DeckLink Quad HDMI PCIe Capture Card, Up to 4K60, 4 HDMI 2.0b inputs (BDLKDVQDHDMI4K)

I stream here on Amazon Live everyday and I use this capture card for a dual PC set up! It works AMAZING! it also does 4k! It's better than the Magewell and wayyyy cheaper! Set up is a bit confusing though if you buy this card and need help setting it up come join my stream and I'll help walk you through the set up. You have to go to their website and finding the drivers is not so easy but after about an hour I was able to find the drivers and get it all set up and ready to go! I use all four ports of the capture card one for my Camera, Nintendo Switch, Gaming PC and PS4 and stream using OBS! It captures perfectly and is able to take my Gaming PC and put our crisp quality! I haven't seen many streamers review this product but I highly recommend it for streaming if you need more than 1 HDMI port! Like I said if you have any questions about this product, capture cards, building PCs, Gaming or tech! Check out my Amazon Live streams! I would love to help the best I can! Super passionate about Tech and PCs! You can find my stream by clicking my name and going to my Amazon profile if you follow my profile it'll notify you when I go live! You can also find my streams by going to Amazon.com/shop/Atarabyte! I hope this review helps you and I hope you have a terrific day! ^^

i like it

I've had this card installed in my Mac Pro 7,1 for about 9 months now. I consistently use 3 ports, with the 4th port used every once in a while. It handles it all well, and keeps the HDMI displays active at all times, which eliminates the black screen you would get when switching between inputs. BMD is a great company that has for years made high quality, accessible gear for surprisingly low prices. Similar cards from competitors are around $800-$1000, some of which aren't even 4K compatible. I do wish there was some type of strain relief for the HDMI cables as I frequently have to move my Mac Pro tower and I'm increasingly concerned about the stress being put on the input ports by the large, heavy HDMI cables. All in all, this is a great card.

I installed this card into my Vmix production workstation. It is excellent. Worked right out of the box - once the drivers are installed you'll get four individual HDMI inputs that support up to 4k video up to 60p. I have attached cameras at 4k 30, a PC, and a few TV boxes I was reviewing to it and all has been good so far. I regularly run three cameras through it during live productions and it has been rock solid. I can highly recommend.

