We've already gotten the
official word that it was coming last month, and gone
hands-on with the identical United Keys OLED keyboard even earlier than that, but it looks like OCZ is now finally shipping its own Sabre OLED gaming keyboard and, consequently, given it a price. Somewhat surprisingly, OCZ is letting this one go for just $135, which, while still not exactly a bargain, is a heckuva lot cheaper than the $260 that the United Keys version still runs. That'll get you nine customizable OLED keys, along with most of the standard specs you'd expect from a gaming keyboard, including "super tactile" keys, plenty of macro configuration options and, of course, some blue LEDs to remind you that you didn't buy this thing for work.
[Thanks, Jay]
posted Jul 9th 2009 3:49PM
Uhhh... there's no way on earth these would sell for $260.... $135 is pushing it. I'd rather buy a G11 or a Lycosa for that price.
A lot of folks were really looking for OLED though, so some may be willing to pay for it. I love the idea of the feature but will have no problem waiting until it becomes more normalized and thus cheaper.
O.O
The rest of the keys aren't back lit?
how about a wireless, illuminated keyboard? i can live without oled for now
How about 5 minutes of battery life?
Well not quite, but I think you get the point. However you would think by now someone would have come up with something at least passible and not -too- rough on the batteries.
You know when they backlight a keyboard they used LEDs right?
@shibathedog:
inorite?
Let me guess, you'd use rechargeable batteries if you built one, right? In which you'd still have to plug it in to recharge the thing.
You've got all the answers!
i love how since the wii came out a lot of stuff has blue leds on it
lol... blue leds have always made electronics go faster
You must not be familiar with the modding scene.
... or just electronics in general.
Blue became the new red about 9 years ago.
I think they went with blue because its got the most consistent LED color (other then red). Green is a close runner up, but you often see people complaining when they lots of green that it doesn't match. A lot of the other colors, even from the same batch, will often have slightly different colors (especially yellow...but who the heck would want a yellow lighted computer?)
I had blue LED's in everything I owned 22 years ago.
I am 23.
I rule.
If you're going to attribute the trend to a gaming console, the Playstation2 had the blue LED long before the Wii. (and yes, incidentally about 9 years ago)
The Ins Del Home End PgUp & PgDn keys (or 5 of them at least) are in the vertical configuration you see more often these days. That's an instant fail for me - I use them often enough and have always made an effort to get keyboards with them in the original 3x2 horizontal array which seems more intuitive to me. Apart from saving space, does anyone out there actually prefer the vertical arrangement or know of a reason why it (supposedly) makes more sense?
I have but one question:
WHY?
Why do they move the "Insert, Delete, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown" keys like that. I hate keyboards with that configuration and I refuse to "Get Used To It" GrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRrrrrr........
Yes dude, sucks doesn't it? I broke my last keyboard in a "gaming incident" and am learning to deal with a crappy Logitech that has the same fsck'd configuration.
g11 rages this keyboard and you can get it at like half the price.
not to mention the images on the macro keys were a terrible idea. I think one has a knife icon on it... is somebody really going to lift their left hand off the wasd keys to shank someone? fail.
You realise you can customise those images to anything you want? If you'd rather take your left hand off the wasd keys to shout Whiskey Tango Foxtrot in DoD you can put your own WTF icon there instead
STOP MESSING WITH THE KEY LAYOUTS, DAMNIT~!!!!
Every other manufacturer these days seems to think they have a better idea. I got news for you designers. Keyboard layouts are standard for a flipping reason.