Great review Joe, I absolutely love the look of the Lycosa. Gets my vote for the best looking keyboard of all time.
Budget permitting, I might have to grab one of these at some point.
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Originally Posted by Joe Moving on to gaming performance, the keyboard held up solidly and our concerns that the WASD illuminations was mostly useful proved to be well-founded unless you’re in a pitch black room.
Is this meant to read: "useless"? I'm not sure it makes sense as it is. I mean, in my experience, the darker the room, the more a light stands out.
Not sure about the point of the gaming mode. You fingers are on the WASD so you wouldn't see the lights anyway... and if you have to look at the keys first before pressing them... well, then you probably aren't doing well in the game anyway.
How would you go about giving the keyboard a good clean, I mean how are the keys mounted? Do they pop off and on easily or are the like my current laptop style keyboard (logitech ultra-x) and take an hour to get a single key back on because of the X type mounting.
Originally Posted by TGImages Not sure about the point of the gaming mode. You fingers are on the WASD so you wouldn't see the lights anyway... and if you have to look at the keys first before pressing them... well, then you probably aren't doing well in the game anyway.
Or am I missing something?
not really, especially considering the wasd keys are the ones you use almost constantly, i.e. your used to where they are, its the keys you rarely use that are hard to find.
anyway, looks like a good keyboard and should take up far less space than the G15.
Originally Posted by centy How would you go about giving the keyboard a good clean, I mean how are the keys mounted? Do they pop off and on easily or are the like my current laptop style keyboard (logitech ultra-x) and take an hour to get a single key back on because of the X type mounting.
I wouldn't suggest taking the keys off at all. I'd say wash your hands and don't eat at the PC if you're that bothered, giving the keys a wipe down occasionally.
Are the keys laptop-style or classic ?
What's the max number of simultaneous key presses?
And a close up of the media buttons would be nice, as touch sensitive is sexeh !
Interesting keyboard, expensive though.
It would have been a nice touch if you could illuminate any keys of your choosing while in game-mode. Now the mode seems like a pointless marketing gimmick.
Even though I find the media area to be useless (annoying even) I like my Lycosa - though it is a huge grime magnet (And green would be my colour of choice). The only thing that really disappointed me was that the macros & key remapping work in software and my game of choice ignores software remapping
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Originally Posted by Kufwit Does the USB hub give usb2 unlike the tarantula ?
From what I can figure it's a straight pass through - basically just an extension cable.
Good:
- looks slick
- keys feel real nice
- quiet
- good size
- Did I mention that it just feels real nice to use?
Bad:
- gets dirty fast
- media keys useless (Really annoying when I brush them by accident and the media player pops up)
- remapping in software only
- weak backlight, keys only really clear from above
I got mine on Sunday and I think the review is pretty much spot on.
I thought the touch-panel media keys was a bit of a gimmick but it's great to be able to tap through a winamp playlist on shuffle at top speed.
Regarding getting dirty, my keys have been pretty good, but the black plastic really shows dust, I keep a duster handy.
The comment about worrying if it would match the rest of your desktop made me laugh. Although I hadn't planned it, my Lycosa, Deathadder, Samsung 206BW and black Creative speaks look like they were designed as one.
One minor criticism that I dont think was mention is the keyboard sits very flat, even when you pop the little feet out. The keys don't have much travel in them, I think it would be more comfortable if you could angle the keyboard more. This probably isn't true for everyone though.
Originally Posted by Javerh It would have been a nice touch if you could illuminate any keys of your choosing while in game-mode. Now the mode seems like a pointless marketing gimmick.
Agreed. I haven't used *only* WASD since Doom. Just about every game has more keys than that.
Also, as an aside, there needs to be a super-bright mode for daytime use.
But since Razor tends to learn from it's missteps, lets hope there will be a Lycosa V2!
Originally Posted by TGImages Not sure about the point of the gaming mode. You fingers are on the WASD so you wouldn't see the lights anyway... and if you have to look at the keys first before pressing them... well, then you probably aren't doing well in the game anyway.
Or am I missing something?
I think you can set it so the Windows key doesn't work when you're in gaming mode (sorry skimmed the article) but yeah I'd love a keyboard that did that.
My existing keyboard needs wiping 2 or 3 times per gaming session, never mind per day. I don't eat at my PC and I do wash my hands thankyouverymuch :p It's just sweat that mounts up into a disgusting grime which I don't like to be touching very much.
I have to post here because I owned this keyboard, I paid 80 Dollars on newegg for it and was dying to get my hands on it. I finaly got it and it was everything I could have wanted, slip rubber keys, etched back lighting, media controls, usb, sound etc.
