Product Details
 | Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (Black) |
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Product Description
Good intel and the proper gear are the keys to victory, even in gaming. The Logitech G15 keyboard keeps you informed and outfitted to win. With the Logitech-exclusive GamePanel LCD, you can easily find out what server your friends are using to play Battlefield 2142, or receive notification when your World of Warcraft battleground becomes available. You can even identify who s speaking in Ventrilo. Create useful macros on the fly and play them back with a single press of a G-key. Illuminated characters allow you to play late into the night.Product Details
- Color: Black
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: 920-000379
- Platform: Windows XP
- Format: CD
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.94" h x 8.81" w x 20.25" l, 3.45 pounds
Features
- With the Logitech-exclusive GamePanel LCD, you can easily find out what server your friends are using to play Battlefield 2142
- Create useful macros on the fly and play them back with a single press of a G-key
- 1-year limited hardware warranty
- Illuminated characters allow you to play late into the night
- Intelligent cable management: Keep mouse, headset, and other cords out of the way by routing them through channels on the underside of the keyboard
Editorial Reviews
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the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer
Good intel and
the proper gear are the keys to victory, even in gaming. The Logitech®
G15 keyboard keeps you informed and outfitted to win.
With the
Logitech-exclusive GamePanel™ LCD, you can easily find out what server
your friends are using to play Battlefield 2142™, or receive
notification when your World of Warcraft® battleground becomes
available. You can even identify who’s speaking in Ventrilo™. Create
useful macros on the fly and play them back with a single press of a
G-key. Backlighted keyboard allows you to play late into the night.
The
Logitech® G15 gives you a winning advantage, and everyone knows it’s
more fun when you win.
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| High-visibility GamePanel™ LCD: Displays game stats and other important system information. | Backlit keyboard: Choose from three levels of brightness. Locate keys easily in both bright and low-light conditions. | Six programmable G-keys: Perform single keystrokes or complex macros with six fully programmable G-keys. Create macros on the fly, without having to pause the action. | |||
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| Intelligent cable management: Keep mouse, headset, and other cords out of the way by routing them through channels on the underside of the keyboard. | Instant media access: Use the convenient one-touch controls for volume and media playback. | Detachable palmrest: Can be used with or without palmrest, depending upon user's preference |
System Requirements
- Windows® XP, Windows Vista™
- 256 MB RAM
- 20 MB available hard disk space
- USB port
- CD-ROM drive
Package Contents
- Logitech® G15 Keyboard
- Palm rest
- Software CD
- Installation Guide
- 1-year limited hardware warranty
Customer Reviews
Excellent Gamer Keyboard, Slighty less Handy for day to day
There seems to be some
reviews by users who do not actually own the G15.
I do.
As
a gamer, I only need about 6 macro buttons, and they work just fine for
that. The orange glow may not be quite as bright as I would like, but
looks nice and does help gaming in the dark when you get the fingers on
the wrong keys. The LCD is handy just in telling me the time if I'm
playing some game that doesn't support the G15 (no more playing till 1AM
accidentally) and in the games it does support, it's actually very
handy - especially so in Lord Of The Rings Online or WoW, laying out
stats in an easy to see way.
The downside to this kind of
keyboard is you do miss some things. No volume knob, though you do get
buttons. Been using a knob/wheel for years, so I'm really missing it. No
calculator button, though I suppose I could make a macro for it. None
of your usual Home or Web or buttons of that nature, though you do have a
nice big satisfying mute button, and another to kill the Windows
Button. Typing is fairly smooth, though since Logitech kept the New G15
the same size as a standard keyboard, certain buttons are smaller, like
Tab, and it does take a second to get used to it. But it's not clicky at
all, and is in fact one the quietest keyboards I've ever typed on.
Overall,
I am very pleased with this keyboard after about a month of use. I
could wish for a volume knob or calculator key. It took me a week before
I realized when I was turning down the volume, it was actually showing
on the little LCD display. It's a little quirky. But it's very handy for
the gamer, without taking up the space of the older model.
Buyer beware
I am disappointed in Logitech
after using this keyboard. I have the older G15. While the keyboard
itself has great functionality (if a little overkill for most gamers),
beware - while Logitech offers a 3-5 year warranty on ALL of its other
keyboards, it only gives a one-year warranty to its two most expensive
offerings, the G11 and G15. I found this out the hard way after my keys
started acting funny. Out of the blue one day a couple of keys started
randomly typing out incorrect or extra characters (for instance, when I
hit the X key I get X: on my screen, I have to delete the colon), and my
left shift key somehow got mapped to F9 so that any time I would try to
run in a FPS it would reload a savegame. This is pretty much a
deal-breaker for any gamer.
I take very good care of my hardware
so I was quite surprised, tried the keyboard on another computer without
any Logitech software installed and it did the same thing, indicating a
hardware problem with the board. A search of Logitech's forums found
that several people have had this problem, and it seems there is no fix
but to send in for warranty replacement - if you're still in the
warranty period. Although ultimately I only have myself to blame for not
paying close enough attention to the warranty terms, after paying $85
for a keyboard I expect better than a one-year warranty, especially when
their $20 keyboards go for 3-5 years. The fact that Logitech chose to
offer a shorter warranty on this product is, to me, an indication that
they were aware of quality issues and opted to act in their own interest
by offering a shorter warranty instead of taking care of their most
lucrative customers. That's just bad business. While almost all of my PC
hardware is Logitech and I am happy with the quality of most of their
products, I am extremely disappointed in them after this experience. I
now have an $85 paperweight because I can't even use it to type
accurately. The long-term life of these keyboards seems suspect, and I
have a feeling that's why they suddenly introduced a newer model.
Looks great, great features, and lousy feel
It sure looks awesome all lit
up, and I like the little LCD which appears high tech too. And the
build quality looks decent too, externally. Can't complain about the
macro software (even the os x one, which I am using) or about the
layout. I have one, and it's suitable for the kids, but not me.
Here's
my beef with Logitech: The number one purpose of a decent gaming
keyboard is rapid and precise response. And that's where this keyboard
falls flat on its face. This is a non-mechanical, rubber dome membrame
keyboard (examples of mechanical switch gaming keyboards are the Deck
Gaming Keyboards, Steel Series 7G, or I-rocks KR-6230-KB). So what does
this rubber-dome membrane "thingy" mean?
It means this keyboard
uses two plastic membranes with circuit traces printed on them. There is
a rubber dome membrane sitting atop, that the keys plunge down upon to
make the key contact. To properly register a key, the key is squished
down into the rubber dome until it collapses and the membranes contact.
It's a very inexpensive way to build a keyboard, compared to the
mechanical switches, but it's going to make your game suffer.
1.
Key press/release latency
2. Poor tactile feedback
3. Keys
unstable in movement
4. Rubber domes wear unevenly (keys WASD and
whatever ability you spam, for example)
5. premature breakdown
All
of these are remedied by using mechanical switch technology, like the
competitors listed above. With all the other great features from the
largest keyboard manufacturer on earth, with the best drivers and
software, we should all be asking the question, why they are building
this keyboard for a user base that is all about accuracy, speed, and
reliabilty?
I think the answer was that until recently there was
little user education on this topic, and there were no strong
competitors in the gaming market.
That's all changed - but will
Logitech rise to the changes in the market? It remains to be seen.
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