ElgatoGame Capture Neo – USB Portable Capture Card 4K60 HDR Passthrough, 1080p60 Video Recording – For PS5|Xbox|Nintendo Switch 2 - OBS, Quicktime and more - Plug & Play|Works on Laptop|PC|Mac|iPad

delay is minimal, good output quality and i like the sleek design. works great with my Switch and PC for streaming in OBS

It worked great! My laptop picked up on it right away, AND the audio! And the picture looked so clear, no scratching or anything. My only beef is that my laptop started acting up after it's hooked up for too long. I think it isn't strong enough to use it. But anyway.Definitely get it if you need a good capture card.

On the website there was very little describing what you actually need to make this work for mobile devices. One, I needed a special double usb-c (there's not an option for this on the website, it only comes with a usb to usb-c). Two, the app advertised for this product only works IF you have a laptop.Other apps work much better for a setup that only uses a phone to capture the video. For example, USB Campera Pro. It's a one time $6 charge instead of the monthly fee from the recommended app.

My main reason for buying the El Gato Neo was for recording retro video game footage via the Framemeister XRGB Mini and the Retro AVS.As much as I'd like to say this was a plug in and everything works experience, it was actually quite the opposite. 4 days of trial and error and back and forth troubleshooting with customer service led me as far as initiating the return process only for me to figure out what the problem was at the last minute. I should note that I knew the El Gato was working, it just wasn't working for my specific setup.The problem boiled down to 2 things.1. Audio receiverIt turned out that my audio receiver that I have all my devices running through had an option in the settings called HDMI Control. In the manual it says this setting allows the receiver to control other devices that are compatible. So I guess the idea is you turn on the receiver and your other device would automatically turn on...or something. I've never used it but the setting was on and once I turned it off I was able to start capturing footage.2. Framemeister XRGB MiniDuring all the trouble shooting I came to the conclusion that the El Gato Neo wasn't going to work with my audio receiver (I initially thought it was HDCP related) but I'd still find good use for it with the Framemeister, which was also hooked up through my receiver. However, even running straight through the capture card without the audio receiver I could not get the XRGB Mini to capture properly. The main issue was it wasn't picking up any audio but also would occasionally not pick up video either. It turned out that all I had to do was update the Framemeister to its final firmware to resolve the issue.This is a great little device but, depending on how complicated your setup is, you might be in for a bit of troubleshooting.

I was initially hesitant to get an elgato because I was trying to keep to a strict project budget but you really can’t beat their ease of use. No troubleshooting for five hours to get the audio working, no constantly re-doing scenes in OBS, just plug it in, download elgato’s software and bam you’re good to go. I honestly couldn’t endorse this thing any more.

Value for money

The iPad app has audio video sync issues and also weird an unpredictable delays and latency.Plugging the exact same setup into my M1 Max MacBook with OBS - everything works fine, maybe some audio latency but it’s good enough.Don’t expect much, but for the price and occasional game captures, it’s ok.

Why do I like about this? Of course was the price point it was super affordable for me to start content creation for platform I used regularly. It’s very small and simple to use. I think future content creators will used this as there first capture card for a while or maybe a long time. Is there anything I dislike so far??? The only thing I dislike is no instruction manual but I can look it up on YouTube to figure out how to set it up. That’s the only complaint I have with it. But everything else runs smoothly