Good Intel and their gear are the keys to victory. With the Logitech G15 keyboard, you get. Now you see what your friends are playing Battlefield 2142 servers, be notified when your World of Warcraft is available battlefield and knowing exactly who speaks only the Logitech G15 LCD GamePanel Ventrilo. You can also create macros on the fly that imitates the actions of a single press of one of the six G keys as all the main characters of light elements, with three levels of brightness, you can continue to play until later in night.
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The Logitech® G15 Keyboard™ offers gamers an unprecedented level of in-game information, programmability, and control. Its adjustable-tilt, backlit LCD display shows you crucial system info during game play, and lets you set timers to keep track of game events. You can even stay in touch with your IM buddies while you're playing! The 18 programmable G Keys™ let you execute macros—for example, casting spells in World of Warcraft with a single button press—and the backlit keys are great for lights-out play. The Logitech® G15 Keyboard™ also has a switch that turns off the Windows® key so hitting it won't accidentally end your game. It´s completely customized to help you play better. Try it and you won't imagine going back to a standard keyboard.
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A capable and potentially powerful input device
Just got the Logitech G15 Gaming keyboard yesterday, and overall I'm impressed by the flexibility and potential it offers. However, don't let the attractive design of the keyboard and the sweet looking LCD screen you see in the pictures fool you. The real draw of the G15 can all be found on the left side of the keyboard.
The best feature of this keyboard really isn't the LCD display, but its capability to create keyboard macros. The G15 features 18 additional "G" keys on the left hand side of the keyboard, which are completely customizable to playback complicated sequences of keystrokes (i.e. macros) for whatever game or Windows application you might have. These 18 keys can each be reassigned under three different "M" keyboard maps, giving you the capability to assign 3 different macros on one G key. Think of these keys as a hardware version of Keyboard Express built into your keyboard--only the macros are "hard-wired" to specific applications, i.e., the macros only work once an application you assign to it is running on your PC. In a nutshell you a) launch the included G-Series Keyboard Profiler software, b) name and assign a macro to a specific executable program, and then c) record the keystrokes to the macro. Only after you run the designated program the macro becomes available for use.
Logitech included premade profiles for Battlefield 2 and Star Wars Battlefront in its Profiler software. As you might imagine these profiles contain some basic prebuilt macros assigned to G-Keys for those specific games, giving your keyboard some added functionality. As for the Profiler software itself--it isn't all that flashy, but contains some great tutorials to get you started. It isn't rocket science creating macros on this keyboard, but it isn't clear-cut easy either. Going through the help tutorials in the included software is a good idea. If you're not at all interested in reading, it's also pretty simple to create a macro on the fly using the Quick Macro function--just hit the MR record key, choose a G key, enter your keystrokes, then hit the MR key to stop recording. It's very simple to create macros on the fly this way.
The G Keys can also be assigned to general apps under the standard profile--default web browser, calculator, email program, My Computer, and default media player. So in essence it retains the functionality of Logitech's other keyboard, the Media Keyboard Elite.
The LCD display is a whole lot less useful than the G Keys. In the normal Windows environment it provides very basic information--one display option gives you a basic clock with hands along with the digital time and date. Another option gives you the current CPU and RAM usage in a percentage bar. It will also display basic information about the file you are playing in your default media player. Apparently you are able to use the LCD display within games, but according to the help software the game must come with "LCD support". So, ultimately (out of the box at least) the LCD isn't very useful or helpful. It's a very basic display, as well -- not too much different from the $5 LCD alarm clocks you can buy at the Jewelry section at your local Target.
The G15 has some other noteworthy features-more specifically backlit keys for late night play, 2 additional USB ports, and full media player controls. The backlit keys give a pretty nice blue glow to the keys and two brightness settings are available. The LCD screen becomes backlit along with the keys as well. The two USB ports are a disappointment from my experience. I could not connect my Motorola MPX220 cell phone to my PC through the ports on the keyboard--Windows kicked back a message that the port did not have enough power to support the device. The keyboard also features a cable management system (which are actually just wire channels under the keyboard) to prevent cable clutter. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.
