The ViewHD 2 Port 1x2 Powered HDMI Mini Splitter does, in fact, break that irritating HDCP protection, whether it's TV, streaming, or gaming.I can run my Elgato HD60 Pro through my PC, to my cable box, and I can watch and record TV on my PC now, and I can record kids shows from Netflix for my 5-year-old and transfer video to her TV's USB. It keeps her occupied so I'm happy. It also makes watching TV better because now I can use the 10.2 Surround Sound that's hooked to my PC for cable. My HDTV is HDCP protected, as is my cable box, yet the splitter helps bypass both on its own to success.ViewHD 2 Port 1x2 Powered HDMI Mini Splitter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F9LVXCElgato HD60 Pro: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014MQIVPSThe Elgato software called "Game Capture HD" is very, very good. It can be a little confusing setting it up to your personal needs, but it works once you get the hang of it. For me, I only use this for TV, so all I need to do is record the .ts file without encoding or streaming. However, I do stream my TV to Facebook sometimes, and it does an incredible job at it. It's fun sharing what I'm watching with friends. There's a section on the program that allows you to choose multiple streaming platforms other than Facebook, such as Twitch, or straight RTMP links. You can easily choose your audio devices, and stream multiple audio and video in one feed, plus record it.The installation of this device was extremely simple. You just place it in your normal PCI slot in your PC, lock it up, boot the PC, install the software, restart, and ta-da... all done. Works like a dream.Video quality is phenomenal. It can go as high as 1080p @ 60fps @ 21Mbps bitrate. There are also simple visual effects such as brightness and contrast, and for the streamers out there, it comes with pre-rendered stream overlay layouts.Here's my PC specs:Windows 10 Pro x64Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070Intel i7-2600K12GB RAMWith my specs, I can run the Elgato, my baby monitor camera, and a video file all together, and still easily browse the internet or do some photo editing in Photoshop. No lag at all. It uses about 25% of my CPU and takes up 320MB of RAM, and clearly my CPU isn't the most powerful, but works fantastic with this card.Looking for something to stream with or record with? Get this. It won't let you down. However, it does require you to have Windows 10 only. A bit of an issue if you ask me, but everyone should have Windows 10 by now. It's the most superior OS in the Microsoft line.****** EDIT 05/14/2018: This card now has serious bugs on Windows 10 Spring Update 1803. It no longer reads the card, the driver doesn't recognize that the card is present, and the troubleshooting on the Elgato website for the 1803 update is only a chance, not an actual fix. Currently, many people buying this are unable to use their HD60 Pro. It seems Elgato needs to release a new driver once they figure out the problem. As of right now, I cannot use my card. It's collecting dust, and the return windows for the item is gone. I'm currently in talks with Elgato Support, trying any method that one of their employees is trying to give me to remedy the issue. It's been three days, and so far no luck.I attached a new photo showing the issue at hand.****** EDIT 12/05/2019: I have figured out the problem, after a year of minor on-and-off attempts. One day I just sat down and did my best to figure it out. The answer? It's the PCI slot. You should have a few PCI slots on your motherboard, and one of those slots is like a 'master slot'. I've had mine in the third PCI slot, but there is one above my GPU, but below my CPU that I call 'PCI slot 1'. Once Windows 10 upgraded to 1803, it somehow stripped the ability to use any of your PCI slots that aren't your main PCI slot 1, and now it requires the use of only the master slot. There is some sort of hardware/software communication issue after the Windows 1803 update.I have tested this card on 3 PCs. Here are my results:- The first PC has an old copy of Windows 10 without any internet. I tried it in each slot (2 slots on this one), and it worked every time.- The second PC has the 1803 Windows 10 update. I tried it in each slot (2 slots in this one), and it did not work on PCI slot 2, but it did, however, work flawlessly in PCI slot 1.- The third PC(my current main build) is the same as the second PC with every current update as of December 5th, 2019. I ended up with the same results as the second PC, except this one has three slots, not two. I tried all three, and only slot 1 works. The first slot on the top, closest to the CPU, seems to be like the 'master slot'. As long as you find the correct 'master slot', it works.I have returned my rating back to 5 stars, but Elgato Support needs to understand this issue and give support for it. There are many people feeling abandoned and left out who can't figure out the answer.

