Elgato 4K S – External Capture Card for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, PC, Mac, iPad | 4K60, 1440p120, or 1080p240 Passthrough and Capture, HDR10, VRR, USB-C, Near-Zero Latency

​The Elgato 4K S is an excellent, easy-to-use capture card, especially if you're upgrading from a 1080p card or want a simple external setup.​Pros (The Good Stuff):​Ease of Use: Truly plug-and-play. I was recording within minutes with their 4K Capture Utility software.​Portability: The USB-C power and small form factor make it perfect for a compact desk setup or travel.​Quality: The 4K60 footage is very clean and sharp, and the HDR support is a nice touch.​Cons (What to Consider):​Passthrough: While the passthrough is nearly lag-free, it uses HDMI 2.0. This means if you have a high-end 4K monitor capable of 120Hz or higher, you'll be limited to 4K60 when the card is connected, unless you drop the resolution to 1080p or 1440p to get higher refresh rates. It forces a trade-off.​No Dedicated Power: Being bus-powered is usually a plus, but it does mean your PC/laptop needs sufficient USB power.​Final Verdict:It's a solid, reliable, and convenient capture card that delivers great video quality for the price. However, users with top-of-the-line gaming monitors might find the HDMI 2.0 limitations a bit frustrating. If you mostly play at 4K60, this is a perfect 5-star choice. For high-refresh-rate console gamers, it's a very solid 3.5 to 4-star device because of that one limitation.

YouTubers and Twitch streamers, this is a no brainer. If your computer supports USB 3.2 gen 2, this is the capture card for you. It will last you a long time, so I would avoid purchasing cheaper units that you will quickly outgrow.The video capture is top notch, going from the Elgato Neo to this was night and day.The Neo supported 120hz pass through, but the recorded image would have a green tint of you used that feature. This gets rid of the tint and supports 144hz at higher resolutions.My streams really pop now.

This is the only good solution I found to be able to use an Apple Studio Monitor with a PS5. I have to go through my laptop as an intermediary to run the Elgato software, and that laptop needs to be on a pretty recent OS (using a Mac), but all works like a charm. I downloaded an additional app to override the automatic sleep function of my computer whenever I use the Elgato app, which has been clutch.The next best alternative I found for hooking up a PS5 to Apple Studio Display involves a lot of cables (with DisplayPort conversions) and bottlenecks at 1080 — and would have been far cheaper. This Elgato is painfully expensive in comparison. For me, the picture quality, color, and overall gaming experience was worth it.

Order came on time , great packaging and handled with care , the product works great and I will be using it to stream content and videos on multiple platforms! You get what you pay for and this is definitely the best streaming device you can purchase on the market right now!

Perfect capture card. Easy to install, portable and high quality

Functionally it is great. It has good pass through, great video quality with very low (virtually imperceivable) latency. The USB C cable is high quality and works great. Very lightweight device.The only issue I can have is the lack of a way to have it more secure on a desktop. Some non skid feet would be nice. The new cables are braided and twisted. So they want to make the device twist. This is not enough to lower my score, but something to consider.Overall it is a great device, it keeps with the elgato name standing for quality.

I’d highly recommend this capture card if you are doing console gaming and don’t have a pcie slot or a pc at all. The more expensive capture card is the 4k x and in a nutshell the only differences are that there’s a little preview lag on obs (which is useless when you’re looking at your monitor or tv anyways), it only does 4k60 and not 4k144 (besides maybe using 144hz for slow motion editing, any streaming platform doesn’t support the high refresh rate). I’m sure there’s other differences but really besides a few niche cases the 4k s is the best option. I’m using it to capture my switch 2 gameplay on my MacBook Pro, which the switch 2 can only do 4k 60, and it’s been a flawless experience

The Elgato 4K S Capture Card delivers incredible 4K capture with zero lag or compression. It’s super easy to set up, works seamlessly with OBS, and supports high-quality streaming and recording. Whether you're streaming on Twitch or recording gameplay for YouTube, the performance is smooth, and the quality is top-notch. It’s compact, reliable, and works well with both PC and console setups.Pros:Supports 4K capture at 60HzEasy setup and compatibilityCompact and portableCons:Requires a powerful PC for best performance

I got this primarily to record 1080p input streams from other devices on Mac. It was plug-and-play, HDMI goes into the source, USB-C into the Mac and it shows up.It only worked on the USB-C port nearest the power cable on my Mac M1 laptop, the other 2 USB-C ports didn't connect. Maybe insufficient power on the other ports.I found OBS software to be the best option for capturing. Elgato Studio and Quicktime are simpler to use but have very few options for configuring and OBS has video filters to adjust color and picture quality.Although I intended to use it for 1080p, I have it set to 4K as it gives a sharper image and it works great at 4K60. I can record 4K60 videos and they are smooth and clear. Connection speed is 5Gbps.The product is compact and lightweight, the supplied cables are high quality and look durable. The device barely gets warm even after using it for hours.One thing to note that I found out later is the 4K X has higher quality recording formats. I assumed the only difference was being able to capture 4K120 due to running at 10Gbps, which I didn't need but it also allows higher quality recording of the lower resolutions and framerates so if the best picture quality is needed, it may be worth paying the extra for the 4K X.The 4K S suited my needs perfectly, it's very reasonably priced and works great.

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Works very well for streaming from console. I mainly play xbox and setup was very easy.

Works very well with the Xbox series X. Not sure if this is device related or OBS related, however I have to set this device up in OBS again every couple of days.One thing to keep in mind is that your computer needs to be on to see the image on your monitor once you run HDMI through this. So if you use a laptop like me, make sure to have a charger handy or you might lose visuals midway through a game if the battery runs out on the laptop. lol trust me not fun.Taking away a star because the device says it can support 1080p 120fps recording but it will only work at 1080p 60fps max. Maybe in a future update?