Ergonomically the keyboard is pretty standard fare for Logitech. The keys themselves are slightly smaller than in the Media Keyboard Elite, but really no less comfortable. They also give about the same tactile response as in other Logitech keyboards. One thing to keep in mind is that this keyboard, with its additional G keys and flip up LCD display, is on the big side, so it may not fit on your keyboard drawer with the LCD display in the open position. The keyboard itself is about 21 1/2"L x 8 1/2"D x 3 1/2" H with the feet up and the LCD monitor flipped open.
Overall I can't help but feel "suckered into" buying this keyboard by looking at its sleek design and LCD. I expected a lot more functionality from the LCD display out of the box. However, I am satisfied with the overall flexibility the G15 offers. So ultimately the true beauty of the G15 lies beneath the surface.
Not just for gaming - a fantastic productivity tool
I have been using a Gateway AnyKey keyboard for years and have resisted changing because of the programmable features built into that keyboard. My keyboard was nearly dead and I was not looking forward to replacing it with one without its built-in programmable keys. A friend pointed me to this keyboard and I decided to give it a try. It is spectacular. I have no idea if it works well for gaming, but as a productivity tool, the on-the-fly recording of macros is a huge time saver especially for software developers. I like the touch of the keys and the extras like volume and media control work great. This keyboard will pay for itself in productivity gains in a day or two.
best keyboard ever
this is really the best keyboard ever. it replaces all the zboards. you might like the layout of the zboards better, but if you don't care, then this is THE budget buy for you. the 18 G keys are fully custumizable with most games as old as warcraft 3 and mabye even some older games. the g keys also have different "m" keys. the m keys are for different users, so if you have a brother that likes to customize the buttons differently but for the same game, he can do it his way on m2 while your options are on m1. so really, you have 54 G keys (18x3). and the buttons change by application. so if your playing battlefield 2, the G keys set to what you put for battlefield 2, so when you go back to your desktop, the g keys change to the shortcuts you put for it. this completely replaces zboards. why spend 100-200 dollars for a couple different zboards when you can spend 60-70 dollars on this. the lcd screen also works for media players (itunes, windows media player, etc). it tells you what song ur listening to, the author, and allows you to change songs, and volume right on the keyboard. the lcd screen tells you the time, date, ram, cpu usange, game info (depends on game), song info (depends on song).
pros-
1. lcd screen tells you a ton without looking at the screen.
2. there is the game button that when you turn it on, it disables the windows key and other functions that bring you to the desktop (AWSOME for hardcore gamers)
3. backlit keys for late night playing
4. has a 1.1 usb hub that can take 2 usb cords.
5. g keys fully customizable to games/everyday uses.
6. m keys allow 3 users to custumize g keys their way.
7. the media buttons on the keyboard actually work.
8. the volume control is a circle and not 2 seperate buttons.
9. sometimes, game chat can be seen on lcd screen.
10. typing doesn't make as much noise as a standard keyboard
11. keys are soft (this seems like nothing right now, but it actually feels so much more confortable after a lot of typing)
cons-
1. not wireless
2. level 2 brightness isn't too different from level 3 brightness on backlit keys (but it really doesn't matter)
3. pretty big
4. usb hub is not 2.0
5. the wrist rest it comes with isn't exactally the most efficient (but still works)
6. instructions are hard to find (most likely you'll have to learn how the keyboard works by yourself)
so there are more pros than cons, and the cons aren't really serious things excluding the wireless part. hardcore games will love this keyboard because of the gaming switch, it locks all functions that make the game go to desktop, so you will never get really close at killing a boss then hitting windows key. it IS pretty big, its the largest publically sold keyboard. and unfortunately the usb hub is 1.1 and not 2.0. but otherwise, this keyboard is l33t. if your looking for a new keyboard by itself, i HIGHLY recommend this one, for gamers, this is a budget buy because of the replacement of the Zboards.
it gets a 5 out of 5 for me
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