{"video_id":"r_QstjkKfEY","title":"Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2010-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":383,"segments":[{"start_s":0.56,"end_s":6.799,"text":"Okay, so today we're going to be doing a quick unboxing of the Microsoft Reclusa","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.96,"end_s":10.8,"text":"keyboard. Now, you can see here based on the cameraman zooming in on nothing but","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.559,"end_s":15.44,"text":"this, that it is powered by Razer and it has Razer hyper response gaming key","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.28,"end_s":19.359,"text":"action with customizable gaming controls and profile management. So, what","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.92,"end_s":24.08,"text":"Microsoft is saying about this keyboard is that it contains an enhanced English","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.039,"end_s":25.76,"text":"104 key layout and it is engineered for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.08,"end_s":29.199,"text":"gaming, which basically means yeah, that's the powered by Razer part because","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.439,"end_s":33.44,"text":"Razer makes gaming peripherals and Microsoft makes office peripherals as","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.519,"end_s":37.36,"text":"far as I can tell. Mind you, Microsoft has some newer stuff that's pretty cool","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.88,"end_s":40.879,"text":"for like gaming products, too. So, here we go. Hyper response key action reduces","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.2,"end_s":44.079,"text":"key latency, maximizing response. You got profile management, so you can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.239,"end_s":48.079,"text":"create and store key mapping and macros for each game profile. Blue back lit","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":46.079,"end_s":54.079,"text":"keys for low light conditions. Great. And then two goldplated USB ports. Two.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":51.6,"end_s":57.32,"text":"Huh. Okay. Great. All right. And then over here we have customizable gaming","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.92,"end_s":62.879,"text":"controls with two 360° jog dials, one on each side for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.48,"end_s":66.32,"text":"quick access during heated game play. Then you have four bumper keys, two on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":64.96,"end_s":71.92,"text":"either side of the keyboard with an easy reach of the standard gaming keys. Now,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":69.439,"end_s":76.88,"text":"I have to question how these are within reach of any sort of standard gaming key","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":74.0,"end_s":81.2,"text":"because as far as I know, most standard gamers are using these. So, these are in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.52,"end_s":84.64,"text":"reach. Oh, my battery's low. This is going to fail. Okay, so we have six","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":82.799,"end_s":87.84,"text":"hotkeys. One touch of a customized hotkey executes multiple keystrokes in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":86.479,"end_s":91.36,"text":"place. So, basically, these are macro keys. And I'm not going to open the box","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":89.68,"end_s":95.439,"text":"yet because I can see that the battery is low and I'm going to have to just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":92.72,"end_s":100.479,"text":"like do a transition here or something. And we're back. So, now we're going to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":97.24,"end_s":103.36,"text":"actually open the box. There we go. This","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":100.479,"end_s":107.759,"text":"is the unboxing part of the unboxing now that we've already had the product","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":105.119,"end_s":115.119,"text":"overview part of the unboxing. So, there goes the box. And here comes the second","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":111.72,"end_s":120.159,"text":"box. Yeah. Okay. So, the first thing we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":115.119,"end_s":123.28,"text":"find inside is ah CDs, which we get out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":120.159,"end_s":124.719,"text":"by doing this. There we go. So, we have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":123.28,"end_s":128.8,"text":"a Microsoft gaming keyboard with software. Reclus I don't even know what","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.719,"end_s":133.04,"text":"this is. Oh, it's a manual. So, you should plug it into the USB port. Uh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":131.12,"end_s":137.84,"text":"install the software, configure the keyboard,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":134.2,"end_s":139.52,"text":"and awesome. Okay. Next, we have the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":137.84,"end_s":144.319,"text":"contents. The getting Oh, the getting started guide. So, to reduce the risk of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":142.04,"end_s":148.72,"text":"injury, something about compliance with EU something. Okay. Reclusive gaming","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":146.48,"end_s":151.64,"text":"keyboard driver disc. Do not use this. Download the latest drivers from","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.319,"end_s":154.959,"text":"www.razerzone.com. razorone.com. I guess Microsoft would","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":153.76,"end_s":159.84,"text":"probably have the drivers hosted somewhere like on their site too.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.48,"end_s":163.28,"text":"I not sure to be perfectly honest. That's the thing about these hybrid","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":161.12,"end_s":167.92,"text":"products where it's like one company's branding but powered by some other","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":165.28,"end_s":171.68,"text":"company who did probably most of the design work. It's like well like who","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":170.4,"end_s":177.2,"text":"supports it at that point? I guess Microsoft. Ooh, this is nice. It's all","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":173.92,"end_s":178.72,"text":"like it's all leathery and like rubbery","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.2,"end_s":182.319,"text":"leathery. You can see I can actually like press it down. That's kind of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.879,"end_s":187.2,"text":"comfy. I'm going to have to try that out before the video is over. It's It's kind","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":184.8,"end_s":192.959,"text":"of a nice wrist rest. Okay. Well, that was fun. Okay. Now, let's get to the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":189.2,"end_s":195.84,"text":"reclusa keyboard itself. So, this cord","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":192.959,"end_s":200.879,"text":"has to somehow come out of here. And as soon as I get that figured out, I will","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":197.519,"end_s":204.159,"text":"lift the keyboard out of the brown box.