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in our recent video about the LGP light from avermedia many of you expressed dissatisfaction with its 1080p 30fps recording limitation and asked why the devil we didn't talk about the extreme cap u3 CD 710 instead because it can record 1080p 60fps sorry about that here it is with the purchase of a qualifying Intel processor SSD or nook you could instantly win and Intel gaming Jersey and be entered in the draw for the ultimate system click now to learn more now because with motion blur 30fps delivers smooth video playback most online video platforms notably YouTube have up until this point been limited to 30 fps so even if you could capture at a higher framerate you wouldn't be able to publish to your viewers that way anyway without some pretty janky workarounds well all of that is about to change so the 60 FPS argument becomes one that's much more important and a low cost 60 FPS capture device could suddenly be a critical piece of equipment particularly for game streamers who focus on action-oriented games and that's what we have here at around 150 dollars the extreme cap u3 does 1080p 60fps capture from a camera a separate PC or from a game console assuming you can find one that actually runs games at 60fps like the Wii U but considering that it has only one HDMI input with no pass-through and one analog component input is it capable of competing with the 2560 by 1440 60fps recording that Nvidia shadowplay users already and joy well the answer is a definite maybe one big benefit of a standalone capture device is the ability to use it as a video source for your favorite streaming software like xsplit so I'm a big fan of AVerMedia live gamer portable for that reason back to this product though unlike the live gamer portable it doesn't have a hardware h.264 encoder chip so your CPU will be doing the work it doesn't have the handy on unit record button and it doesn't have HDMI pass-through and while avermedia claims that dude the USB 3 interface the latency is so low that you should be able to output via HDMI to the CV 710 then play off the preview window in practice I found that even using a validated USB 3 chipset note that not all recording modes will be available on non-validated USB 3 chipsets this setup didn't work that well the leg was very noticeable to me and I also observed more screen tearing than usual now a solution to this would be to use an HDMI splitter which can be obtained for about 20 bucks on Amazon which is more pieces though and more wires to contend with but still manages to come in under $200 for a 60fps live streaming and capture solution for console gamers or PC gamers who don't want to use a screen capture software or a separate recording PC but there are some other issues too after you run the USB port validation wizard while rec central is actually pretty darn solid and amazingly easy to set up with either one-click detection of your video source or a wizard that lets you configure bitrate frame rate whether your commentary audio will be mixed in or saved as a separate file and you're recording hockey one big thing that's missing with this device is the ability to capture at 29.97 FPS or 59.94 FPS the frame rates that most consumer AV equipment will use now to be clear it does work this is internally recorded and simultaneously captured footage from a Canon X 820 camera they are just at slightly different frame rates which may cause audio sync issues when editing very long videos on a timeline unless you reconfirm your footage ahead of time so it's not a huge deal it just makes the extreme cap u 3 a bit of a weird device for me for console gamers it's fine but so is a live gamer portable in most cases and for PC gamers I'd have liked to see a 1440 30 P capture option and HDMI pass-through and then for someone who's more interested in uncompressed video capture from AV equipment something that handles easily with Premiere and Vegas plugins available for free although some kajigger may be required to get it going in Creative Cloud I'd have to see native support for the more media centric frame rates which doesn't make it a bad product at all at this price you cannot get a 60fps capture device with this kind of ease of you some versatility it even works on Mac it just feels like a version 2 of this product for a few bucks more with those little niggles taking care of would be much more compelling speaking of compelling we have a brand new sponsor on today's episode bowls and they are currently offering a pretty ridiculous deal on a very useful product I am Oh bowls provides a wide variety of different products from wireless adapters and Bluetooth speakers to the one that we're highlighting today they're brand new seven port USB charger which is exceptional because with its rating of 60 watts or 12 amps you can simultaneously charge five power-hungry devices like tablets at full speed it's equipped with overcharge protection and each port features an overcurrent 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