The Stream Deck is a very low powered device that fits into a standard USB type A connector on your PC. Non-live-streamers can use features such as controlling lights in their house, launching applications, switching voices when in a chat playing a game, play sounds using the Soundboard feature (and by the way, the Voicemod application is very good, and I've found it particularly good when I've been recording my own voice to adjust certain aspects of it), or you can do things like control Windows settings (for example, I've got a button to switch between duplicate and extended screens on my desktop PC). The screen is very high quality but this photo doesn't do it justice But, it's not limited to it's intended purpose, that's to say it's not just for streamers and I didn't buy it for that. Let's be clear, the Stream Deck is a fancy bunch of macro buttons and not much more. The model I have has 15 keys but you can get the model with just 6 or even a model with 32 keys. The Stream Deck changes this by providing a small LED display that shows you what you need. Sure you can set up macros on a keyboard or whatever but they take a while to do, and then you've got no indications of which macro does what and you just need to remember. If you've ever streamed or even just simply recorded YouTube videos in one go like I used to do, one of the most difficult things to do is keep control over the video from simple things like stopping swearing to switching input, showing an introduction video and much more.

One area where Elgato really serves hardcore gamers (which I don't consider myself to be) is with streaming shortcut control devices. Elgato, a company now owned by Corsair (who I've always really relied on for quality hardware), has really upped it's game in the industry over the last few years.

Is the stream deck good