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":200.879,"end_s":206.72,"text":"And then I will take special note of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":204.159,"end_s":210.159,"text":"no choke. Do not let your baby take this bag, put it over its head, and then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":208.239,"end_s":215.36,"text":"throw throw throw away the baby or the Oh, no. They're telling you throw away","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":212.4,"end_s":220.72,"text":"the bag so that the baby doesn't get it. Okay. Awesome. So, we can peel off this.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":218.319,"end_s":224.159,"text":"So, that's very shiny. Okay. You can see we have the usual shine shot. So, you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":222.879,"end_s":228.08,"text":"can see how shiny the top of the keyboard is. It's a very weird shape,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":226.4,"end_s":232.64,"text":"this keyboard. Actually, maybe it'll look a little bit better once we put the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":230.4,"end_s":237.36,"text":"uh the wrist rest on. But it's like a very like it's seems very oval compared","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.76,"end_s":241.76,"text":"to a normal keyboard, which would seem more square. And another thing that I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":238.959,"end_s":245.92,"text":"notic about it is that it's really heavy compared to most new keyboards, which is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":243.92,"end_s":249.2,"text":"kind of it's kind of nice because it has that quality feel. Oh, here's a feature","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":247.76,"end_s":254.799,"text":"that I didn't know it had. Check this out. You have cable routing, like cable","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":252.239,"end_s":258.239,"text":"management uh ports all along the bottom of the keyboard. So, you can route a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":256.72,"end_s":262.96,"text":"bunch of different cables anywhere you want them to go. 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Well, I mean, this is okay, but you can see clearly","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":283.84,"end_s":289.919,"text":"here that my left wrist comes off of the off of the wrist rest, which is too bad","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":287.84,"end_s":294.32,"text":"because it's very comfortable. So, here are all the basic features. We have the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.0,"end_s":297.04,"text":"what appears to be a volume dial here. No, that's not a volume dial. I don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.68,"end_s":303.44,"text":"know what it is, but it's plus minus there. You can spin the dial. Okay. Then, we have some hot keys here. Then,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.96,"end_s":308.0,"text":"we have those other keys here. And then we have WD. This is all blue back lit","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":306.32,"end_s":313.12,"text":"when you plug it in. It's a fairly standard layout and the keys um there's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":311.759,"end_s":317.44,"text":"a fair bit of travel and they're a little bit stiff, but I'd say overall they're quite comfortable to type on.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":315.919,"end_s":321.759,"text":"Not too loud, too, which is nice if you're a late night gamer and there are other people in your house who don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":320.0,"end_s":325.12,"text":"like to hear your late night gaming. So, we've got a few more keys over here.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":323.36,"end_s":328.24,"text":"These look like media eject. They've got a few pre-programmed stuff here. Things","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":327.039,"end_s":332.88,"text":"here. These are your back and forward buttons, which are apparently supposedly","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":330.24,"end_s":335.919,"text":"easily accessible while you're gaming. Now, I'm sure there was something else I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":334.639,"end_s":339.44,"text":"was going to say about this. Maybe the cameraman can prompt me. Or maybe","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":337.68,"end_s":342.88,"text":"there's nothing. Maybe that was all I had to say about it. Thank you for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.88,"end_s":347.0,"text":"checking out my unboxing and product overview of the Microsoft Reclusive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":345.199,"end_s":351.12,"text":"keyboard powered by Razer. I finally remember the thing I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":349.6,"end_s":357.12,"text":"wanted to do. I had mentioned before this keyboard is so heavy, but I pulled","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":354.24,"end_s":362.56,"text":"out my benchmark, my benchmark golden standard for heaviest keyboard ever,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":359.68,"end_s":366.96,"text":"this like fossilized Model M. And I'm still giving the nod to the Model M,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":364.72,"end_s":369.919,"text":"both in terms of key switch quality, of course, because it's the best. Oh, don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":368.319,"end_s":373.36,"text":"get too close to that. This is This isn't mine. I just received this as a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.24,"end_s":378.72,"text":"handme-down from someone. I'm going to run it through the dishwasher first. I don't even know if I want to admit to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":376.4,"end_s":384.199,"text":"owning this keyboard, but the point is that it is still heavier than the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":381.199,"end_s":384.199,"text":"Reclusa.