"The Elgato 4K60 Pro MK.2 card is available directly from Corsair/Elgato as well as various retailers worldwide. In the U.S., the board carries a $249.99 price tag."
That’s been my impression from elgato’s stack. They’re a real breath of fresh air. Video input options have been janky and expensive for as long as there’s been video to input.
You are joking right? That image is literally just turning brightness up. Hell it even looks like the coating on monitor went from glare to anti-glare coating. lol
HDMI 2.0 is enough for 4k@60, so a quarter the resolution at quadruple the refresh rate is exactly in line with it's capabilities. 1440p@144 is marginally more bandwidth intensive (7%) but still fits inside the 14.4 Gbps bandwidth of HDMI 2.0 when doing 8 bit. :) At 10 bit it would be slightly out of spec but still might work.
>at the moment it is the only consumer-grade capture card capable of capturing HDR10 content.
Do you guys even do the smallest of checks on the marketing waffle you're repeating here?
The Avermedia GC573 has been out for ages and it does everything this card does including HDR 10 capture as far as I can see ... and it's 100 bucks less than the previous Elgato flagship 4K60 let this overpriced thing.
You have very different pricing compared to me in Germany. The GC573 is 200€ from the AVerMedia Amazon.de store. It is 240€ from other retailers. The previous Elgato model (4k60 pro) is 200€ from retailers (Saturn, Amazon.de). It also has HDR10 capture, but it lacks high refresh rate capture (does have throughput though). Max bitrate is also 140 Mbps as per the website, so not sure it is just a firmware restriction or what. So while that particular marketing phrase is trash (maybe they just deem every previous HDR10 capable card non-consumer?), the price difference is also not there (at least for me) and the previous card was only lacking high refresh rate capturing, not HDR, compared to the AVerMedia card.
I look forward to the 4K@120hz Pro version in a year or two. It should've went ahead and used HDMI 2.1.
Next-gen consoles & even the current gen Xbox One X use HDMI 2.1; I suppose it's imminent they'll release that version next year when the next Xbox & Playstation releases.
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Zok - Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - link
"The Elgato 4K60 Pro MK.2 card is available directly from Corsair/Elgato as well as various retailers worldwide. In the U.S., the board carries a $249.99 price tag."That seems strangely reasonable?
willis936 - Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - link
That’s been my impression from elgato’s stack. They’re a real breath of fresh air. Video input options have been janky and expensive for as long as there’s been video to input.nathanddrews - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
Right? I thought the exact same thing.imaheadcase - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
That HDR10 picture is just so terrible to show off HDR10 gimmick. lolnathanddrews - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
Gimmick? HDR10/10+/DV/HLG is probably the single best image quality improvement for media/gaming since the jump from VHS to DVD!imaheadcase - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
You are joking right? That image is literally just turning brightness up. Hell it even looks like the coating on monitor went from glare to anti-glare coating. lolnathanddrews - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
Oh, I thought you were serious. Nice one, you had me going there for a minute.lilkwarrior - Thursday, August 22, 2019 - link
HDR10 nor Dolby Vision HDR or HDR10+ are gimmicks though; they make a significant difference—much more than 4K & 8K.stanleyipkiss - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
How can it do 1440p 144hz or 1080 240hz on HDMI?? Don't you need DisplayPort for that?silverr32 - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
HDMI 2.0 I believeDeath666Angel - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
HDMI 2.0 is enough for 4k@60, so a quarter the resolution at quadruple the refresh rate is exactly in line with it's capabilities. 1440p@144 is marginally more bandwidth intensive (7%) but still fits inside the 14.4 Gbps bandwidth of HDMI 2.0 when doing 8 bit. :) At 10 bit it would be slightly out of spec but still might work.Diji1 - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
>at the moment it is the only consumer-grade capture card capable of capturing HDR10 content.Do you guys even do the smallest of checks on the marketing waffle you're repeating here?
The Avermedia GC573 has been out for ages and it does everything this card does including HDR 10 capture as far as I can see ... and it's 100 bucks less than the previous Elgato flagship 4K60 let this overpriced thing.
https://www.avermedia.com/us/product-detail/GC573
Death666Angel - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
You have very different pricing compared to me in Germany. The GC573 is 200€ from the AVerMedia Amazon.de store. It is 240€ from other retailers. The previous Elgato model (4k60 pro) is 200€ from retailers (Saturn, Amazon.de). It also has HDR10 capture, but it lacks high refresh rate capture (does have throughput though). Max bitrate is also 140 Mbps as per the website, so not sure it is just a firmware restriction or what. So while that particular marketing phrase is trash (maybe they just deem every previous HDR10 capable card non-consumer?), the price difference is also not there (at least for me) and the previous card was only lacking high refresh rate capturing, not HDR, compared to the AVerMedia card.EdgeOfDetroit - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
How about widescreen? Or are you restricted to 16:9 frame sizes?eastcoast_pete - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - link
Any information on what hardware the card uses (which ASIC, manufactured by what company etc.)?lilkwarrior - Thursday, August 22, 2019 - link
I look forward to the 4K@120hz Pro version in a year or two. It should've went ahead and used HDMI 2.1.Next-gen consoles & even the current gen Xbox One X use HDMI 2.1; I suppose it's imminent they'll release that version next year when the next Xbox & Playstation releases.