Thu May 04, 2017 3:12 pm
I mean, if it's a (nearly) $500 device... that doesn't even come with any cables... why not just throw in the faceplate and bump the price 80 bucks?
If not having the faceplate nixes so much functionality, why even offer the device without it?
Right now, it's a larger, more unwieldy and more expensive version of a Magewell USB3.0 capture device.
What I like about it, is that it natively takes in HDMI and HDSDI - up to 4K (presumably with audio embedded), whereas the Magewell has two separate devices for that (but they work). The switching feature is cool, and I think I have clients that would love the functionality for smaller scale live webcasts.
I'll try another camera, a mixer output, and an HDSDI signal to see if I can pull any audio from this thing.
I'm also disappointed by the lack of 1080p output. Very Apple-ish move by making people buy something that will be replaced by a better model before the end of the year. Hopefully it's a firmware update, but that's not profitable, so I'm not counting on it.