1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,560 This coverage of CES 2017 is brought to you by FreshBooks, the number one cloud 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:10,880 accounting software for freelancers that lets you save time, get paid faster, and 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:14,639 get more organized. Check it out at the link in the video 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:20,400 description. We're here in the Corsair booth and they're showing off the 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:24,560 K95 RGB. Wait, both of those products already exist. No, this is the K95 RGB 6 00:00:23,039 --> 00:00:31,279 Platinum, which is totally different from the other K95 and K95 RGB. This 7 00:00:28,599 --> 00:00:34,399 one has a piece of plastic inside it from when I dropped it before we 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:38,239 started, but don't tell anybody. It's a It'll be our little secret. There are 9 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:45,200 also some other differences. So now, in addition to individually RGB backlit 10 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:47,200 keys, the keyboard now has a logo and a 11 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:52,719 strip at the top that are, as the kids say, lit, but in RGB. They have also 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:58,000 altered the macro keys on the left, reducing them from 18 to a mere six, 13 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:02,719 which will disappoint Terran from my team and according to Corsair's market 14 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:07,200 research, pretty much nobody else. Macro keys. Macro key. Keyboard. Keyboard. 15 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:10,479 Keyboard. Because most people can't reach any further than the rightmost 16 00:01:08,799 --> 00:01:14,320 column of macro keys while they're gaming. But let me know in the comments 17 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:19,119 if you guys disagree with that. They've altered the spacebar, putting a textured 18 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:23,200 finish on it that I personally am really not a huge fan of. But some of the 19 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:27,759 staples of Corsair's keyboards do remain, including their dedicated media 20 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:32,479 keys and that nice kind of knurled metal scroll wheel. One big change I am a fan 21 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:38,079 of that has to do with texture is the wrist rest. It now has either kind of a 22 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:42,000 dimpled texture on the one side or a more coarse texture on the other side. 23 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:46,079 It's got a really nice rubberized finish and the whole thing mounts with magnets. 24 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,840 Whichever way you choose to put it on, it feels and looks really premium. You 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:53,920 can't even tell it's reversible until you reverse it and you're like, "Oh, I like this one better." Or, "Oh, I hate 26 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:57,040 this one. I'm going to put it back." That's not to say that I like everything 27 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:02,560 about the wrist rest. So, on the bottom, you find a cable management cross for 28 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:06,079 your uh headphones so that they can run under your keyboard if you like having 29 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,920 your headphone wire come up between your hands while you're gaming. But 30 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:13,200 unfortunately, the implementation on the bottom of the wrist rest is not as good 31 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,280 as on the rest of the bottom of the keyboard with no clips to hold the wire 32 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:21,120 in place, meaning that you'll either be constantly fidgeting with it or it might 33 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:24,480 end up under the rubber stoppers at the bottom causing the wrist rest to move 34 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,599 around a little bit. Another thing I'm not a huge fan of down here is the fact 35 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:31,920 that they've gone with the cheapo plastic clips for the wrist rest that 36 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:36,239 inevitably get broken. And given that this is such a nice wrist rest that I'd 37 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:40,080 love to use forever, I find that a little disappointing. Other than that, 38 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:44,480 it's got a USB pass through, and there's not really a whole lot else to say 39 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:49,120 except it's not entirely reliant on software for the RGB lighting anymore. 40 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:52,959 You got to set it up with Q. But once you do that, it can store up to three 41 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:56,959 profiles for all your macro settings as well as your lighting effects that you 42 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:01,280 can switch between with a configurable macro within Q that you can save on the 43 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:05,360 keyboard. So, the onboard memory has been beefed up 44 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:09,760 significantly. It'll be available in two different colors, black worldwide and 45 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:15,120 black and gunmetal in the US. 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