Some background, I used to use the Elgato Game Capture HD for PS3, PS4, and even for Gamecube for both local and online fighting game streams and for playthrough streams of games I loved. However, it was a mess to connect the wires through the card itself and then plug the USB to my laptop I was using at the time along with all the other wires from monitors, audio mixer, usb camera, etc. I've had people accidentally pull out the USB wire or even pull out the HDMI in/out of the card and trying to get back some video and audio signal took way too long for my laptop to detect and honestly would slow down both commentators and the people/me playing. In addition, accounting for recording delay of both video and audio was pretty annoying to deal with in solo streams. I've done a lot of sync tests by setting voice input delays in xsplit to make sure your voice was in sync with the video feed you see on the screen. Basically I had to kind of repeatedly guess how many milliseconds of voice delay I had to add, take a local recording, watch and repeat if it wasn't good. Also, it's also really bad when doing commentary with someone online. Good luck trying to sync audio well with that. It was frustrating but it works when it works though, good video and good sound.Anyways, I decided to get something better as the lag-free concept of this card really sold me on getting one. The HD60 Pro was simple to install into the motherboard of my Ryzen rig (using an AM4 Mobo). It's literally just like putting the gpu in your mobo except in a different slot. I was able to stream my Nintendo Switch seamlessly in conjunction with XSplit and there's very little delay between what you see on the game screen and what you see on the PC screen; this makes game and voice audio sync tests almost unnecessary. A little note is that when I first used the card and used it through the Elgato software, it didn't work when I loaded up the feed on XSplit at the same time. However, I rebooted and solely opened up XSplit and ran the game feed there and it worked just fine. I haven't tested PS4 streaming yet but will do so very soon and will update this review if need be. In all, I'm enjoying the HD60 Pro so far and it solves a lot of my issues with the other capture card. Can't wait to stream more console games with it in the future.Also another note, make sure to read up what is compatible with this card. If you can fit it in your build (it's small, probably as big as the game capture HD)/if you have the pcie slots (which you probably should) for it, win10 64bit, etc. It's HDMI only and I know it doesn't work with ps3 since recording that requires using the rca cables (unless you can rid of the hdcp of course). I would also avoid using the Elgato capture software for recording in my opinion and use something like OBS or XSplit.

1080, 60fps !!! Awesome and must choices for Indian streamers

Bei dieser Capture-Karte wird kein HDMI-Splitter mehr benötigt, um die "HDCP"-Verschlüsselung zu entschlüsseln, das war bei meiner vorherigen Startech-PexHDCap60L-PCIe-Karte noch notwendig.Verbaut ist diese Elgato-Karte bei mir in einem Intel-Coffee_Lake-System, ob diese Karte auch in AMD-Ryzen-Systemen ordentlich funktioniert kann ich leider nicht sagen (nicht getestet, und wird es auch nicht, da der Einbau in meinem Streaming-Capture-System nicht so ganz "Einfach" war ---> u.A. wegen 1 Durchlauf-Slot-Blende für Custom-WaKü's für Wartungs-Arbeiten inkl. Wasser-Wechsel + 8 Nachgerüstete USB3.0-Schnittstellen= 2 USB3.0-Host-Controller mit NEC-Reanesses-Chip jeweils + 1 4-Fach-USB3.0-Slot-Blende werde ich diese Karte auch nicht mehr so schnell wieder raus holen).

I've been using this for a while now so here's my full honest review!Installation:This card is very easy to install, it just pops right into a PCI-e slot on your motherboard, just plug in the HDMI from whichever device you want to use with it and you're golden.Use: This device requires the Elgato 'Game Capture HD' software which installs the drivers, but most important it has the 'instant gameview' ability which allows you to play without any lag or delay. Some people say there is a delay but trust me there is not. I had it passthrough to one monitor while instant gameview was on another and I could see zero difference in the timing, everything happened at the same time on both screens.Image Quality: The image quality is impressive...if you have it set up correctly. You must choose the device that's connected to the capture card then you can choose resolution, colour range and 'quality' (I normally have mine all the way to 'Best').Also uncheck the box that says 'Convert Standard Definition to 640x480, that causes some lag sometimes.TL:DR It's a great little card that sits tucked away inside your PC and does its job very well, I highly recommend you get this card, you'll definitely get a lot of use out of it if you're a YouTuber or a Twitch streamer.Happy gaming!

en mi ordenador busco quitarme la mayor cantidad de cables posible, esta HD60 PRO talvez sea un poco mas cara, pero el pagar 30-50 euros por mejor calidad, mas rapidez, menos cables y facilidad de uso, creo que vale la pena.no me arrepiento de la desición.mi unica pega es el software.

Che dire, ho deciso di acquistare questo prodotto per migliorare la mia esperienza di streaming, passando dal vecchio Elgato Hd60 a questo Pro e le differenze, seppur minime, si fanno notare.Installazione, attuabile perfino da chi di computer non se ne intende particolarmente, una volta scaricato il programma i settaggi vengono da sé in base alle proprie esigenze.Il fattore che più mi rende felice dell'acquisto è il cosiddetto "Instant Game view", ovverosia la possibilità di giocare guardando direttamente lo schermo del PC, senza ritardi negli input di comando o di voce. Questo ha reso la mia esperienza di gioco e di streaming realmente migliore e fluida.Prodotto eccellente, consigliatissimo.