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is nc.com so we've got Eric here from tte
orts who's going to be showing us some pretty cool stuff they've also got a lot
of stuff that they've already released but why don't you start with this guy
right here this is the Poseidon and it's a mechanical keyboard people love
mechanical keyboards it's so big these days tell me two things why are
mechanical keyboards such a big deal all of a sudden and number two is how does
it how's this positioned in the market why do we need the Poseidon in addition
to all your other mechanical keyboards okay so mainly people want mechanical
keyboards these days because they're a lot more durable than membrane keyboards
have been in the past sorry um so um
it's really durable um it costs a little bit more but it's like guaranteed to
last like 50 million keystrokes usually if it doesn't then you just return it
get a new one so it just like keeps that lifetime cycle going so tell me about
that durability because these are a lower cost mechanical keyboard but you
can still you can still offer that guarantee to your customers yeah so um
in the past I've done videos on YouTube um probably look for them I've I took a
BMW and rolled over our Mecha G1 keyboard just to prove like it's really
durable still works there's videos on YouTube um but the market position for
this keyboard we decided to release something that's a little more cost affordable in the past our keyboards
have been in like the 129 139 range um so we're trying to get something a
little bit uh more affordable for every game gamer so uh what we decided to do
is release a really simple entry-level mechanical keyboard so we came up with
the Poseidon um we have a non-b backlight and a backlight version so the
backlight uh version is going to be starting at $89.99 and the non-backlit
is going to be $79.99 um but at the same time even
though it's cost affordable we didn't want to compromise the durability so
these keyboards are uh pretty robust um they can last quite a while and we're
really excited for them pick that up and do a flex test for me because that
that's that's my kind of trademark thing if we can get an angle on that real
wrench on it because I always wrench on it so you can see guys when you have a
cheap keyboard that thing is going to flex to the point where you can almost
pop the keys off but even though this is a 70 this is a $79.99 keyboard right so
that's getting down into the price ranges of something like a high-end
membrane buy an entry-level mechanical
not a high-end membrane I mean obviously buy a high-end mechanical if you can but
speaking of high-end Mechanicals you have some new stuff coming on the
high-end stuff too show me what we got over here okay so in the past we've uh
mainly stuck with black switches so we've done gunit G1 Mecca with black
switches so uh what we decided to do this year is come up with a lot more
options for um people that want to buy red switches Brown switches Blue
switches so um here we're showing off the gunit um with different switches we
have a blue a red and a brown here um the red one here was showing off even
the illuminated the full backlight version um so we really want to give
people more options because um since new key switches are coming out more and
more um Brown and red have become really popular in the gaming market so we want
to be able to provide more people more options um depending on like if you want
it really heavy switch a light switch um just depends on what your preference is
now tell me if you tell me about if you wanted a headset that was designed in
collaboration with BMW how would you address that customer can can you do
that for me I would say Let's uh look over here right now because I I think
that's a pretty tall order I'm throwing at you here mind you uh we we cheated a
little bit I I I I I did actually get a tour of the booth before we started you
know what let's put ourselves right here and I'll get you to stand right here and
you can talk about this I'm just going to lean over you here so tell me about
the level 10m gaming headset okay so we just unveiled this this morning at
computex in collaboration with BMW design Works USA it's our level 10m
headset um it follows the design philosophy of what we've released in the
past the level 10m Mouse and the level 10 case and level 10 GT case from
thermal take so we collaborated with them a lot of design philosophies went
in you can see it's a really um like heavy style like more um robust metal um
so we we decided that we're going to come out with a headset that's uh really
durable um really stylish and something that um a lot of people will enjoy so
show me some of the robustness like this looks like this looks like metal
components here that are part of the sliding mechanism and uh and show show
me the microphone the way it moves okay so yeah the um the main framework of the
headset is alum umum so we want to keep it like lightweight but durable um and
really really hard uh mold injected plastic for the ear cups um has 40 M 4
40 mm uh sound drivers on it um and the
