Help with Son's birthday present - Elgato HD60 or HD60s

A[L]C · 13 Sep 2018 at 10:03

Hi all,

My son is turning 10 soon and would like to start making youtube video's of his xbox gameplay. I am going to get him an Elgato, but not sure if the HD60s is worth the extra over the HD60. I've found a 2nd hand HD60 (boxed, all cables and 2 year warranty) for £70 - vs about £145 for the HD60s. Obviously if I got him the HD60, there would be extra funds for more presents.

Thoughts?

orbitalwalsh · 13 Sep 2018 at 10:28

i'd go HD60 , seems it has onboard encoder , only thing it cant do is display to dual screens, which come sin handy if editing on PC or streaming via PC from console etc etc

https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/game-capture-hd60-s

scroll down to bottom and will display stats

A[L]C · 13 Sep 2018 at 11:48

Thanks. My main concern was with the delay on the HD60, the usb mic and webcam won't be in sync. Will do some googling

edit: apparently Xplit has the option to add a delay so should be fine

ChrisUK1983 · 13 Sep 2018 at 15:41

I upgraded around Christmas time from the HD60 to the HD60s. Only difference being the instant game view, which is far too laggy to be of any use.

A[L]C · 13 Sep 2018 at 16:03

ChrisUK1983 said:
I upgraded around Christmas time from the HD60 to the HD60s. Only difference being the instant game view, which is far too laggy to be of any use.

Not quite instant enough then lol. Managed to get it for £63, but no chat link cable unfortunately

ChrisUK1983 · 13 Sep 2018 at 17:21

Certainly not instant enough to be able to game with, even navigating the PS4 menu has a very noticeable delay.
Depending what headset setup he has, he may not need the chat link cable. I run my headphones through an Astro Mixamp so just run a 3.5mm audio cable from its stream output port to the Elgato.

A[L]C · 13 Sep 2018 at 20:10

He's got the RIG 800LX wireless

ChrisUK1983 · 17 Sep 2018 at 17:01

Ah, he may need the chat link cable then. Unsure how xbox handles the audio side of things.