Review on 📸 Elgato Cam Link 4K Capture Device | USB 3.0 Renewed | Enhanced for Best SEO by Wei-Yin Chang ᠌

The review is primarily about the 4K version, however, there is no separate category for it on the Market, and in terms of pitfalls, it is completely identical to the regular version, so it’s still worth knowing them. The first and main problem is the price. There is only one official dealer selling CamLink in 2022, so any such card bought here is not in it - 100% gray goods. Specifically, mine was identified as the version for the European Union. However, this official has doubled the price. Its price is 7-9 thousand, even in dollar terms on some Amazon. They cost the same amount from resellers. I managed to grab mine for about 7800. The kit is rather meager - the card itself, a USB 3.0 extension cable (it's immediately in the trash, it cuts speed very much) and a sticker. What does the cable have protective dust caps on, and the card has neither a cap for USB nor a plug for HDMI, a funny prioritization. My card came with a factory defect - one of the contacts in the USB connector was unevenly installed, because of which, when heated during use, it moved away and the card lost contact with the computer. I had to tweak it with tweezers, after which there were no problems. However, I did not immediately get to the bottom of the cause of the problem, during this time I managed to contact technical support. They offered me to send my CamLink to the USA at their expense, so that they would replace it with a new one, and without any questions, they only requested a scan of the purchase receipt. What's funny, the Corsair warranty is valid only when buying from an official dealer, but since it was not bought from one, they could send me nafig with a clear conscience, but they didn't! I applaud standing. This is what I call customer centricity. Native software is just terrible, Game Capture is useless without a full-fledged capture card from Elgato (For example, some hd60s), and 4K Capture does not see "intermediate" FPS values, like 24 frames per second. Also, none of these softwares allow 4:2:2 subsampling, so OBS is everything.