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Okay, so today we're going to be doing a quick unboxing of the Microsoft Reclusa keyboard. Now, you can see here based on the cameraman zooming in on nothing but this, that it is powered by Razer and it has Razer hyper response gaming key action with customizable gaming controls and profile management. So, what Microsoft is saying about this keyboard is that it contains an enhanced English 104 key layout and it is engineered for gaming, which basically means yeah, that's the powered by Razer part because Razer makes gaming peripherals and Microsoft makes office peripherals as far as I can tell. Mind you, Microsoft has some newer stuff that's pretty cool for like gaming products, too. So, here we go. Hyper response key action reduces key latency, maximizing response. You got profile management, so you can create and store key mapping and macros for each game profile. Blue back lit keys for low light conditions. Great. And then two goldplated USB ports. Two. Huh. Okay. Great. All right. And then over here we have customizable gaming controls with two 360° jog dials, one on each side for quick access during heated game play. Then you have four bumper keys, two on either side of the keyboard with an easy reach of the standard gaming keys. Now, I have to question how these are within reach of any sort of standard gaming key because as far as I know, most standard gamers are using these. So, these are in reach. Oh, my battery's low. This is going to fail. Okay, so we have six hotkeys. One touch of a customized hotkey executes multiple keystrokes in place. So, basically, these are macro keys. And I'm not going to open the box yet because I can see that the battery is low and I'm going to have to just like do a transition here or something. And we're back. So, now we're going to actually open the box. There we go. This is the unboxing part of the unboxing now that we've already had the product overview part of the unboxing. So, there goes the box. And here comes the second box. Yeah. Okay. So, the first thing we find inside is ah CDs, which we get out by doing this. There we go. So, we have a Microsoft gaming keyboard with software. Reclus I don't even know what this is. Oh, it's a manual. So, you should plug it into the USB port. Uh, install the software, configure the keyboard, and awesome. Okay. Next, we have the contents. The getting Oh, the getting started guide. So, to reduce the risk of injury, something about compliance with EU something. Okay. Reclusive gaming keyboard driver disc. Do not use this. Download the latest drivers from www.razerzone.com. razorone.com. I guess Microsoft would probably have the drivers hosted somewhere like on their site too. I not sure to be perfectly honest. That's the thing about these hybrid products where it's like one company's branding but powered by some other company who did probably most of the design work. It's like well like who supports it at that point? I guess Microsoft. Ooh, this is nice. It's all like it's all leathery and like rubbery leathery. You can see I can actually like press it down. That's kind of comfy. I'm going to have to try that out before the video is over. It's It's kind of a nice wrist rest. Okay. Well, that was fun. Okay. Now, let's get to the reclusa keyboard itself. So, this cord has to somehow come out of here. And as soon as I get that figured out, I will lift the keyboard out of the brown box. And then I will take special note of the no choke. Do not let your baby take this bag, put it over its head, and then throw throw throw away the baby or the Oh, no. They're telling you throw away the bag so that the baby doesn't get it. Okay. Awesome. So, we can peel off this. So, that's very shiny. Okay. You can see we have the usual shine shot. So, you can see how shiny the top of the keyboard is. It's a very weird shape, this keyboard. Actually, maybe it'll look a little bit better once we put the uh the wrist rest on. But it's like a very like it's seems very oval compared to a normal keyboard, which would seem more square. And another thing that I notic about it is that it's really heavy compared to most new keyboards, which is kind of it's kind of nice because it has that quality feel. Oh, here's a feature that I didn't know it had. Check this out. You have cable routing, like cable management uh ports all along the bottom of the keyboard. So, you can route a bunch of different cables anywhere you want them to go. You looks like you can even take out these little routing brackets here, but that prevents the keyboard from being propped up on the cable when you flip it over. That's kind of nice. Okay, so we've attached the wrist rest and oh, this is stupid. Okay, so this wrist rest, you see how it's symmetrical? It would be perfect if my hand sat here when I was typing. Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture? No good. Okay. Well, I mean, this is okay, but you can see clearly here that my left wrist comes off of the off of the wrist rest, which is too bad because it's very comfortable. So, here are all the basic features. We have the what appears to be a volume dial here. No, that's not a volume dial. I don't know what it is, but it's plus minus there. You can spin the dial. Okay. Then, we have some hot keys here. Then, we have those other keys here. And then we have WD. This is all blue back lit when you plug it in. It's a fairly standard layout and the keys um there's a fair bit of travel and they're a little bit stiff, but I'd say overall they're quite comfortable to type on. Not too loud, too, which is nice if you're a late night gamer and there are other people in your house who don't like to hear your late night gaming. So, we've got a few more keys over here. These look like media eject. They've got a few pre-programmed stuff here. Things here. These are your back and forward buttons, which are apparently supposedly easily accessible while you're gaming. Now, I'm sure there was something else I was going to say about this. Maybe the cameraman can prompt me. Or maybe there's nothing. Maybe that was all I had to say about it. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and product overview of the Microsoft Reclusive keyboard powered by Razer. I finally remember the thing I wanted to do. I had mentioned before this keyboard is so heavy, but I pulled out my benchmark, my benchmark golden standard for heaviest keyboard ever, this like fossilized Model M. And I'm still giving the nod to the Model M, both in terms of key switch quality, of course, because it's the best. Oh, don't get too close to that. This is This isn't mine. I just received this as a handme-down from someone. I'm going to run it through the dishwasher first. I don't even know if I want to admit to owning this keyboard, but the point is that it is still heavier than the Reclusa."}