Hey.

I'm new to speedrunning. (I already submitted a time lol) I personally want to be in the top 5 for F-Zero (1990) times. Long way to go on that tho.

I'm playing on an emulator (snes9x) currently, but I want to get a capture card because I do have an actual SNES with F-Zero.

Unfortunately I don't exactly have $35 to spend on a component recorder. I've seen some cheap ones for 10 bucks on amazon. Are those any good?

Welcome and best of luck on achieving your goal.

I use a cheap VCR recorder USB that was about 20 AUD (14 US) and it works fine, but that is AV and 50Hz only, but they seem to be of a similar factory batch, so I would trust them. You aren't exactly spending much either.

When you say "component recorder" you mean composite/AV? or actual component? If your snes has component output that's great, Try to get a used component-only capture devidce they are cheaper than new one these days, it will get the perfect quality and worth every cent