THE AVERMEDIA Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 (try quickly saying that three times) is an external capture device that allows you to record HDMI video at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second. So, what’s new? The impor tant bit is right there in the name: 2.1. This is the first mainstream capture box on the market to support the HDMI 2.1 standard, but only in passthrough, and without 8K.
The benefit of a capture box like this is that you can pass a 4K, HDR, VRR video stream from a PC (GeForce RTX 3000/ AMD RX 6000 or newer) or current-gen console through to a compatible monitor via the HDMI output, as long as ever y device in the chain is HDMI 2.1 compliant, while capturing a 4K/60 video stream via a USB-C connection to a PC.