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  • DanNeely - Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - link

    I'm definitely interested in seeing a review for this one.
  • Zingam - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    It's big and it's ugly and it's boring.
  • sonny73n - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    @zingam
    If you have nothing good to say, please shut up. It’s the new tech we’re interested in which imbeciles might find it boring.
  • hanselltc - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link

    Well he is not wrong. Take a look at Wooting. I don't know about quality and such because I haven't used it, but it is a TKL board, looks much simpler and has its optical "analog" switches in all keys. And you can switch switches.

    Worse still, if anyone knows how to make a small, beautiful and exciting keyboard, it is Cooler Master. Look Masterkey Pro M. Combine that board with these "analog" switches? Gosh I am already gushing all over.
  • hanselltc - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - link

    I forgot wireless!
  • rocky12345 - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    It looks far better than some of the stuff out there now & it's nice to see a new keyboard that is not trying to look retro like so many do now days.
  • nerd1 - Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - link

    Why just WASD keys? I always use custom layout which makes this keyboard totally useless to me
  • WorldWithoutMadness - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    So they can rip people off this year and release an 'upgrade' next year
  • Zingam - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    Would anybody offer detachable num keys or put them on the left? In 21st century we use a mouse on the right...
  • Lord of the Bored - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    Oh man! Analog inputs for fine directional control! What a revolution!
    This is a great first step, but I wonder if we could iterate on this and improve it. Maybe add some sort of lever above the buttons to increase the travel so there's more precise control over the analog range. It'd also be pretty fun to use. It'd be awkward for typing, though. Probably better if this "joy stick" was a discrete module set to the side.
    ...
    Wait a second. I don't think this is really a new idea at all. I think it is a clumsy hack to get around the fact that PC GAMERS ARE IDIOTS THAT HATE DECENT INPUT DEVICES.
  • BurntMyBacon - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    Yes. The ability to use keyboard, mouse, keypad, touchpad, trackball, joystick/flight system, wheel, gamepad, 3d/rudder devices, 3D mouse (I.E. SpacePilot Pro), smart pen, smartpad, kinect, or any combination thereof to suit our purposes is just a clumsy hack and far inferior to the typical gamepad only console setup. I wish we could just plug an XBOX ONE controller into the PC so we wouldn't have to use all the other clumsy hack devices (O_O).

    Note: This is in no way an endorsement for analog keys on a keyboard. Can't imagine it would make for a good typing experience. Putting them on a separate keypad device like the Razor Orbweaver (without the cloud based synapse software) would be more interesting.
  • CMreyes - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    Hey @BurntMyBacon typing experience would be the same as typing on any Cherry MX red keyboard and we aren't trying to change the way you game, but rather enhance your experience:)
  • Lord of the Bored - Saturday, January 13, 2018 - link

    I'm not saying consoles are the one true way. Just that the typical PC gamer attitude of "keyboard and mouse or GTFO" is... ugly. They keyboard is the device you are guaranteed to have, and should definitely be supported, but I've never understood people's insistence that it is the best controller ever and everything else is for posers.
    Hell, it isn't even the best option for TEXT ENTRY, which is what it was designed to do.

    This is just polishing a turd, and I miss the days when a nice analog joystick was considered a normal part of a gaming setup.
  • 12123escapist - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    Looks like a cheap copy of the Wooting One, a fully analog and pressure sensitive keyboard. Why wait until Q1 or Q2 if you can just get it now?
  • CMreyes - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    Cooler Master uses genuine Cherry MX switches so you don't have to skimp out on your gaming experience.
  • MamiyaOtaru - Friday, January 12, 2018 - link

    wooting's keys don't provide input through the whole range of key motion. Aimpad's do. I do like how wooting has all their keys using analog instead of a select few though.

    https://shopint.wooting.nl/service/ "2.1 Why doesn’t the keyboard read the full range of a key?

    The current switch only reads a range from 2 – 4 mm for now because the manufacturer didn’t originally design it for analog. It blocks all the light until 2mm and we need light to read the distance."

    http://aimpad.com/aimpad-vs-flaretech/ - "Analog Sensing Range

    Aimpad can sense the entire range of the key press from the very top to the very bottom. Due to the design of the Flaretech switch, it is not possible to measure the entire key press. Only the switch position between 1.5mm and 3.6mm of the key press can be measured. In other words, a user has to press the switch down 1.5mm before any response can be detected and the effective range is 2.1mm compared to Aimpad’s full 4mm range"

    tl;dr you get *nothing* from a wooting key until it is already half way down. You've got half the distance to play with for usable input that you do with aimpad's stuff.
  • Rictorhell - Thursday, January 11, 2018 - link

    I've seen a lot of cool devices and technology announced for CES 2018 but I have noticed that there has been little, to no pricing information released alongside the product announcements. I know it is still 2 or 3 months early for many of these products and I hate to go there, but one thing I admire about Apple is that when they announce a product, they USUALLY have a price for the product ready to go, along with the initial product announcement. It's not a huge deal but a lot of us have to save and budget for this stuff so it would be helpful if the product vendors could buckle down and have these prices ready at the time of the initial announcements.

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