WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:06.640 Linus Tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:09.880 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:14.400 is nc.com so we've got Eric here from tte 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:18.600 orts who's going to be showing us some pretty cool stuff they've also got a lot 00:00:16.680 --> 00:00:22.800 of stuff that they've already released but why don't you start with this guy 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:25.920 right here this is the Poseidon and it's a mechanical keyboard people love 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:30.199 mechanical keyboards it's so big these days tell me two things why are 00:00:28.279 --> 00:00:34.320 mechanical keyboards such a big deal all of a sudden and number two is how does 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:37.840 it how's this positioned in the market why do we need the Poseidon in addition 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:41.200 to all your other mechanical keyboards okay so mainly people want mechanical 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:47.160 keyboards these days because they're a lot more durable than membrane keyboards 00:00:43.239 --> 00:00:49.199 have been in the past sorry um so um 00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:53.000 it's really durable um it costs a little bit more but it's like guaranteed to 00:00:50.559 --> 00:00:56.719 last like 50 million keystrokes usually if it doesn't then you just return it 00:00:54.680 --> 00:01:00.960 get a new one so it just like keeps that lifetime cycle going so tell me about 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:04.559 that durability because these are a lower cost mechanical keyboard but you 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:09.159 can still you can still offer that guarantee to your customers yeah so um 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:13.200 in the past I've done videos on YouTube um probably look for them I've I took a 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:17.119 BMW and rolled over our Mecha G1 keyboard just to prove like it's really 00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:21.119 durable still works there's videos on YouTube um but the market position for 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:26.920 this keyboard we decided to release something that's a little more cost affordable in the past our keyboards 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:29.720 have been in like the 129 139 range um so we're trying to get something a 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:33.799 little bit uh more affordable for every game gamer so uh what we decided to do 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:37.720 is release a really simple entry-level mechanical keyboard so we came up with 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:41.280 the Poseidon um we have a non-b backlight and a backlight version so the 00:01:39.759 --> 00:01:44.520 backlight uh version is going to be starting at $89.99 and the non-backlit 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:48.560 is going to be $79.99 um but at the same time even 00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:53.399 though it's cost affordable we didn't want to compromise the durability so 00:01:50.759 --> 00:01:56.479 these keyboards are uh pretty robust um they can last quite a while and we're 00:01:54.880 --> 00:02:00.079 really excited for them pick that up and do a flex test for me because that 00:01:58.320 --> 00:02:04.000 that's that's my kind of trademark thing if we can get an angle on that real 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:07.880 wrench on it because I always wrench on it so you can see guys when you have a 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:12.360 cheap keyboard that thing is going to flex to the point where you can almost 00:02:10.160 --> 00:02:16.840 pop the keys off but even though this is a 70 this is a $79.99 keyboard right so 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:22.200 that's getting down into the price ranges of something like a high-end 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:24.280 membrane buy an entry-level mechanical 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:28.800 not a high-end membrane I mean obviously buy a high-end mechanical if you can but 00:02:26.920 --> 00:02:31.760 speaking of high-end Mechanicals you have some new stuff coming on the 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:35.760 high-end stuff too show me what we got over here okay so in the past we've uh 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:40.200 mainly stuck with black switches so we've done gunit G1 Mecca with black 00:02:38.040 --> 00:02:44.239 switches so uh what we decided to do this year is come up with a lot more 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:47.800 options for um people that want to buy red switches Brown switches Blue 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:53.000 switches so um here we're showing off the gunit um with different switches we 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:56.239 have a blue a red and a brown here um the red one here was showing off even 00:02:54.680 --> 00:03:00.959 the illuminated the full backlight version um so we really want to give 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:04.560 people more options because um since new key switches are coming out more and 00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:08.200 more um Brown and red have become really popular in the gaming market so we want 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:12.720 to be able to provide more people more options um depending on like if you want 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:16.159 it really heavy switch a light switch um just depends on what your preference is 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:20.080 now tell me if you tell me about if you wanted a headset that was designed in 00:03:18.440 --> 00:03:24.000 collaboration with BMW how would you address that customer can can you do 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.440 that for me I would say Let's uh look over here right now because I I think 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:31.439 that's a pretty tall order I'm throwing at you here mind you uh we we cheated a 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:35.239 little bit I I I I I did actually get a tour of the booth before we started you 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:38.439 know what let's put ourselves right here and I'll get you to stand right here and 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:42.640 you can talk about this I'm just going to lean over you here so tell me about 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:46.519 the level 10m gaming headset okay so we just unveiled this this morning at 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:51.200 computex in collaboration with BMW design Works USA it's our level 10m 00:03:48.799 --> 00:03:55.120 headset um it follows the design philosophy of what we've released in the 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:59.319 past the level 10m Mouse and the level 10 case and level 10 GT case from 00:03:57.519 --> 00:04:03.799 thermal take so we collaborated with them a lot of design philosophies went 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:09.680 in you can see it's a really um like heavy style like more um robust metal um 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:14.599 so we we decided that we're going to come out with a headset that's uh really 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:18.959 durable um really stylish and something that um a lot of people will enjoy so 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:21.840 show me some of the robustness like this looks like this looks like metal 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:26.520 components here that are part of the sliding mechanism and uh and show show 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:31.000 me the microphone the way it moves okay so yeah the um the main framework of the 00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:35.759 headset is alum umum so we want to keep it like lightweight but durable um and 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:42.560 really really hard