{"video_id":"HNYB5pDxj_I","title":"Razer Black Widow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2011-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":519,"segments":[{"start_s":0.799,"end_s":8.559,"text":"today we have a product that it seems like everyone and their dog is excited","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.799,"end_s":14.759,"text":"about this is a mechanical keyboard from Razer this is the Black Widow ultimate","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.559,"end_s":17.52,"text":"and uh it is a self-described mechanical","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.759,"end_s":23.359,"text":"gaming keyboard for gamers by Gamers it has a mechanical key architecture for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.52,"end_s":25.359,"text":"Superior tactility and faster response","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.359,"end_s":29.56,"text":"okay it this has fully programmable 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and the Black Widow so I want the camera to get really close and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":429.68,"end_s":431.84,"text":"just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":433.039,"end_s":439.12,"text":"listen so you can really hear distinct click to the key on the Black Widow","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":437.72,"end_s":441.8,"text":"ultimate and then I want you guys to listen to the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":442.0,"end_s":448.16,"text":"7g so you don't really have that that click so just because there's one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":446.639,"end_s":451.56,"text":"mechanical key switch and another mechanical key switch doesn't mean","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":449.879,"end_s":456.84,"text":"they're identical it's worthwhile doing a little bit of research and as I always","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":454.319,"end_s":461.319,"text":"tell anyone buying a keyboard you should always find some way to 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slipping on this side you find nothing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":486.12,"end_s":490.759,"text":"of note same goes for the back and then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":489.12,"end_s":494.199,"text":"on the other side that's where you find the USB port so that is a single pass","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":493.08,"end_s":499.28,"text":"through Port so I'm going to go ahead and assume hopefully I'm not wrong that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":496.199,"end_s":501.84,"text":"it is USB 2.0 which is personally I'd","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":499.28,"end_s":505.8,"text":"take that over a USB 1.1 Hub which we find in most keyboards any day and then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":504.28,"end_s":509.84,"text":"we've also got our pass through for the microphone as well as the headphone jack","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":508.599,"end_s":513.279,"text":"so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Black Widow ultimate","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":511.759,"end_s":517.839,"text":"don't forget to subscribe to Lis Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":515.2,"end_s":520.719,"text":"other videos about computer and gaming stuff","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"today we have a product that it seems like everyone and their dog is excited about this is a mechanical keyboard from Razer this is the Black Widow ultimate and uh it is a self-described mechanical gaming keyboard for gamers by Gamers it has a mechanical key architecture for Superior tactility and faster response okay it this has fully programmable keys with on the-fly macro recording five additional gaming keys with individually back key so you can see the whole keyboard is actually back lit and let's move around to the side see what it has to say for itself 35 Megs of free hard disk space PC with USB ports okay so these are pretty pretty tame system requirements uh we'll move along to oh I want to show you guys this so this is razer's classification of this particular keyboard This is in their Elite Series uh so it's one step up from expert two steps up from essential so it is definitely not essential to have a keyboard like this but is certainly Elite all right so individually backlick Keys 10 customizable software profiles with on the-fly Switching easy access media Keys which will show you in a minute earphone out and microphone in Jacks built into the keyboard fully programmable Keys 5 plus additional gaming Keys mechanical key okay so these are gaming optimized key Matrix for minimized ghosting H okay you know what if someone can leave a comment on the video and tell me exactly what they mean like that by that that would be fantastic okay English so one 1,00 Hertz Ultra pulling so 1 millisecond response time 50 G's 50 grams of actuation force required for the keys so if you're into mechanical keyboards you probably have some context for that um more repeats of stuff we've seen already and uh here we go tactile tap feedback when actuated optimize actuation force of 50 g rapid key Snapback after keystroke execution and a lifespan of up to 50 million keystrokes so there is the benefit of a mechanical keyboard in a nutshell so let's break the seal on this guy and have a look at what all the fuss is about all right Razer is pretty much the packaging experts I mean look at this they even got green on the inside of the box and I always enjoy open opening up their boxes