Saitek Eclipse keyboard or Logitech G15??

IMO the G15 is overrated. It is basically a normal keyboard with an LCD and keys that light up. These features are mere selling points for the product and dont really enchance the "gaming experience"...in fact hardly any games even support it. Everything that can be shown on the LCD can be shown on the monitor it really makes no sense to me, in fact i'd rather have my ammo and game stats on the monitor rather then have to look down at the keyboard. Using it as a clock or to display song or movie titles seems quite unecessary as well, i mean cmon are we that lazy that we cant move the mouse a few inches when in a movie to see how much time is left? As for the backlit keypad, it is a nice touch cosmetically, but monitor light plenty to see the keys, no one had a problem with it before, why all of a sudden are people finding the need to have backlit keys. The bottom line is that the features dont justify the price tag and you can get a great keyboard for less then half the price.
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well some people that play dark games like FEAR and Quake or just stay up late at night w/ the light off, like the backlit and thier monitors cant give enough bright light to see all the keys clearly.(i had this problem w/ my old keyboard) thats y backlit is soo great..no need to turn on the room lights....
and thier are tons of games you can use the LCD with. thier is a G15 community out thier that programs the LCD to different games all you have to do it d/l em...for example BF2, CSS, AOE3, and even WOW. and even for other programs like speedfan and MBM5
also its nice to show the time and the CPU and memory usage so that you dont have it in the corner of your screen while playing a game which if you did would ruin the game....also it nice to show what song is playing w/o the little player thing blocking another window. or show wahts playing while you play a game. i kno many people that play a game while playing music.
and when playing a moving do you really want to miss somthing by minimizing the screen just to see the time. No. i liek just looking down for a a split sec to see the time but not miss a thing.
also it can add to the "gaming experience". like take wow for example. now poeple can do spells and what not in a single button press instead of doing multiple commands which make things easier and gives for fast pace game...
also take CSS. now istead of pressing 10+ different bottuns to buy everything you need and wasting time it only takes one button and you can start playing the game faster and no wories of messing up and buying the wrong things....
as for the price its worth every single penny. but of course its dumb to just get this keyboard if you want a regular one. Duh. its for the people that want something more from thier keyboard and if you arent that type of person then of course its not for you.
 
Mr.Suave said:
well some people that play dark games like FEAR and Quake or just stay up late at night w/ the light off, like the backlit and thier monitors cant give enough bright light to see all the keys clearly.(i had this problem w/ my old keyboard) thats y backlit is soo great..no need to turn on the room lights....
and thier are tons of games you can use the LCD with. thier is a G15 community out thier that programs the LCD to different games all you have to do it d/l em...for example BF2, CSS, AOE3, and even WOW. and even for other programs like speedfan and MBM5
also its nice to show the time and the CPU and memory usage so that you dont have it in the corner of your screen while playing a game which if you did would ruin the game....also it nice to show what song is playing w/o the little player thing blocking another window. or show wahts playing while you play a game. i kno many people that play a game while playing music.
and when playing a moving do you really want to miss somthing by minimizing the screen just to see the time. No. i liek just looking down for a a split sec to see the time but not miss a thing.
also it can add to the "gaming experience". like take wow for example. now poeple can do spells and what not in a single button press instead of doing multiple commands which make things easier and gives for fast pace game...
also take CSS. now istead of pressing 10+ different bottuns to buy everything you need and wasting time it only takes one button and you can start playing the game faster and no wories of messing up and buying the wrong things....
as for the price its worth every single penny. but of course its dumb to just get this keyboard if you want a regular one. Duh. its for the people that want something more from thier keyboard and if you arent that type of person then of course its not for you.
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macros can be made for games easily...you dont need a special keyboard that has nice little labels on the keys lol...and everything you mentioned you said its "nice" to have...well yea a solid gold toilet is nice to have but im not going to pay extra for it.
 
geoff5093 said:
Its bulkier because it has 54 programmable buttons, media functions, LCD display, and built in USB-Hub. If you looking at nothing bigger than a standard keyboard, then the G15 isnt for you. But if your a gamer, i highly suggest the G15. As of now it only support 2 games, but there will be
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By saying it supports 2 games, do you mean that those 2 games utilize the full potential of the LCD screen by like saying the chat messages or indicating how much health or how many bullets you have etc. ? What are those games?
 
spacedude89 said:
Save you money for an Optimus Keyboard.
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1) It's not out yet
2) When it will come out (end 2006), it will probably be too expensive to consider.
3) He probably can't wait until then :P
 
Phr3sH said:
macros can be made for games easily...you dont need a special keyboard that has nice little labels on the keys lol...and everything you mentioned you said its "nice" to have...well yea a solid gold toilet is nice to have but im not going to pay extra for it.
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exactly. it is nice to have and thats y people buy it and like it. thats y i said its for SOME poeple not ALL.
and technically all you need is the 85 standard keys. but its "nice" to have those extra keys(like the arrow keys, and numper pad) as you said. really you dont even "need" a mouse, or a computer,as a matter of fact, but its nice to have and makes life a little bit easier.;)

By saying it supports 2 games, do you mean that those 2 games utilize the full potential of the LCD screen by like saying the chat messages or indicating how much health or how many bullets you have etc. ? What are those games?
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depends on the game. and the two games i think are BF2 and Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood. and soon SIN Episodes.

btw the optimus keyboard. is that the one where all the keys are like little monitors that can change the sign and stuff?
 
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