uh mold injected plastic for the ear cups um has 40 M 4 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:44.560 40 mm uh sound drivers on it um and the 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:48.919 microphone is uh really really flexible so you can position it um it's got like 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:52.000 a joint in here you can position it depending on your preference you can 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:57.080 switch the cable from the left to right side pretty easily um sometimes you know 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:01.600 your desktop might be on the right or the left side so depending on how you 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:05.320 want the key board uh the the sorry the headset cable to to switch uh positions 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:08.720 you can do that with well I actually I mean the way that I configure my system 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:14.520 is I like to have my headphone cable draping across WD so that um so that I 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:17.360 can actually do both forward and back movement at the same time just by 00:05:15.960 --> 00:05:20.199 pressing on the cable do do you think that that's an optimal setup I I mean I 00:05:19.080 --> 00:05:25.919 don't think it's optimal but you can still do that with this headset awesome 00:05:22.880 --> 00:05:27.280 so I have the power yeah definitely so 00:05:25.919 --> 00:05:31.440 yeah definitely check this out uh we just announced it on uh this morning so 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:35.639 it's going to be out on of course you're covering it but you can uh also research 00:05:33.479 --> 00:05:38.840 it on our website uh it's straight on the front page awesome we got one more 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:43.039 thing that we want to have a look at over here so show us show us this 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:49.680 guy okay so for people that commute 00:05:47.880 --> 00:05:53.560 definitely sometime a problem is that you have to buy separate headphones 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:58.479 between gaming and commuting um you want to listen to music on the subway or the 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:03.759 the bus or whatever um so we designed a Bluetooth ready headset set um that's 00:06:00.880 --> 00:06:07.479 also compatible with gaming so so what you can do is uh it's a gaming headset 00:06:06.440 --> 00:06:14.000 first and foremost so you have the microphone but when you want to take it out on the go you can actually unplug 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:17.880 and have it Bluetooth ready with your phone so you can stream music from your 00:06:15.400 --> 00:06:21.520 phone in your pocket and just have it on wirelessly and so can you give us a 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:25.080 little can you give us a little twirl twirl here show show us yeah there thank 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:29.160 you do do a little turn on the catwalk yeah little model work and uh another 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:33.680 interesting thing about this is even if you don't really need the microphone you 00:06:30.919 --> 00:06:39.280 can detach the cable and plug straight into your PC so you have the option of 00:06:36.039 --> 00:06:41.599 using uh microphone no microphone PC 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:46.919 wireless and you can charge through USB so it's a really Sleek headset we're 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:51.280 kind of uh aiming to simplify the style a little bit so it's not so much a look 00:06:49.080 --> 00:06:54.520 at me when I'm commuting it's more of a just I want to relax I want to get ready 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:59.599 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 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:04.400 want like just for contrast guys thermaltake has such an enormous range 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:08.360 of products available on headsets here let's uh let's let's let's let's get 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:14.039 this let's get this up so if I didn't want to wear this on 00:07:11.440 --> 00:07:17.120 the subway I could wear that instead and I would have every I would have the 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:21.879 entire gamut of designed in collaboration with BMW and kind of 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:24.479 striking but very stylish I'd have that 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:29.520 sort of that wow holy crap look at this guy he's got a gold headset on and then 00:07:26.919 --> 00:07:32.599 you've got the more like uh you know some guy who just wants to chill and 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:37.160 though please don't look at me yeah I mean the design Philosophy for our company is that we want to have 00:07:35.440 --> 00:07:41.039 something for everyone whether you want to simple um Sleek design or you want 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.639 something a little bit more colorful a little bit more complicated I mean we 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:48.919 have something for everyone we have you know we have a headset for Xbox Gamers 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:53.560 we have um simplified mechanical keyboards for people that want a really 00:07:51.039 --> 00:07:57.159 like Sleek desktop so um we make something for everyone so it's it's kind 00:07:55.280 --> 00:08:00.840 of our design philosophy we keep coming out with new products and that's going 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:04.479 to hit a different style so that's what we're looking forward to it's not all 00:08:02.599 --> 00:08:09.639 style sometimes there's a performance reason for what you do so right here 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:13.599 what what have you done here exactly okay so uh Theon has been a really 00:08:11.960 --> 00:08:18.440 successful Mouse for us a lot of people like it so we want to offer um new color 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:22.840 options so we have uh white red and yellow coming out um with a glossy 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:26.440 finish so just depending on the style we have uh the old traditional Theon was uh 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:31.120 rubber coating so we wanted to add a little bit more options comes with the 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:35.839 same great laser sensor that's in um the the original Theon but here we have a 00:08:33.680 --> 00:08:40.919 new option which is a Theon infrared it has a new infrared Optical sensor and 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:44.760 this is uh built to improve tracking for your gaming but it's also lower cost 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:48.680 it's going to come out about $10 us cheaper than the original Theon was so 00:08:46.839 --> 00:08:56.040 it's a lower cost high performance option for this mouse so to be clear for 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:59.000 69 or $79.99 so for 80 bucks plus about 00:08:56.040 --> 00:09:03.320 55 bucks could you could you get a combo here that you you would feel comfortable 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:07.839 using regardless of who you you pretty much are yeah I mean it's simple enough 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:11.560 um but it's also stylish enough um to really take your game up to the next 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:15.160 level um I even actually game with these two uh Theon infrared and the Poseidon 00:09:13.959 --> 00:09:18.800 keyboard right now I play a lot of Starcraft so I'm really confident in the 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:22.760 fact that you can perform with these products so okay I actually didn't know 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:26.880 that I did not I did not cheat on that one so thank you very much for joining 00:09:25.079 --> 00:09:31.800 us this has been absolutely fantastic guys don't miss any of our computex 23 00:09:29.800 --> 00:09:34.959 coverage and again thank you very much thank you