i got some news for you.... The 1600$ version you have not. That one dosn't have color screens in the main typing field. you my friend have the over 3000.00$ one.
@@keggerous Yeah I sort of know what you mean. But I just personally find spending that much money on something that is worth just dollars in actual material costs obscene and stupid. Maybe I could understand if it were gold or platinum plated, or some kinda semi precious metal. No offense to those who love the hobby. I don't mean they're stupid. It's a hobby to them, and that's all good. I just meant the idea of spending money on rare, or low production, but basically otherwise ordinary materials just a bit silly. I would never do it. I tend to look at tech more in terms of function. I would pay more for more, not less.
I have a little Cherry mini keyboard on an old Mac mini, and that has MLs. I really like it. The extra stuff added on this keyboard really will screw it up though.
There hasn't been tech I have wanted to work more than this keyboard. I first heard about it 10 years ago. And every year I get all nostalgic and look it up again. I really hope someone does one of these that actually works and is under $400.
I just got recommended an ad for the Flux keyboard, so it looks like someone's revisiting this concept right now. I'm not sure what they're gonna be charging for it once the Kickstarter for it ends, but I don't see the price tag exceeding $1,000 like the Optimus Maximus did back in the day
OLED screens have inherent image burn-in problems if you display static images on it for a long time. It's one of the issues with buying OLED TV's or phones. So putting OLED screens on a keyboard, which is meant on the one hand to display legends semi-permanently, and yet on the other hand be changeable to any other image at your choosing, it's a pretty self-defeating idea.
@@miguelmsilva4112 Yes of course, and power efficiency is a big advantage them of too, but the burn in issue is a deal breaker to me. Image any mobile operating system for example. Static icons everywhere. They will burn in. Some guys said to me, the burn in is a non-issue, because most of the phones can handle 2 years without burning. Well, if I buy a flagship phone, I don't want to buy a replacement in 2 years, I want at least 3-4 years of flawless usage. I still remember, when the iPhone X came out, and in the local gadget store, I had a look at it. The menu icons was burnt in already, after 2-3 months the launch. Yes, these phones screen on 0-24 I know, but OLED still has durability issues. If they fix these, I have no bad words against them.
@@varszegimarcell yeah I agree, they are really amazing screens apart from the burn in issue, I personally have an S7 as my phone , bought it refurbished 6 months ago, only has a horizontal "line" around the middle of the screen, only noticeable on white backgrounds, sooo... it's an issue but doesn't happen that fast, considering this phone has around 2 years of use and only has 1 thing burnt in. Basically the lowest part of the screen is a very slight Grey compared to the white on the top.
Back in the days of LiveJournal (remember that?) I used to follow the development of this board. I got to communicate with its creators, and I was enamored with its concept of screen keycaps. Then the pricing was announced, and the LiveJournal followers like myself had their minds blown. The price was incredible and way out of our reach. In their defense they also did make a more affordable 3 key macro pad version. But after that, the Optimus Maximus faded in my memory. But after watching this, I'm so glad I didn't have the money to burn on one. I still think it's a neat idea, but it's the kind of idea where the execution of it has to be nailed perfectly.
I am jealous as hell! I so desperately wanted one of these when they were first produced but couldn't under any circumstances justify the price. Makes you wonder what could be accomplished today to make the same thing.
I remember stumbling across the website back in 2008, and being so amazed at the idea that I started saving up to buy one. Glad I chose to spend the money on a 40" TV instead (that I still enjoy every day) rather than that dumpster fire! Appreciate your review! And happy holidays!
It is surprising that it has good build quality. Seems like many see build quality an oversight when it comes to gimmicky keyboards. It would be fascinating to get such keycaps in more mainstream keyboard switches. F for the ML tho :P
Your use of colorful metaphors while reviewing keyboards in unparalleled. I watch you videos for the commentary as much as I do for the products reviewed. Well done!