It took me more than 2 days to find technical support information, installation information and Drivers Before you buy check the system requirements, Drivers go by the name of "Desktop Video" on black magic website and there is an internal USB plug that I have no idea what it does... (no documentation) I've gotten mine to work but the hassle was terrible Operating Systems Blackmagic Design Capture cards are compatible with the following operating systems: Windows 8 64 bit Windows 10 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit CPU Requirements In general, you should choose a CPU that meets or exceeds the system requirements of the software application you are planning on using. Please check with software vendor for additional information. Memory Blackmagic Design recommends a minimum of 8GB of memory for all systems. Graphics For optimal performance, an accelerated graphics card is recommend for use with DeckLink, Multibridge and Intensity cards. Please see the Graphics Card Requirement Tech note regarding appropriate graphics cards for our products. Storage You will require hard drive storage with your Blackmagic card that can provide a data rate greater than that of the video compression you are using. Physical Installation Requires a computer with available PCI Express slot with adequate number of PCI Express lanes and PCI Express generation. Blackmagic PCI Express Cable Kit (available separately) is recommended for use with UltraStudio 4K Extreme 3 when connecting to a computer via PCI Express. DeckLink SDI Micro requires an M.2 connector. Supported Hardware Certified Workstations The following workstations are recommended for use with the DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder: Hewlett Packard Z8G4 Hewlett Packard Z820 Hewlett Packard Z840 The following workstations are recommended for use with the DeckLink 8K Pro: Dell Precision Rack 7910 Dell Precision 7920 Tower Hewlett Packard Z6G4 Hewlett Packard Z8G4 Hewlett Packard Z800 Hewlett Packard Z820 Hewlett Packard Z840 The following workstations are certified for use with DeckLink and Intensity capture cards: Dell Precision 7910 Dell T7610 Hewlett Packard Z420 Hewlett Packard Z440 Hewlett Packard Z620 Hewlett Packard Z640 Hewlett Packard Z820 Hewlett Packard Z840 Hewlett Packard Z6 G4 Hewlett Packard Z8 G4 Precision 7920 Tower Precision 7920 Rack (not recommended for DeckLink Quad card) The following workstations have been discontinued but are known to work in legacy configuration: Hewlett Packard XW8600 (not recommended for DeckLink PCI or PCI-X cards) Hewlett Packard XW9300 Hewlett Packard Z400 Hewlett Packard Z600 Hewlett Packard Z800 Certified Intel NUC The following Intel NUCs are recommended for use with the DeckLink SDI Micro: Intel NUC Kit - NUC7i7BNH Intel NUC 9 Pro Kit - NUC9VXQNX The following Intel NUC is certified for use with DeckLink and Intensity capture cards: Intel NUC 9 Pro Kit - NUC9VXQNX * (not recommended for DeckLink 8K Pro card) * Extra care must be taken while installing and removing DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G and DeckLink Quad 2 cards in Intel NUC 9 Pro Kit. It is especially recommended to remove the top screw on the breakout connector when installing and removing a DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G. Recommended Motherboards The following motherboards are recommended for use with DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder: ASRock Z170 Extreme7+ Asus Prime B250M-PLUS Asus Z170-A PREMIUM Gigabyte H370M D3H Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Gigabyte Z97-UD5H Gigabyte Z170X GAMING 5 Gigabyte Z270X-UD3 MSI B360M Mortar Titanium The following motherboards are recommended for use with DeckLink 8K Pro: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Gigabyte X299 UD4 Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH Supermicro C7X99-OCE-F The following motherboards are recommended for use with DeckLink, Multibridge and Intensity capture cards: ASRock H270M-ITX/ac ASRock X299E-ITX/ac (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) ASRock Z170Extreme 7+ (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) ASRock-Z370M-ITX/ac (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) ASRock Z87 Extreme 6 ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac ASRock Z87 Extreme4/TB4 ASRock Z87 Extreme4 (not recommended for DeckLink Studio 4K) ASRock Z87E-ITX Asus Prime B250M-Plus (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) Asus Z87 Deluxe/Quad Asus Z87-Expert Asus Z87-Gryphon Asus Z87-A Asus Z87-PLUS Asus Z87-PRO Gigabyte H81-D3 Gigabyte GA-H87M-D3H (not recommended for DeckLink Duo) Gigabyte H370M D3H (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) Gigabyte Q87M-D2H Gigabyte X170 Extreme ECC Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H TH Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH Gigabyte Z97-UD5H Gigabyte Z97-WIFI Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH Gigabyte Z170X GAMING 5 (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) Gigabyte Z270X-UD3 MSI B360M Mortar Titanium (Recommended for DeckLink SDI Micro) MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt SuperMicro C7H170-M SuperMicro C7X99-OCE SuperMicro C7X99-OCE - F SuperMicro C7Z170-SQ SuperMicro C7Z87-OCE SuperMicro C7Z97-OCE (not recommended for DeckLink Studio 2) SuperMicro X10SAT (not recommended for DeckLink Studio 4K) SuperMicro X10SLV (not recommended with DeckLink SDI) SuperMicro X10SLV-Q (not recommended with DeckLink SDI) The following motherboards have been discontinued but are known to work in legacy configuration. 3DBoxx 4920 Asus P5B Asus P5E Asus P5Q Pro Turbo Asus P6T Asus P6X58D Asus P6X58D-E WS Asus P8P67 PRO (Rev 3.1) Asus P9X79 WS Gigabyte EP45-DS3 Gigabyte G1.Sniper (X58 chipset) Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 (rev. 1.0) Gigabyte x48DQ6 Gigabyte X79-UD5 Intel D975XBX Intel DX58SO Supermicro C7Z97-M XFX 790i Ultra

Don't mess around with Thunderbolt docs and capture card catastrophes. These things have a beautiful picture and move a lot of data. I didn't find any other quad cards that were PCIe 3.0 and 8 PCIe lanes. Everything else is PCIe 2 or 1 and 4 lanes. This blows away all the current capture cards on the market. I spent 9 months dealing with all this, and was misinformed that these are PCIe 2.0, and 4 lanes. So, I didn't have them in the running. I was looking at Yuan, etc. Then I just came across the specs one day, going back over everything. What a fricking find. Good for action sstraight to computer recording / streaming. Buy without fear if you use a PC.

So I have a bit of background with capture cards having used almost every card in the market back when I did corporate live streaming for a living. With that said I was hesitant to pick this up for my personal projects as it is more ports and expense than I wanted but when my elgato failed to boot windows on my rendering server I fell back to what I knew was the best option. Needless to say it worked perfectly and I have room for expansion down the line as I grow.

This worked fine at first - purchased it with a Sonnet and connected to my MacBook Pro M1 Max for live-streaming. I use it at least once or twice a month. Then I noticed red lines coming out on one HDMI channel until eventually it stopped reading completely.