You can capture material up to 1080p resolutions, though real-time streaming of such high resolution video is dependent on your upstream Internet connection and the source material being captured. In terms of capture quality, Elgato has done its homework and applied what it learned with its eyeTV product line to this more focused video capture hardware. In the meantime, you can build up to that number by posting favorite captures to your channel and spreading the word via Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and other popular social media outlets (Game Capture HD features one-click sharing of video content to Facebook and Twitter as well). Signing up for either is free, though unlike, YouTube will not allow you to broadcast in real-time until your YouTube channel exceeds a thousand subscribers. Fortunately, the majority of games and productivity applications I tested captured and broadcasted just fine.īefore you broadcast real-time video streams of your iPad screen, you must have an account with YouTube or. Cool as it might have been, this also is why you can't capture output from Apple TV and why some some iPad applications might be encrypted and thus incapable of this form of video capture. This, unfortunately, degrades the crisp high-definition signal for the sake of copy protection. Playtation 3 owners have to resort to the included PS3 Component video cable. You also need a device that broadcasts its video signal over unencrypted HDMI (such as an Xbox 360). While the Game Capture HD hardware handles most of the heavy lifting when it comes to capturing and compressing the input video signal, you still need a fairly new PC or Mac to run its software that manages both capture, editing, and broadcasting of the material (Intel 2GHz dual core/Core 2 Duo CPS with 4 GB RAM). Elgato's support of the iPad has been surprisingly strong, producing both the eyeTV and eyeTV Mobile for iPad users.