microphone is uh really really flexible so you can position it um it's got like
a joint in here you can position it depending on your preference you can
switch the cable from the left to right side pretty easily um sometimes you know
your desktop might be on the right or the left side so depending on how you
want the key board uh the the sorry the headset cable to to switch uh positions
you can do that with well I actually I mean the way that I configure my system
is I like to have my headphone cable draping across WD so that um so that I
can actually do both forward and back movement at the same time just by
pressing on the cable do do you think that that's an optimal setup I I mean I
don't think it's optimal but you can still do that with this headset awesome
so I have the power yeah definitely so
yeah definitely check this out uh we just announced it on uh this morning so
it's going to be out on of course you're covering it but you can uh also research
it on our website uh it's straight on the front page awesome we got one more
thing that we want to have a look at over here so show us show us this
guy okay so for people that commute
definitely sometime a problem is that you have to buy separate headphones
between gaming and commuting um you want to listen to music on the subway or the
the bus or whatever um so we designed a Bluetooth ready headset set um that's
also compatible with gaming so so what you can do is uh it's a gaming headset
first and foremost so you have the microphone but when you want to take it out on the go you can actually unplug
and have it Bluetooth ready with your phone so you can stream music from your
phone in your pocket and just have it on wirelessly and so can you give us a
little can you give us a little twirl twirl here show show us yeah there thank
you do do a little turn on the catwalk yeah little model work and uh another
interesting thing about this is even if you don't really need the microphone you
can detach the cable and plug straight into your PC so you have the option of
using uh microphone no microphone PC
wireless and you can charge through USB so it's a really Sleek headset we're
kind of uh aiming to simplify the style a little bit so it's not so much a look
at me when I'm commuting it's more of a just I want to relax I want to get ready
for work things like that but you do have look at me products can you pull one of those down for me really quick I
want like just for contrast guys thermaltake has such an enormous range
of products available on headsets here let's uh let's let's let's let's get
this let's get this up so if I didn't want to wear this on
the subway I could wear that instead and I would have every I would have the
entire gamut of designed in collaboration with BMW and kind of
striking but very stylish I'd have that
sort of that wow holy crap look at this guy he's got a gold headset on and then
you've got the more like uh you know some guy who just wants to chill and
though please don't look at me yeah I mean the design Philosophy for our company is that we want to have
something for everyone whether you want to simple um Sleek design or you want
something a little bit more colorful a little bit more complicated I mean we
have something for everyone we have you know we have a headset for Xbox Gamers
we have um simplified mechanical keyboards for people that want a really
like Sleek desktop so um we make something for everyone so it's it's kind
of our design philosophy we keep coming out with new products and that's going
to hit a different style so that's what we're looking forward to it's not all
style sometimes there's a performance reason for what you do so right here
what what have you done here exactly okay so uh Theon has been a really
successful Mouse for us a lot of people like it so we want to offer um new color
options so we have uh white red and yellow coming out um with a glossy
finish so just depending on the style we have uh the old traditional Theon was uh
rubber coating so we wanted to add a little bit more options comes with the
same great laser sensor that's in um the the original Theon but here we have a
new option which is a Theon infrared it has a new infrared Optical sensor and
this is uh built to improve tracking for your gaming but it's also lower cost
it's going to come out about $10 us cheaper than the original Theon was so
it's a lower cost high performance option for this mouse so to be clear for
69 or $79.99 so for 80 bucks plus about
55 bucks could you could you get a combo here that you you would feel comfortable
using regardless of who you you pretty much are yeah I mean it's simple enough
um but it's also stylish enough um to really take your game up to the next
level um I even actually game with these two uh Theon infrared and the Poseidon
keyboard right now I play a lot of Starcraft so I'm really confident in the
fact that you can perform with these products so okay I actually didn't know
that I did not I did not cheat on that one so thank you very much for joining
us this has been absolutely fantastic guys don't miss any of our computex 23
coverage and again thank you very much thank you