Ezcap295 HD Video audio capture pro, convert HDMI/YPbPr to HDMI/USB Flash disk ,HDCP code, 1080P for game equipment

Giving 5 stars in the hope that it WILL work (it doesn't yet): The item looks very professional and well made, with a pretty retail box (like a high end cellphone) and a solid build. Included was a remote control, an instruction leaflet in English, a HDMI cable and (to my pleasant surprise) a composite and RGB input cable (so you can start ripping your old VHSs right away). It does pass-through of video signals to the TV seamlessly and the menus you can access via the remote control are simple but ok. For storage I bought a separate Lacie 4TB external harddrive just for this (popular HD model). Description just says "no exFat", so I tried formatting as ext4: Didn't work (USB drive not found). So I asked the seller: Only NTFS and FAT32 is supported (instruction leaflet troubleshooting section says "FAT, FAT32 and NTFS"). So I tried NTFS: Timestamp shows in corner when I press Rec, but nothing is written to disk. Soon I heard "clunk!"-sounds from the disk and eventually the system hung.

Honestly I'm a little disappointed in the image quality after others wrote it was really good: For bright and clear images the recorded video does look good, but for really dark scenes it's almost unwatchable. The main problem is color banding (too few bits in the color space) which causes rectangular artifacts in dark video. Also everything appears slightly pale and "softer", like you're watching a cam rip or an old TV. This is with "Bitrate: High", which gives ISO MP4/M4A container, 1920×1080 H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) 30fps video at ~15500 kbps, and MPEG-4 AAC Stereo 48kHz audio at 189 kbps. I think it should be possible to do better, because the video files are not small (2GB = ca 18 minutes). Screenshots are saved as JPG (around 400kB for 1920x1080) and look fine. Scheduled recording also works fine. Summary: This thing is ALMOST awesome, so I hope they'll improve the firmware! (It supports upgrading firmware.) I have not tested adding audio. But works with Get's HDCP!

very good picture and no need to connecting to pc