ctmpphpmzufkq.jpgThe Elgato Turbo.264 is a tiny, unassuming encoding accelerator in the form of a simple USB thumb drive. Once it’s plugged into your USB port, you will experience H.264 encoding speed increases of up to four to five times faster than what your computer is normally capable of. At $99, this little sucker can make all the difference in your video encoding workflow and will help you to spend less time watching encoding progress bars when you could be chugging along elsewhere.

Thankfully, Steve Douglas provides an excellent little summary and review of the device here, summing up the brilliant simplicity of the Turbo.264. Too good to be true, indeed. This would make a great little gift for your all those video editors in your life, no?