*СПАСИБО !* Thanks for the review man! Even in Russian I cant find any reviews, so now I can see that just a fancy concept, sad.. but any way you can use it as guide map for some custom layout for regular keyboard, or yeah, as authentic slides for yt videos ;)
of course not _(custom 60% PBT blank - is my dream)_ I have a few things from A.L store, which is nice, and I just curios about some other products :P btw it's now just a regular keyboard, it's a piece of art, project of design studio, statement about yourself as an industrial designer, it's more for advertisement than direct sales, so price point is appropriate ;-)
I don't know which opposite of a genius decided to use OLED for this. They're famous for getting burnt in. They make great TVs, but on a monitor the taskbar will become permanent. With phones they're well known for having the button row get burnt in. If anyone wants a tip to avoid this on the phone: make sure to hide those buttons by default.
You could have the pattern move a pixel every so often. Move icons up and down and side to side a bit to spread the wear a bit. Of course this only works if you don't need your icon in precisely the same place all the time. (I'm using this technique in an OLED display project myself.)
Wouldn't OLEDs even with inherent burn in be a pretty good choice for a USB powered device featuring over a hundred fully coloured displays, then you add on that you might be using a full set of iconized keys for most modifier profiles that are all being frequented often and might also need to change often if building in house tools that you may have trouble remembering?
Very unexpected! I knew about this keyboard since the beggining, but this is the first "normal" & present video-review on CZcams now. Great, thanks a lot.
I remember first reading about this keyboard back in 2007 or 2008 and thinking it was so cool. I loved the idea of having little screens in the board. However, the price put it far out of reach. I'd never pay more for a keyboard than I would for my entire system. Thanks for doing the review for us. Even if it is a pile of crap to use, it was still cool to see.
I remember being really excited when this was first announced... back when it was suppose to be about $200 bucks which at the time was super expensive for a keyboard. $1600 is absurd. This thing failed and they built it anyway just to prove it could be done. They made something everyone would want but no one in their right mind would buy.
If the keyboard had xyz pressure control and MIDI 2.0 features considered, with an ability for audio/video/picture editing programs to send video/gifs/updated value widgets etc. with an 8x8 add-on macro keyboard it would be an absolute dream for my productivity in music and video production and photo editing and other technical programs. I would be forced to pay $5,000 for such a setup, although I'm sure the price could come down since this keyboard has been on the market for almost a decade now. Perhaps to make typing easier it would have a mechanical switch to convert the keys from normal key press to pressure mode that could be computer controlled for each key so different presets could do different configurations of typing mode/pressure mode distributed throughout the keyboard.
The great thing about this keyboard is that it can display any layout. Hopefully it does this by default. Software can check what symbol is outputted per key, without you having to press it first. However, it doesn't follow the ISO standard for symbol placement, where the most common is to place them in the corners. Maybe the screens are too small for it?
I remember the hype for these, the huge delays and then the massive price tag. They also did a mini 3 which was like a stream deck kinda deal. Like so many things, it was better as a 3d render.
Привет! Thanks for detailed review. This keyboard even got some design award back in 2008. After your video I think that it's all about fancy looking interesting idea and not about active daily usage.
Razer was planning on making a tiny laptop with key screens, the Razer Switchblade. I think even the early Razer Blades had a macro cluster with similar keys.
Now that 11 years have passed and OLED displays have become ubiquitous in smartphones and other handheld devices, I wonder if a similar one-screen-per-key keyboard could be brought to market without an eye-watering four-figure price tag attached - maybe with better switches this time around.
You'd think that small oled panels from when this came out would be cheaper now but these switches are still extremely expensive. The only switch maker that makes these switches that I can find is NKK but the resolution hasnt really improved much since this keyboard came out over 10 years ago. If you think about it, the cost for $1600 keyboard with this many OLED switches at this time should have been extremely expensive and they def didn't make any real profit off these at all. OLED has gotten a lot cheaper and im suprised that companies like Elgato hasnt gotten into OLED keys/switches yet. NKK Has made frameless switches now which makes it probably look a lot nicer but still disappointing that the price per switch is about $75 a piece.
