Craig Bowen 
We’ve taken a examination of numerous of the maximum popular video to seize gadgets game enthusiasts can use to create YouTube films, but which one stands on top like the one we might suggest? We rank the six gadgets we tested beneath. See extra pointers and tricks for gaming YouTubers right here. This list only covers the video capture give-up of the gaming YouTube equation. If you are looking for recommendations on microphones, see our Blue Snowball and Blue Yeti reviews.
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- Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket
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- HD PVR Rocket. Hauppauge
Of all of the devices I’ve tested, the HD PVR Rocket is the only one I’m going to for my part be using going forward, which looks as if a pretty suitable reason to put it on top. Of all of the devices on the list, the Rocket has a satisfactory mixture of capabilities at the rate you pay. With a PC-loose mode that helps you to file to USB storage and capacity to report HDMI, issue, and composite sources, it’s miles noticeably completely-featured at just $130. It is also very smooth to use and has a wonderful software program. It is not the most powerful tool available, so if you’re seeking out sheer bitrates or 60 FPS at 1080p, it may not be for you, but for just about all of us else, I pretty much advocate the HD PVR Rocket. More »
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- AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable
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- Live Gamer Portable. AVerMedia
A close runner-up is the Live Gamer Portable from AVerMedia. It also offers a PC-unfastened mode – this time with an SD Card slot rather than a USB garage – and could document HDMI and element resources. It helps significantly better bitrates than the Rocket alongside up to 1080p/60 seize, so it is a good, complete-featured desire if you’re looking for high bitrates (and the large files that come with it). The RECentral software program you operate with it’s also my preferred recording software of any of the devices I tested; that’s some other plus. The Live Gamer Portable does value a bit more, although at $160, and can not document composite resources. You honestly can not move incorrectly with either the LGP or the Rocket, so don’t forget what capabilities you feel are maximum important and determine from there. More »
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- Hauppauge HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition
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It is one of the older models on this list; certain. However, I’ve been using the HD PVR 2 GE for more than one year now and find it irresistible. It also competes very well with the newer gadgets as some distance as features and performance pass, so it’s miles completely worth looking regardless of the new hotness. It can file HDMI, element, and composite resources, making it really worth a glance. It, like the Rocket, would not have loopy excessive bitrates or 1080p/60. However, the films it produces are still extraordinarily searching (more than enough to appearance notable on YouTube), and it is especially smooth to use. It does have multiple negatives, but. First, it requires an A/C adapter plugged into the wall, which none of those different devices do. Second, there may be no PC-loose mode, so that you have to be connected to a PC to document. And, third is the fee. It nevertheless expenses around $a hundred and fifty, which is okay. In contrast, you examine it to the opposite gadgets at that charge, but somewhat laughable compared to the $one hundred thirty for the more absolutely-featured Rocket. More »
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- Elgato Game Capture HD60
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The HD60 ancestor, the Gae Capture HD, is one of the most famous capture gadgets utilized by YouTubers. If you’re seeking out pure horsepower and the best need to report HDMI (it cannot do whatever else), the HD60 is on top with full 1080p / 60 FPS seize at ridiculously excessive bitrates. Unfortunately, it also comes with the best-endorsed specifications to your capture PC of any device we examined, and the software (whilst fully-featured) is pretty slow and clunky. It additionally produced the most effective glitched/failed recording of any of the gadgets I used. I suppose the most important issue against the HD60 is that for the price – $a hundred and sixty – you are not getting nearly the quantity of functions you get from other gadgets for the same charge or less. I know it’s famous, but the HD60 wasn’t one of every one of my favorites. More »
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- AVerMedia AVerCapture HD
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The AVerCapture HD is just like the little brother of the Live Gamer Portable. They each appear the same on the outside, and each uses the equal RECentral software program. Still, the Avercapture HD lacks a few key functions of the LGP – particularly that it simplest captured HDMI and would not have a PC-unfastened mode. However, it does capture pretty excellent video and prefers I stated I l,ove the RECentral software program. It is likewise cheap at simply $120. If you don’t care about recording something apart from HDMI and you don’t want it to be portable, the Avercapture HD is clearly a sincerely great device. It simply is not as fully featured as a few others. More »
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- Roxio Game Capture HD Pro
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If you are a beginner just getting began on YouTube and do not want to spend a lot of money, the Roxio Game Capture HD Pro is an okay desire. It’ll price you $100 or less, but for that cheaper rate tag comes a drop in high quality. While it doe capture HDMI and aspect sources (and at up to 1080/60 in case you need), it has the bottom max bitrate of any of the devices indexed right here. Although I’ve been announcing all alongside, it nonetheless looks lots true, especially for a YouTube Let’s Play where the video best isn’t always the star appeal. Tougher, but is inexpensive feeling production of the unit itself, which places the long-term durability of the unit into query, in addition to much less than stellar software program compared to different gadgets. It also became the maximum temperamental of the devices I tested and getting it to work occasionally required a lot of plugging, unplugging, and restarting. Once it got going, it worked splendidly. However, it took an extra attempt than I’d h; however, cited. It is the most inexpensive 1080/60 HDMI device available, although, so that may make it well worth a glance, though I’d advise the Avercapture HD or especially the HD PVR Rocket rather for no longer too much extra cash.
