Magewell USB Capture HDMI Gen 2
Driverless, bus-powered, and it just works on anything with a USB port. The broadcast-grade dongle.
Tracked 2026-10-19. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the Magewell USB Capture HDMI Gen 2
The Magewell USB Capture HDMI Gen 2 is a compact HDMI to USB capture dongle built for steady, all-day use. At a tracked $319 it sits at the top of its $269.99 to $319 range across nine points from August 25 to October 19, 2026.
It handles input up to 2048 by 1080 at 60fps with 4:4:4 color and does scaling and color conversion on the device, which reduces CPU load. It works on Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS over USB 3.1. The listing says it is built for 24/7 use with a 3 year warranty. The price is $49 above its low. It has 4.7 across 620 retailer ratings.
- Does scaling and conversion on the device
- Works on Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS
- 3 year limited warranty
- Tracked price is at its high, $49 over the low
- Capture tops out near 1080p60
- $319 costs far more than budget cards
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 | USB 3.0 dongle |
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$319Tracked 2026-10-19
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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.