Před 5 lety+2
I watched the whole fucking video in order to listen to your voice for 11 minutes straight.
I got a Stream Deck today and setting it up made me think of this keyboard because it's like the full fleshed out expression of the type of thing this keyboard wanted to be. It's nice that the idea didn't die completely but I don't think it was ever practical on that scale and in that application. As configurable pressable buttons absolutely as keycaps for typing no not so much.
Honestly, imagine this thing with decent switches, microLEDs instead of OLEDs(that might be entirely feasible in 5 years) and a better keycap design and you have yourself a keyboard that is actually revolutionary for certain use cases. Those who need lots of macros and/or hotkeys(video editors for example) and people who prefer 40% boards with lots of layers(like you showed at 4:58) over full boards would be very happy with such this. Also, thank you for the cunterifically artistic profanity.
You guys might hate me for saying this, but I think with the advancements in technology and updated and improved version of this would be very very nice.
Slashdot announced this keyboard something like 20 years ago, and I have been thinking about it ever since. Obviously the sticker price scared me away, and I am glad it did. Thanks for the review.
I remember when this thing was announced, it looked really cool and was supposed to be between $100 and $200. Boy, did they mess up. But I suppose that price was a little unrealistic to begin with.
A keyboard like this could be worth it if you use a plethora of editing software and other professional applications (video, daws, 3d modeling, photoshop, lighting, etc) and you like having the command overlays. even then it might be more economical to just buy a dedicated labeled keyboard for each app that requires it.
Will have better keyfeel too. Considering that mechanical keyboards with MX type switches are relatively cheap, one can buy several of those and add custom keycaps on each. Though I don't think that custom keycaps were as easily obtainable at the time of this keyboard's release
3:00 As a developer, my guess is that the UI probably uses web-technologies, which basically requires an entire embed google chrome browser. Makes it cheaper for a company to develop and make it super "sleek" looking. Open-source linux implementations for things like razer chroma are only like 200KiB, since they use standard desktop UI tech and don't need an entire browser included with them.
I don't even care about the keyboard. his commentary is just comedy! imagine how the companies feel after watching this. man keep this up. you should just review everything. video games would be fucking hilarious
I imagined this as GB keycaps in future using e-ink for lower power consumption. nifty for f layers in those ultra compact 40% or maybe lower in future.
More than sure you don't read comments, but Lebedev studio's designs (about 2000$ for the worst one) is actually made by neural network! This one isn't, I guess, since it's from 2007, but the author clearly was on something
I hope you got to donate this unit to an electronics CZcamsr so they could do a public teardown of what seems like interesting internals. I counted 19 pins on each key...
I think the softwares are hundreds of megabytes because they have drivers for other devices, they have to save the heatmap constantly, also the different animations sets that have to saved and they usually save the old drivers just like geforce.
i got some news for you....
The 1600$ version you have not.
That one dosn't have color screens in the main typing field.
you my friend have the over 3000.00$ one.
Wait what? xD
Still more functional that that Tfue Keycult keyboard. That's $3500 for a whole bunch of nothing but aesthetics.
@@rvs55 Well it's not really aesthetics. It's the exclusivity of the aesthetics. The fact that they don't mass produce anything on that board.
@@keggerous
Yeah I sort of know what you mean.
But I just personally find spending that much money on something that is worth just dollars in actual material costs obscene and stupid. Maybe I could understand if it were gold or platinum plated, or some kinda semi precious metal.
No offense to those who love the hobby. I don't mean they're stupid. It's a hobby to them, and that's all good.
I just meant the idea of spending money on rare, or low production, but basically otherwise ordinary materials just a bit silly.
I would never do it. I tend to look at tech more in terms of function. I would pay more for more, not less.
