My son and I have used a wide range of recording devices for game consoles/pc recording.  From AVerMedia PCI-E capture cards, to Hauppauge PVR's, and as of now using the Elgato.  Which was what we were going to go with in the first place, but I liked what I saw here, and never had any problems with AVerMedia in the past.  Having no PC and just using a SD card (though only 720p, the portability was worth it), all seemed great for when we were mobile and needed to do some cable mess free recording.  Well right out of the box, I could not believe how light it was.  And how cheap the plastic felt, these things get hot, I couldn't imagine this recording for more than 5 minutes.  So we hooked it up, and turned it on (prior to upgrading to the latest firmware).  And immediately got the rotating blue circle in a constant boot.  No matter what I did, could not resolve it.  Then I went and read the forums on AVerMedia (I normally do and so wish I had) this problem has been occurring since April 2013 (give or take) and here it is late September and still issues?  We were very disappointed, it was one of the worst products I've experienced as of recent.  And it was a shock, as I've been a long standing customer of AVerMedia.
My son and I have used a wide range of recording devices for game consoles/pc recording. From AVerMedia PCI-E capture cards, to Hauppauge PVR's, and as of now using the Elgato. Which was what we were going to go with in the first place, but I liked what I saw here, and never had any problems with AVerMedia in the past. Having no PC and just using a SD card (though only 720p, the portability was worth it), all seemed great for when we were mobile and needed to do some cable mess free recording. Well right out of the box, I could not believe how light it was. And how cheap the plastic felt, these things get hot, I couldn't imagine this recording for more than 5 minutes. So we hooked it up, and turned it on (prior to upgrading to the latest firmware). And immediately got the rotating blue circle in a constant boot. No matter what I did, could not resolve it. Then I went and read the forums on AVerMedia (I normally do and so wish I had) this problem has been occurring since April 2013 (give or take) and here it is late September and still issues? We were very disappointed, it was one of the worst products I've experienced as of recent. And it was a shock, as I've been a long standing customer of AVerMedia.