1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,480 Here at the Razer booth, we're checking out the Orb Weaver. This is a very 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:11,440 premium, we're talking over $100, dedicated game pack. Welcome to Linus 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:15,200 Tech Tips at CES 2013. Our trip to the show this year is powered by Corsair, 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:19,680 maker of quality PC components and peripherals. Our trusted storage partner 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,720 is Seagate Technology, and our trusted networking partner is Lynxys. 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:31,760 It offers some functionality that a keyboard just plain can't because of the 7 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:35,920 ergonomics of a game pad like this. Now, they've also taken some of the design 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:41,280 concepts that came from newer products like the Oro Boros in terms of allowing 9 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:46,160 better ergonomics depending on the size and shape of your hands. So, what makes 10 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:49,760 this a premium game pad? Well, it's got green LED backlights. It's got a 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:56,399 beautiful matte finish. Other than that, check this out, guys. Cherry MX blue 12 00:00:53,199 --> 00:00:58,879 switches all over the place. These are 13 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:03,039 all fully custom key caps so that you can comfortably reach all of them. And 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:08,000 it is fully mechanical. Even the D-pad on the side right here is mechanical. It 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:12,960 is 8way mechanical. So it's not kind of an emulated in between diagonals. No, it 16 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:17,840 actually has dedicated diagonals. It's fully compatible with Synapse 2.0, which 17 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:22,240 means you can program any key to do anything you want to. Whether it's just 18 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:25,759 remapping it, whether it's a macro, you can even, it even has a shift 19 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:33,119 functionality. So if you want more than 20 fully programmable keys, you can go 20 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:36,479 shift over here and program another set 21 00:01:33,119 --> 00:01:38,880 of 20 key functions. So you can do 40 22 00:01:36,479 --> 00:01:43,040 things with this game pad alone, which is very, very impressive. Now, I want to 23 00:01:41,119 --> 00:01:46,159 show you guys how the adjustability works. Down here, you got a couple 24 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:52,640 little buttons. You got one right here. So you can pop this out. There's four settings from XL, L, medium, small, and 25 00:01:51,119 --> 00:01:56,079 then this guy right here has a button that slides out in four settings right 26 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:59,680 here. The unit is extremely well built overall, and it feels very solid, which 27 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:03,840 is good because the gaming peripherals can get thrown around a little bit. And 28 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:07,840 it has, look at this. This is a rubber surface. These are rubber surfaces. 29 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:12,560 These are rubber surfaces. You put this thing down, it's not going anywhere. I'm 30 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:16,640 pushing on it really hard. Okay, so there you go. Adjustability wise. So, 31 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:22,480 I'm going to put it down as low as it goes. There you go. I can reach 32 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:26,480 comfortably. I can reach D3. I can reach 18. No problem. Now, what we're going to 33 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:30,239 do is we're going to put Slick's hand on this thing. Yeah, that's not going to 34 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:33,440 work. That's not going to fly, folks. No, not going to work. Okay, so we're 35 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:39,120 going to go ahead going to expand it for his baseball mitts. Slick, tell me what 36 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:44,160 you think now. That's a lot better. There we go. That's more like it. So, it 37 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:47,440 actually will work no matter what your hand size is. And I'm just trying to 38 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:53,440 think if there's any Ah, yes. I'm missing one more thing about the customizability. This pin right here. 39 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:57,760 Pop that out. And you can actually adjust the positioning of the palm or 40 00:02:55,519 --> 00:03:00,480 the the inside of your palm rest as well. So, if you want a more flat 41 00:02:58,959 --> 00:03:04,239 profile, whereas you could see the way Slick held it was more like this. I 42 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:08,080 would probably hold it more flat. However, you can even put it in free 43 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:12,400 play mode by simply pulling out the pin and then you can adjust it or however 44 00:03:10,239 --> 00:03:15,040 you want and just have it just sit there and well, I already called it free play 45 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:19,760 mode and that's what it's called, so I don't have another word for it. I think that pretty much covers everything that 46 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:23,599 we can say about the Orb Weaver from Razer. Don't forget to check out all of 47 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:28,000 our CES 2013 coverage by subscribing to Linus Tech Tips. 48 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:35,000 Thanks for watching Linus Tech Tips at CES 2013, powered by Corsair, Seagate 49 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,000 Technology, and Lynxys.