1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:06,359 so today on my video blog we're going to be unboxing the Merc stealth keyboard 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:10,639 This is a steel series keyboard it's uh a fairly premium gaming keyboard and the 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:15,280 reason for that that they bring is what they bring to the table is a unique 4 00:00:12,719 --> 00:00:19,880 gaming terrain layout so what that means is they've got a whole section of this 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:25,080 keyboard that is dedicated entirely to gaming Keys okay it has red blue or 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:28,759 purple backlight and let's see what other interesting features they have on 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:33,160 the back yeah that's pretty much it okay it 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:36,760 supports simultaneous keystrokes like most gaming keyboards these days and to 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:42,200 be perfectly honest with you the only reason I'm opening this thing is because 10 00:00:38,559 --> 00:00:44,120 I want to see it uh the cameraman I have 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:48,000 uh substituting for the real cameraman today actually says that he's tried it 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:53,520 and it doesn't work for him because he uses some kind of like ancient old 13 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:57,640 school way of gaming where he uses like the right and left Mouse buttons to go 14 00:00:55,359 --> 00:01:02,239 forward and backwards and like a z to strafe left and right I was like what so 15 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:06,920 it didn't work for him but I think for someone who uses a more well okay less 16 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:11,680 traditional but more modern WD layout it might work so it comes with a steel 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:16,159 series sticker okay there it is it comes with a steel series uh terms and 18 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:19,880 conditions which I can't imagine you could possibly care about it comes with 19 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:24,240 a steel series professional gaming gear oh this is just a brochure of some of 20 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:28,400 their other products okay that's good and then it comes with uh download 21 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,799 software you know I really like to see this instead of a disc to be perfectly 22 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:35,920 honest most people have the internet these days you can go download the 23 00:01:33,799 --> 00:01:41,960 latest version of the software and we drivers and uh this is oh okay this is 24 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:45,759 like a manual how to use your Merc stealth so the Merc stealth is kind of 25 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:50,320 like the Merc except that it has a backlight and I think they've changed 26 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:54,079 the aesthetic of it slightly so before we look at the keyboard itself why don't 27 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:58,039 we just check out the cables that we have running out of the back here so I 28 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:01,759 just got to get this zip tie off and here we go so we got one thick cable 29 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:07,200 coming out of the Merc stealth and that plugs into a USB port on your computer 30 00:02:05,079 --> 00:02:10,440 as well as your headphone and mic jacks on the back of your computer so what 31 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,480 that means is that this keyboard does have support for a USB hub and then it 32 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:19,280 also has support for you to plug your headset and well your headset into the 33 00:02:17,879 --> 00:02:23,519 keyboard itself that just means you're able to run a shorter wire as opposed to 34 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:27,480 a lot of other keyboards which don't have that feature now you do have little 35 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,879 stands and if I can get the cameraman to kind of get like a weird angle on this 36 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:35,360 here from the side so you can see how much that elevates the keyboard versus 37 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,120 running it just flat like that there you go and then let's have a look at the 38 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:43,480 gaming terrain because besides the gaming terrain you've got a fairly bog 39 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:47,680 standard layout here okay tactile feedback on the keys but basically what 40 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:51,319 it comes down to is this part of the keyboard so actually I'm just going 41 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:56,280 going to go ahead and put my hands here so there's your WD there's your q& e so 42 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,440 to speak cuz they've got it sort of mapped out for you that way and then 43 00:02:58,239 --> 00:03:03,959 you've got tab caps lock I'm not sure who uses caps lock for gaming but uh 44 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:10,480 yeah I find it gets in the way more than anything else there's shift control so 45 00:03:07,959 --> 00:03:14,200 actually shift shift forward actually that's kind of neat so the way they've 46 00:03:11,959 --> 00:03:17,480 mapped it out basically is such that you've got a similar layout to here but 47 00:03:16,159 --> 00:03:21,080 it's supposed to be quite a bit more comfortable and more ergonomic to have 48 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,879 your hand coming in at this angle you've got far easier access to all of your 49 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:29,400 number keys so it means you're going to be able to reach all of your weapons far 50 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:33,360 more easily as well as access with your thumb to quite a few more keys than 51 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,640 you'd normally have so actually it's kind of a pretty cool looking feature 52 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:39,959 I'd like the cameraman to just kind of have like a quick look at the keyboard 53 00:03:38,239 --> 00:03:42,959 overall I don't see anything particularly stupid about the layout 54 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,599 like every once in a while you'll see something like a shortened shift key or 55 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:50,640 a short backspace key or something ridiculous like that doesn't have any of 56 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:55,360 those mistakes and we'll just have a quick look at the back and thank you for 57 00:03:53,079 --> 00:03:58,799 checking out my video blog on the steel series Merc stealth