A review of the Elgato 4K X and Elgato 4K Pro professional video capture cards. Released in 2024, these new capture cards raise the bar on how you capture footage from cameras and video games consoles.
Buy the Elgato 4K X on Amazon at amzn.to/43y2aMw
Buy the Elgato 4K Pro on Amazon at amzn.to/43tM8DE
Be sure to watch my Elgato HD60 X review on RU-vid at • Elgato HD X Review - T... before watching this video as it delves deeper into Elgato's software and topics such as High Dynamic Range (HDR).
Video Timeline
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00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - Specifications
04:17 - Unboxings
05:47 - Set up
07:53 - Supported resolutions and frame rates
09:55 - Scaling down the signal
11:16 - Mac users
14:11 - My experience
16:28 - Reliability
17:37 - Should you buy?
23:27 - Final thoughts
Elgato 4K X Information
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Elgato 4K X Official Page - www.elgato.com/uk/en/p/game-c...
Elgato Game Capture 4K X - Supported Resolutions and Frame Rates - help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/arti...
Retails at £229.99 here in the UK.
Specs:
* HDMI 2.1
* USB 3 type-C connection (10Gbps)
* Analog audio line-in
* VRR Passthrough
* HDR10 Passthrough and Capture
* Captures 1080p60, 4K60, 4K144 & 1080p240
* Passthrough 1080p60, 4K60 & 4K144
Shoutout to David Harry for letting everyone know there was a transfer issue on Macs with the 4K X at launch. He explained the issue in this video - • Elgato 4K X problems o...
David Harry's RU-vid Channel can be found at / @davidharry - I encourage you all to subscribe to David's channel as he posts many detailed tutorials and reviews about camerad and video recording hardware and software.
Davidd explained the original issue on Macs in the video "Elgato 4K X problems on Mac Apple Silicon M1 M2 and M3" - • Elgato 4K X problems o...
Thankfully, Elgato resolved the issue in Capture Device Utility 1.3 Beta. You just need to ensure you're using macOS Sonoma 14.4 or above to resolve the issue.
Read the following Reddit thread for more information.
Capture Device Utility 1.3 Beta - 4K X 10Gbps Support for macOS Sonoma 14.4 - / beta_megathread_captur...
Elgato 4K Pro Information
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Elgato 4K Pro - www.elgato.com/uk/en/p/game-c...
Elgato Game Capture 4K Pro - Supported Resolutions and Frame Rates - help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/arti...
Retails at £279.99 here in the UK.
* HDMI 2.1
* PCIe 2.0 x4
* VRR Passthrough
* HDR10 Passthrough and Capture
* Captures 1080p60, 4K60 & 1080p240
* Passthrough 1080p60, 4K60, 4K240 & 8K60
The low profile slot bracket can be purchased directly from the spare parts page of the Elgato page at www.elgato.com/uk/en/s/spare-...
Other Elgato Video Capture Cards
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A short selection of other Elgato capture cards I've reviewed over the last few years (not the full list):
Buy the Elgato 4K60 Pro Mark II at amzn.to/3G05mqb
Check out my Elgato 4K60 Pro Mark II upgrade video at • Upgrading to the Elgat...
Buy the Elgato HD60 X on Amazon at amzn.to/3WnK7nJ
Check out my full review of the Elgato HD60 X at • Elgato HD X Review - T...
Buy the Elgato HD60 S+ on Amazon at amzn.to/3BKjAcm
Check out my full review of the Elgato HD60 S+ • Elgato HD60 S+ Review ...
Other References
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RU-vid live encoder settings, bitrates and resolutions - support.google.com/youtube/an...
Find out more about me at www.kevinmuldoon.com
#ELGATO #4KX #4KPRO
3 июл 2024