However after connecting this keyboard up I started to play some games, world of warcraft to be specfic and I was trying to move my chr and it wouldn't move, so I went to type that I couldn't move and by then the monster had killed everyone and I realized the key stopped working, so I unplugged it and plugged it back in and all was well, but to my dismay this keyboard would keep losing function of driffrent keys, randomly keys would stop working, so I would have to stand up, and reconnect it 2 or more times an hour.
I contacted razer about the issue after reinstalling drivers, updating them, even windows pushed a driver for it thought the update. None of these drivers corrected my issue. So I RMA'ed the keyboard, which by the way razer expects you to pay for, so I went thought newegg, and they covered the costs. I got a new one, and it did the same thing. I tried swiching ports, computers, and OSs and nothing changed randomly keys would stop working. I found out many people have this issue with the keyboard, which is a damm shame as for not having that issue, this was an amazing keyboard.
If they corrected the issue, I would pick one up again. But it doesn't work and that makes me a sad panda.
Originally Posted by centy How would you go about giving the keyboard a good clean, I mean how are the keys mounted? Do they pop off and on easily or are the like my current laptop style keyboard (logitech ultra-x) and take an hour to get a single key back on because of the X type mounting.
You can press up to 10 keys at once according to Razer
That depends on which keys though - as a lefty I remap everything to the number pad and there are certain combinations that don't work there (even though they worked on my old IBM keyboard) - nothing major but i did notice it.
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Originally Posted by Drachnem ...If they corrected the issue, I would pick one up again. But it doesn't work and that makes me a sad panda.
Mine works great but I'm sorry to hear about your problems.
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EDIT: Didn't matter in the end - the keys are so dim we had to do it on a desk instead.
Budget permitting, I might have to grab one of these at some point.
Is this meant to read: "useless"? I'm not sure it makes sense as it is. I mean, in my experience, the darker the room, the more a light stands out.
edit: G15's cheaper by a tenner!
Or am I missing something?
that is all.
:(
not really, especially considering the wasd keys are the ones you use almost constantly, i.e. your used to where they are, its the keys you rarely use that are hard to find.
anyway, looks like a good keyboard and should take up far less space than the G15.
I wouldn't suggest taking the keys off at all. I'd say wash your hands and don't eat at the PC if you're that bothered, giving the keys a wipe down occasionally.
What's the max number of simultaneous key presses?
And a close up of the media buttons would be nice, as touch sensitive is sexeh !
Interesting keyboard, expensive though.
+1.
Thought of grabbing one and seeing if it's possible to switch them out, but I just don't know...
Good:
- looks slick
- keys feel real nice
- quiet
- good size
- Did I mention that it just feels real nice to use?
Bad:
- gets dirty fast
- media keys useless (Really annoying when I brush them by accident and the media player pops up)
- remapping in software only
- weak backlight, keys only really clear from above
I thought the touch-panel media keys was a bit of a gimmick but it's great to be able to tap through a winamp playlist on shuffle at top speed.
Regarding getting dirty, my keys have been pretty good, but the black plastic really shows dust, I keep a duster handy.
The comment about worrying if it would match the rest of your desktop made me laugh. Although I hadn't planned it, my Lycosa, Deathadder, Samsung 206BW and black Creative speaks look like they were designed as one.
One minor criticism that I dont think was mention is the keyboard sits very flat, even when you pop the little feet out. The keys don't have much travel in them, I think it would be more comfortable if you could angle the keyboard more. This probably isn't true for everyone though.
Agreed. I haven't used *only* WASD since Doom. Just about every game has more keys than that.
Also, as an aside, there needs to be a super-bright mode for daytime use.
But since Razor tends to learn from it's missteps, lets hope there will be a Lycosa V2!
I think you can set it so the Windows key doesn't work when you're in gaming mode (sorry skimmed the article) but yeah I'd love a keyboard that did that.
So what sort of keys does it have?
You can press up to 10 keys at once according to Razer
However after connecting this keyboard up I started to play some games, world of warcraft to be specfic and I was trying to move my chr and it wouldn't move, so I went to type that I couldn't move and by then the monster had killed everyone and I realized the key stopped working, so I unplugged it and plugged it back in and all was well, but to my dismay this keyboard would keep losing function of driffrent keys, randomly keys would stop working, so I would have to stand up, and reconnect it 2 or more times an hour.
I contacted razer about the issue after reinstalling drivers, updating them, even windows pushed a driver for it thought the update. None of these drivers corrected my issue. So I RMA'ed the keyboard, which by the way razer expects you to pay for, so I went thought newegg, and they covered the costs. I got a new one, and it did the same thing. I tried swiching ports, computers, and OSs and nothing changed randomly keys would stop working. I found out many people have this issue with the keyboard, which is a damm shame as for not having that issue, this was an amazing keyboard.
If they corrected the issue, I would pick one up again. But it doesn't work and that makes me a sad panda.
They pop off easy, though I wouldn't want to do that too often - I don't know how many times before tha tabs break or wear too much.