HDMI USB 3.0 Capture Card
Basic external HDMI capture adapter for entry-level stream ingest and recording workflows.
Tracked 2026-10-01. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the HDMI USB 3.0 Capture Card
The HDMI USB 3.0 Capture Card is a small, cheap dongle that pulls an HDMI feed into a PC, suited to a camera or console. At a tracked $23.99 it sits at the bottom of its $23.99 to $26.99 range since July 4, 2026, so there is little reason to wait.
The listing says it captures 1080p at 60 fps and previews 4K HDMI, with no drivers needed. It is compatible with laptops, MacBook, PC and iMac, and consoles such as the PS5, Xbox and Switch. It weighs 0.21 kg. For a camera feed in OBS, 1080p60 is plenty. Retailers rate it 4.4 across 1,022 ratings.
- 1080p at 60 fps capture
- Plug and play with no drivers
- Under $25 tracked, at its low
- Capture caps at 1080p60
- No brand name in the listing
- No loop-out listed in the specs
Where it fits in a build
Pulls an HDMI camera feed into an encoder or PC. Skip it if your camera is USB or a phone. See every capture card pick
| Input | HDMI |
| Max passthrough | 1080p60 |
| Form | External |
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HDMI USB 3.0 Capture Card
$23.99Tracked 2026-10-01
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We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.