--- title: 'The Monitor Made for Streamers? The Elgato Sidekick with a Christmas Giveaway' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=eM-uHtKBxpc' video_id: 'eM-uHtKBxpc' date: 2026-08-05 duration_sec: 241 --- # The Monitor Made for Streamers? The Elgato Sidekick with a Christmas Giveaway > Source: [The Monitor Made for Streamers? The Elgato Sidekick with a Christmas Giveaway](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eM-uHtKBxpc) ## Summary The video showcases a prototype sidecar monitor developed by Elgato, designed to enhance streaming setups by providing a compact secondary display for chat, OBS preview, and alerts. The creator explains its benefits, including a single-cable connection, mounting options, and cost-effectiveness compared to multiple monitors. The video also announces a giveaway of 90 free units to viewers who comment with interesting use cases. ### Key Points - **Streaming Setup Problem** [00:31] — The creator highlights that streaming setups often fall apart when adding multiple monitors, leading to clutter and inefficiency. - **Sidekick Concept** [00:43] — A small screen placed near the camera shows essential information like Twitch chat, OBS preview, and alerts, then gets out of the way. - **Prototype Evolution** [01:11] — The prototype started as a 'Frankenstein prompter monitor' and evolved with Elgato's collaboration, adding a kickstand, webcam mount, and mounting hinge. - **Benefits Over Multiple Monitors** [01:49] — The sidecar allows streamers to invest in one high-quality main monitor instead of two or three, saving budget and desk space. - **Giveaway Announcement** [02:03] — Elgato has produced 90 free units for viewers; they will select the 90 most interesting comments on what they would do with the device. - **Thank You and Year-End Reflection** [02:45] — The creator expresses gratitude to viewers, reflects on a humbling 2025, and teases an announcement video for early 2026. ### Conclusion The video presents an innovative accessory that simplifies streaming setups, backed by a generous giveaway, and ends with a heartfelt thank you to the audience. ## Transcript Sometimes to make something really great, you have to break a few things first. Progress doesn't always mean adding. [music] >> [music] >> But the moment you start streaming, it falls apart. [music] [music] So what I made was something small, main screen and right up [music] against my camera. It shows me the extra things that I need and then it gets out of my way. Not and then it gets out of my way. Not another whole monitor, just a sidekick. sidekick just for an unboxing bit for the intro and then ended up going with the smashing intro instead. So, I wanted you to at least know and see this right there. It might bring back some memories for some of you. Anyway, I posted this YouTube short a while back. It's this sidecar monitor. There's a reason why it's so great where I used this [music] Frankenstein prompter monitor as like a sidecar display. It was a simple little screen. It only took a single cable that plugs right into my other monitor and it has a mounting hole on the back for Elgato thought it was a cool idea. So, we started working on how we could make it even better. We added a kickstand for putting on [music] your desk. We added mounting your webcam. We added a mounting hinge for super easy setup. And because it's a smaller display and you can put your camera right next to it, in a lot of ways, it's a lot like the prompter, [music] just half the price not a screen you actively interact [music] with all the time. It's just a screen you glance at. All I put on there is [music] my Twitch chat, my OBS preview, and my alerts. And now, instead of buying two to three monitors, I can put that entire monitor [music] budget into one awesome monitor. It's just a prototype, but Elgato has made 90 of them for you guys for free. They want to would put on it. And they're going to be reading the comments looking for the 90 most interesting answers. and you will get a free one. So, please leave a response from Elgato. Just of course, make sure it's the official Elgato account with the check mark, not someone that asks for your WhatsApp, but tell me why you want one and what you do with one. I'd love to hear it. Happy one. I'd love to hear it. Happy streaming. editing this video and I think I wanted to come on here and just say thank you for watching this weird little dramatic video about a little sidekick, a little Hope you don't mind. Uh, got a little dramatic, got a little fun with it. Um, just just for the heck of it, but not not just this video. I don't think I've been saying thank you enough for watching these videos. This is the last video of 2025 and it still blows my mind after all these years that anybody wants to watch me set up a camera and and talk by myself in front of it about my thoughts. And so, thank you. Thank you for being here. Thank you if you're new, whatever. Just thanks for letting me do this. Um 2025 has been kind of humbling. The last couple years have been have been kind of humbling years. And uh I'm just grateful you guys are still here. Thanks for letting me do this. I uh I'm excited for the first video of 2026. It's kind of a little bit of an announcement video, letting myself finally do something I've been telling myself, promising myself I'd let myself do for years, and I'm finally making time for it to happen. So, anyway, I love you guys. Uh you're the best. Thanks for being here. Thank you for watching. Thanks for just Thank you for watching. Thanks for just Thank you. That's all. Happy streaming.