su182's Full Review: Logitech G15 (920-000379) Keyboard
I got this thing in 06' and I have never been let down with this thing.
DESIGN
The design looks seek and rugged, It also looks a little fusteristic, The keys are your standard QWERTY format, Which I like cause I can't ajust to that WASD format as well, The keyboard has macro keys and the ability to lock the Start Key, (Which will come in handy often) Media Controls, (Hidden under the LCD), The Backlit keys, The 2 USB ports on the back and the LCD Screen which is an innovation, We'll get to that later.
RELIABILITY
This thing is preety strong and can take a lot of typestrokes but in the colision department, Yeah..., The Keyboard will turn off completly for a few seconds while it attemps to reconnect, So It's not exactly reliable.
INSTALLIATION
Installiation is easy, Just plug it into a nearby USB port and install the software, and to run LCD apps, Just download them onto your hard drive and run them and your LCD will run them automaticlily when your system starts.
HARDWARE
Since we've already covered the basics, We'll talk about the LCD Screen here, The LCD comes with 2 programs out of the box (3 with 1.0.3) and Logitech expects you to design programs with it's bundeled SDK, It's nice to see Logitech inspiring the community, and it's LCD is compatible with 3 games.
*Brothers In Arms: Earned in Blood
*SiN Episodes: Emergence
*Battlefield 2142 (With patch 1.10)
SOFTWARE
Now let's talk about the LCD programs and profiler that are included with the Keyboard, The LCD Clock Program can show the full clock and the digital clock on the top right, It can also show the date and how many new email messages you have.
The Performance Moniter can moniter both your CPU and RAM usuage, Great while playing those performance intensive games.
and the Timer is a simple timer that included both a countdown and a stopwatch.
Now the profiler included lets you set a keystroke, Assign a macro (Specific macros included in each game the profiler can find.), and import Profiles to use in your games, The profile can also set up to 3 macro sets, Yes, 3.
There is also an LCD Control Panel included in your control panel, This lets you change the Display Switching Method, Brightness and what programs you want the LCD to load.
FINAL VERDICT
So far this is the best keyboard I have ever used, But it's not that reliable and the LCD could use more programs, But you will like it overall.
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