing function where you could capture some video, edit videos on the system and upload them to Youtube.

But they did the whole thing in a halfassed manner where streaming, recording voice chat and adding effects was terrible or absent.

PlayStation 4 has a secondary arm CPU with its own DDR to facilitate streaming (There's a share button too). It already exists, and PS5 is going to have the same capabilities.