because they've always kind of they always throw something new at me so the first thing we see here this is quite obvious is we should take this out okay all right okay I guess that gives us access to something okay let's take the take the keyboard out okay well it's not their best work I've seen better I think their finest was the the Mamba the Mamba had just a phenomenal package but the presentation is still quite slick you know you've got your overall uh completely black interior on the packaging which always makes everything look higher performance cuz everyone knows if it's you know you paint it black it goes faster and all that good stuff okay so ahead and put that away all right here we go so here's the package for gamers by Gamers razerzone.com here we go black widow ultimate welcome to the cult of Razor here is a certificate of authentic next you have a quick start guide which probably involves instructions like plug the USB port into the computer uh or plug the USB cable into the port okay here's a master guide uh probably a number of languages in here yes there are okay we have a couple of razor stickers and I believe these are UV reactive last time I checked which is pretty cool as well as a razor product catalog if you like this one then you can check out some of their other stuff all right so that's it for included accessories does not come with one of these fortunately what a brat okay now let's check out the keyboard itself which I have been quite anxious to have a look at so first let's see the included cables going to pull this plastic sleeve off if I can I can do that do not cut tape like that at home quite hazardous okay here we go so the included cables are two USB so that's probably going to be one for the built-in Hub ah yes there we go so there's port and then that one's labeled uh razor and then we have a microphone Jack as well as a headphone jack so that's for the pass throughs that are coming up through the keyboard which I will have to find at some point okay and it's not a hub it's just a single port but we'll get to that later so here are your programmable Keys five of them over here all right here are all of your back lit keys so you can clearly see the part that is back lit because it's a slightly different color from anything that's drawn directly on the key so for example uh this character is not back lit whereas this one is up here same thing F7 is back lit but this media key thing is not here's all of your media controls uh built into the F Keys up here now this is an interesting choice you know what here conveniently I have a steel series 7g which we can use as a side to side comparison with the black widow since that was kind of the uh the reigning mechanical gaming keyboard okay so the razor keyboard adds a few things over the 7g so you got the backlit Keys which is huge P I personally think that's enormous you've got the programmable gaming Keys which I also think is a huge advantage and then let's have a look at what is different between these two so first of all I like the layout of the Razer keyboard better because of one simple thing and that's this fullsize backspace key they haven't done anything Goofy with the layout of the keyboard you've got a fulls size shift you've got a fulls sizee shift you've got a fulls size backspace key and a uh and a long and a wide enter so that I like right off the bat here's one that I think is kind of a funny decision though cuz you look both steel series and razor have included one uh function key instead of a Windows key so steel series puts theirs here and the fun keys for accessing the media controls and whatnot whereas Razer has decided to leave the Windows key here right next to all of your gaming Keys strange decision and put their function key here so that's the one thing that I would probably question about the layout although when I'm typing and really mechanical keyboards are made for typing I mean most keyboards are made for typing but they really are uh so when you're typing I'd take that longer backspace over the uh misplacement of the Windows key any day now you can hear that the keystrokes are quite different between the 7g and the Black Widow so I want the camera to get really close and just listen so you can really hear distinct click to the key on the Black Widow ultimate and then I want you guys to listen to the 7g so you don't really have that that click so just because there's one mechanical key switch and another mechanical key switch doesn't mean they're identical it's worthwhile doing a little bit of research and as I always tell anyone buying a keyboard you should always find some way to test drive it before you actually purchase it I like the finish of the Black Widow although I don't know how fingerprint proof it's going to be but that's just pretty much something that if you're if you're used to running razor peripherals you're probably already used to you've got a couple of little legs back here for tilting the keyboard up should you so desire and then if you don't have those up you've also got 1 2 3 4 five rubber pads on the bottom of it to keep it from slipping on this side you find nothing of note same goes for the back and then on the other side that's where you find the USB port so that is a single pass through Port so I'm going to go ahead and assume hopefully I'm not wrong that it is USB 2.0 which is personally I'd take that over a USB 1.1 Hub which we find in most keyboards any day and then we've also got our pass through for the microphone as well as the headphone jack so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Black Widow ultimate don't forget to subscribe to Lis Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other videos about computer and gaming stuff"}