AverMedia Game Capture HD II (2) Review  #Helpful Post

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here with TLD now as you may have

noticed there has been a bit of a

drought of gaming videos on this channel

that's mainly because there's just not a

lot of games that come out on console

this time of year a lot of companies

push take a lot of their big titles out

during october/november when the big

holiday shopping season rush is going on

and you just don't see a lot of titles

this time of year but that's going to

change really soon because February

marks is going to see a lot more games

coming out but before we get there

we want to bring you guys a review of

some equipment that we used in making a

lot of our videos the add remediate Game

Capture HD - now we've had a lot people

ask us before in the past what we use to

make our videos and what we use

specifically to capture gameplay and

this is what got us through most of this

past holiday rush so we thought we'd

bring you guys a proper review of it so

let's check it out

now until fairly recently the vast

majority of Game Capture units required

you to hook them up to your Mac or PC

and then also hook them up to the system

and in a lot of cases you also had to

use a signal splitter to hook it up to a

separate TV because whatever you saw on

your computer would always be delayed or

slowed down or lag and as a result you

really couldn't play the game properly

or it would just look silly because

you're just responding to things that

happened two seconds ago

well the Game Capture HD 2 is a really

nice setup because it actually allows

you to directly connect it to just your

system and your TV so you can

incorporate it any kind of just living

room or bedroom set up without having to

create some kind of workspace just to

record gameplay now it's also really

nice about it's just how easy it is to

set up all you have to do is plug in

your systems HDMI out or component out

into the unit itself then hook that up

to your power and then use an HDMI cable

to hook up the unit to your TV outside

of that there are a few other ports you

can make use of if you want to for

instance there's a mic in if you want to

record live commentary if you're doing

some sort of let's play and there's an

Ethernet port so that you can hook it up

to the internet if you want to directly

upload what you record straight to

YouTube so once it's hooked up it's also

really easy to use you have a few basic

commands on the unit itself things like

being able to power it on or off or

starting and stopping recording but if

you want to do anything beyond that then

you have to make use of the real control

that's included or download the game

mate app on your iOS device now this

opens up a lot more options for what you

can do with the Game Capture HD - an

addition to recording gameplay you can

also just straight up take screenshots

you can control a lot of different

settings like whether or not you want to

record live commentary at a given time

or if you want to adjust the recording

quality if you want it to take up less

space in your hard drive if you give it

as a really basic onboard editing

software so you can take something

you've recorded and cut it up and

directly upload to YouTube without ever

having to use a computer now everything

you record is going to be saved to an

internal hard drive that you install

yourself you have to use your own hard

drive it is sold separately or if you're

planning on moving files around a lot

more so you want to make use of more

advanced editing software to make videos

like what we do then you can just plug

in the USB thumb drive to the front of

the unit record what you want to unplug

it and then just move everything over to

your main computer for editing so the

pros to something like this are fairly

obvious it's very easy to set up very

easy to use and not to mention very

portable so let's say you want to record

something over a friend's house and not

on your usual setup

well you just bring it over hook it up

to the system of the TV and you're good

to go you don't have to install any

software

you don't have to hook it up to any kind

of computer setup you just record what

you want to record and save the files

for later to edit or you can even upload

directly to a YouTube account that

you've linked with the unit now there

are a couple of downsides to this first

off it is a little unresponsive at times

starting and stopping recording taking

screenshots is normally fine but when

you're trying to mess with the settings

or set new things up it just tends to be

a little less responsive than I'd like

and you just have to be very patient

with it another thing that really

bothered me when we first used it is the

fact that when you initially set it up

your first recording is going to have a

gigantic avermedia watermark in the

corner which I understand you want to

advertise your product and honestly I'm

completely fine with the option of

having a watermark on or off it's just

the fact that it doesn't really notify

you about it and it's initially set to

on it's never asked in any kind of

initial setup so you have to use it once

or twice before you notice it and then

go into the settings and shut it off

now ad sightings minor grievances the

Game Capture HD 2 is a great home

solution if you're looking to record

gameplay you can set it up in your

living room or your bedroom wherever you

normally play games and not have to

worry about moving everything around and

setting up some kind of workspace every

time you want to record gameplay for

something now it is advertised to work

for the ps3 the Xbox 360 and the Wii U

all of which we've used it for but we've

also been able to use it on the Xbox one

and with that little workaround that we

showed you last November you can use it

on the ps4 as well without any issues

easy to set up easy to use portable and

in the end just good high-quality

capture for all current consoles makes

the Game Capture HD 2 a great option for

anyone looking to start recording their

gameplay you can find it on Amazon right

now for 169 90 which is in the middle

price range is not the cheapest game

capture device but it's not the most

super expensive either and in my opinion

easily worth the cost considering how

easy it is to make use of now before I

get out of here and let you guys go I

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media Game Capture HD - if you guys are

interested in grabbing one for yourself

we do have it linked below for you while

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till then I'm Kevin for TLD and we'll

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