I'm going to start YouTubing as soon as I can, and one of the things I will do is, of course, Let's Plays. Firstly what do you use to record off your actual consoles, because if you download a Screen Recorder, it will only record things on the computer, right? So if I wanted to do a Let's Play of a PlayStation game for example, what should I use?

Also, as I will still need to record things from the computer (not just for gaming) are their any Screen Recorders you can recommend? Are there any that are safe and legal to download, or do I have to buy them too?

Finally will the device I use for recording from consoles record anything from television, because I want to do things like animation reviews as well?

I will try to look myself, but I thought I'd ask to make things easier.