SteelSeries Zboard Gaming Keyboard by SteelSeries
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Digital camera reviews of SteelSeries Zboard Gaming Keyboard
Digital camera Review: Amazing! Absolutely amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
I used to play with the arrow keys and the numberpad, but this changes my whole way of gaming. After 6+ years of the arrow keys, it is a little hard to adjust over, but with this user friendly setup, you cant lose! Prelabeled buttons for easy configuration, and other buttons for setting up the ultimate gaming experience.
*READ THIS* Follow the websites setup proceedure, not the booklets becuase it is out of date... and you will have NO problems with this whatsoever.
Trying to type a paper? You tell yourself its impossible with the wierd setup, just take off the gaming keypad set and put on the normal keypade set (included by the way) and you will be ready to go, you dont even need to unplug the keyboard or anything, changes whenever you want and it will instantly change over.
Plus, you can buy many keypad sets for under $20 (WoW, CS, 3 BF games, everquest,etc!) but I will definitly get a CS set next, it will be worth every penny. My player name is Stabby King and play me in Natural Selection or Counter Strike, or ask for more opinions.
And for under $40 who can beat that? Pair it uop with the Ideazon Reaper Gaming Mouse for the ultimate gaming proficiency, even save some cash by buying them together! Thank you Amazon!
Only downside is getting used to the letter positions in the default gaming keypad set, but in a few days, you will be used to it. If you cant, then just use the normal keypad set and chage to the gaming set right before you load up the game, very simple.
Digital camera Review: And now for something competely different
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a great concept, but I find the keys they choose to map for certain game keysets to be a little off. Overall, its a cool concept and I use the EQ2 keyboard all the time - even though it's really not the best.Digital camera Review: Attention Windows 98 Users
Summary: 1 Stars
This keyboard is not compatable with Windows 98.
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Digital camera Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this keyboard for several months now and really like it. I use the gaming keyset for playing FPS games and the standard keyset for everything else. I got tired of using a regular keyboard for games because I would occasionally fat-finger the keys or lose my finger position - usually during really fast-paced (multiplayer) action.
With the zboard, this is not a problem. The size, shape and position of the keys feel very natural. I never hit the wrong key from trying to react too quickly. Also, my hand doesn't get fatigued.
Both keysets feel solid and sturdy.
The standard keyset has some minor deviations from a normal keyboard layout. There is about .5cm of extra distance between the cursor keys and the main keys because there is a hinge between them. Also, the print-scrn/insert/del group of keys are 1 row lower than they normally would be because an extra row of buttons is added (Bar Lock, Key Tips, and Pad Lock). The differences were a little bothersome at first, but I got use to it pretty quickly. No problems typing 80wpm.
The gaming keyset is simply perfect. What else can I say? It's definitely hard to type with it though. But if you need to, you can.
I bought a Nostromo n52 before I got this product. I don't particularly like the angle of the d-pad on the Nostromo. The Nostromo was my favorite game controller until I got this.
Digital camera Review: Awesome Keyboard!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
It did not take me too long to realize that I wanted this keyboard after seeing all of its features on Amazon.com. I can only say that I am absolutely blown away by this keyboard! You cannot get anymore features packed into a keyboard for this value!
First off, the construction of the base/keysets is top-notch, not plasticky-feeling like many keyboards out there. You get 2 USB ports to boot!
Second of all, I like the intuitive software that enables the gaming keyset to recognize the game that is loaded.
I especially like the fact that this keyboard comes with 2 keysets instead of one (gaming and standard). The Standard keyset has all of the key shortcuts beautifully integrated via color-coding on the keys. As for the Gaming keyset, I was very impressed with how comfortable it felt while gaming. The keys are very well spaced out and easily identifiable.
I've read complaints about how expensive other gaming keysets are for the Zboard and all I can say is this - with the customization that is available with the gaming keyset included, there really is no reason to get any other keyset (sorry Ideazon, but there isn't).
Awesome product!