SO MANY Macro Keys at CES 2018
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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thank you to groupernow for sponsoring this video at ces 2018 you can check out
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their symbios concept car in the description down below we're checking
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out the generation kb 170l and one other keyboard but you have to wait for that
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this one as you can see immediately has 66 macro keys at the top of the keyboard
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each one of those keys can take 220 character inputs you do that by
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switching a switch just right here on the back of the keyboard from program
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mode to keyboard mode and you can type all that kind of stuff in to program
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those individual keys there's only one profile for these keys but you easily
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switch to another mode by holding shift just like you would for any other key on
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the keyboard to switch to essentially another set of 66 more macro
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keys all of the keys at the top have these clear top covers on them so you
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can print out little cards for each one of them insert it under the top cover
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and then be able to reference what that's actually for in the future which
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is really helpful because well they're programmable keys so they're what you
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set them to not what they're pre-programmed for so they can't come with labels on them they are single shot
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abs keycaps naturally due to the cap on top of them and the standard qwerty keys
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are double shot keycaps and i want to show you guys something right here
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this whole keyboard if i try to grab it pretty firmly on each side and try to
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twist it it essentially doesn't twist at all and i'm giving it quite a bit of
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force i have seen drastically more keyboard twist in 10 keyless keyboards
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that don't have three rows of macro keys above it than this one does it's it's
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built quite well there's a metal plate throughout the entire thing so it weighs
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2.2 kilograms or 4.85 pounds that's a
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lot for a keyboard good for bashing zombies with or just staying where it's
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supposed to be on your desk they did however take some precautions in making
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it as compact as they could you can see compared to a standard keyboard there
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isn't this divide between the f keys and the normal qwerty keys they shrank that
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down whether that's a positive or a negative i'm not entirely sure
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personally i think my muscle memory would make it so that when i go to press
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escape i would end up pressing this macro key in the corner but you know
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making the macro keys at the very top actually more pressable it's probably a
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benefit for that so depends on you in terms of usability the switches are
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cherry mx blacks there's a usb pass-through port on the back of the
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keyboard and when you're in program mode there is a little light just next to num
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log caps lock and scroll lock so that you know that you're in program mode and
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not typing mode this keyboard was just announced at the show and will probably
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be available through amazon but just in case you can get it at dsi keyboards.com
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the backlit version will cost 340. and the non-backlit version will
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cost 280 290 around there next up we
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have the langen gk358 which as you can see it's quite water resistant it's an
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ip68 rated keyboard meaning that it can be submerged in up to 1.5 meters of
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water for 30 minutes but they don't know the maximum depth that it could be
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submerged for because it's made for like spills and stuff not
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actually gaming underwater they did say however that it can be under water to
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some degree for about up to a week which is pretty cool it's also only 30 bucks
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and features double shot injected keycaps and backlighting the back
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lighting is four different colors across the board not RGB leds but there is
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different lighting modes as well so if you hold the function key and press scroll lock it will change what lighting
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mode it's in we have experienced a couple glitches
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while sitting here but it seems to be only if you like get water on it and
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then lift it up vertically so the water goes up into the key caps that there is
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any problem so if you spill stuff on your keyboard maybe don't like
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pour the water into the top of the keycaps and you'll probably be fine it
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does also feature an actually pretty nice colored metal top but there is a
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little bit of flex actually a fair amount of flex it is a 30 dollar
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keyboard so i maybe wouldn't worry about that too much if this is the price range
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that you're shopping for it features an optical switch i have not personally
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seen before manufactured by a taiwanese company called everlight other notable
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features is that there's RGB lighting along the sides of the keyboards which
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is pretty cool it's only two milliseconds of delay and this metal
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plate comes in either black or blue it will be available on alibaba or
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bbr86.com so cool there's a keyboard that you can
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use literally underwater i'm typing right now and i can see it on the screen
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over there pretty sweet if you're more interested in things outside of the water however i'm going to bring back
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our sponsor group renault for sponsoring this video Linus went to go check out
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their symbios car in france not that long ago and he was able to experience
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level four automation that means he was able to sit in the driver's seat and not
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drive he just used his laptop while he was sitting there and it drove him down
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real roads in france with other cars on it really cool there's also tons of
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other cool tech inside of the car so be sure to check that out up here or
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possibly down in the link below i'll see you guys next time like this video if
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you liked it dislike it if you dislike it get subscribed all that fun stuff and
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i already said i'll see you next time so i guess uh i don't really have anything else to
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say bye