Elgato Game Capture HD, HD PVR2, or Rovio Game Capture HD Pro?

[JosPlays]

RoXio Game Capture HD Pro
It's light to run, works pretty good and is very cheap for HD recorder.

 

[AreYouAwareBro]

RoXio Game Capture HD Pro
It's light to run, works pretty good and is very cheap for HD recorder.

I've heard some not so great things about the Roxio to be honest.

I also did some youtube searches to compare the quality of the 1080 recordings of the roxio vs the black magic vs the PVR and the roxio does not look very good even in full quality its still a bit blocky kind of like you are watching a stream instead of a high quality recording.

 

[JosPlays]

I've heard some not so great things about the Roxio to be honest.

I also did some youtube searches to compare the quality of the 1080 recordings of the roxio vs the black magic vs the PVR and the roxio does not look very good even in full quality its still a bit blocky kind of like you are watching a stream instead of a high quality recording.

But for people who want a HD recorder under 100€ that's would be my choise

 

[greenlawn4]

I like the elgato because it had good quality and very minimal wires!

 

[AreYouAwareBro]

Not trying to advertise my video but just want to give you guys an idea of how the HD PVR 2 looks with Halo 4, which is what I bought it for. I just bought it last night at best buy for $175 including taxes. Here's the first thing I recorded with highest settings, a full I think 12 mbps, I sharpened it .125 in vegas, and turned the saturation up about 15% to increase the looks of everything.

 

[greenlawn4]

Not trying to advertise my video but just want to give you guys an idea of how the HD PVR 2 looks with Halo 4, which is what I bought it for. I just bought it last night at best buy for $175 including taxes. Here's the first thing I recorded with highest settings, a full I think 12 mbps, I sharpened it .125 in vegas, and turned the saturation up about 15% to increase the looks of everything.

dayum nice quality

 

[AreYouAwareBro]

dayum nice quality

Thanks man, I realize it's how you mess with the settings and then how much effort you put into manipulating it in post

 

[Mac]

The PVR is quite expensive though.

 

[greenlawn4]

The PVR is quite expensive though.

well if you want best quality, you got to pay up haha

 

[AreYouAwareBro]

well if you want best quality, you got to pay up haha

Word, it's very well worth it. Two reasons: 1) no one wants to watch some po-dunk 540p almost 720 HD videos, I'd click off immediately even if you had great commentary. 2) If you are serious about your gaming channel you'll make the money back by advertisements anyways.