@@rvs55 Oh I completely agree. For 3500 you can buy a used Rolex
>screens in the keys
oh cool
>Cherry ML
oh no....
Sliphantom oh hello
Civic is best car in the world
I have a little Cherry mini keyboard on an old Mac mini, and that has MLs. I really like it. The extra stuff added on this keyboard really will screw it up though.
@Arnav Bhatt Dodge fucking neon
@@RueAriarhod chev fucking aveo
It isn't hhhhhhhhideous until you put Comic Sans on it.
hahahahaha :D
Yep we're gonna need another one of your typing videos with this keyboard and comic sans on the keys.
@@TapeCruncherMuncher missing that razer font
Wingdings. You mean Wingdings.
Its gotta be a meme for each letter.
W is what are those
D is do you know the way
J is john cena
And etc.
people send you keyboards you won't like because they want to hear you talk trash
Let's send him MS Surface Tablet Keyboard
@@johnnewman5303 just send him a macbook :^)
Usally the reviews about bad items are much funnier to watch than the reviews about the really good products.
I have some old NEC clone with Aristotles clickly Cherry clones. Don't tempt me ;)
precisely young man, precisely.
Thomas, your comedy gets me every time. "We'll get to the swearing later on" made me lol. The imperial measurements are always great too.
Glad you enjoyed the video :D .
I find the imperial units kinda funny but for the love of God why can't you provide actual conversion
@@JFK_Speedwagon Learn to use google. ;)
@@JFK_Speedwagon ...Or just learn the metric system
The imperial system trolling was hillarious :D
it's here almost every video
I am certain you mean hhhhhhhhheelarious
@@tripplefives1402 come down ends ye I'll fooken 'av ye
I am watching this video on my PC with subwoofers connected and literally my table is vibrating because of your voice.
I had the most horrible week today, but this right here, this video, makes me feel so much better. Thank you
At least one of you (counting you and chyros) had fun ... :-D
Hope you feel better!
It's crazy the amount of osu! players I see on this channel lol
There hasn't been tech I have wanted to work more than this keyboard. I first heard about it 10 years ago. And every year I get all nostalgic and look it up again. I really hope someone does one of these that actually works and is under $400.
I just got recommended an ad for the Flux keyboard, so it looks like someone's revisiting this concept right now. I'm not sure what they're gonna be charging for it once the Kickstarter for it ends, but I don't see the price tag exceeding $1,000 like the Optimus Maximus did back in the day
@@bokunogentoo4420 but it's not full legnth which sucks.
OLED screens have inherent image burn-in problems if you display static images on it for a long time. It's one of the issues with buying OLED TV's or phones. So putting OLED screens on a keyboard, which is meant on the one hand to display legends semi-permanently, and yet on the other hand be changeable to any other image at your choosing, it's a pretty self-defeating idea.
@Chen Li If only it supported GIFs, which it sadly doesn't.
That's why I aviod OLED. Expensive, not durable and the image quality is barely better than a great IPS.
Yeah, oled panels have some big problems, but some really good advantages too like the beautiful colors, contrast, and brightness.
@@miguelmsilva4112 Yes of course, and power efficiency is a big advantage them of too, but the burn in issue is a deal breaker to me. Image any mobile operating system for example. Static icons everywhere. They will burn in. Some guys said to me, the burn in is a non-issue, because most of the phones can handle 2 years without burning. Well, if I buy a flagship phone, I don't want to buy a replacement in 2 years, I want at least 3-4 years of flawless usage. I still remember, when the iPhone X came out, and in the local gadget store, I had a look at it. The menu icons was burnt in already, after 2-3 months the launch. Yes, these phones screen on 0-24 I know, but OLED still has durability issues. If they fix these, I have no bad words against them.
@@varszegimarcell yeah I agree, they are really amazing screens apart from the burn in issue, I personally have an S7 as my phone , bought it refurbished 6 months ago, only has a horizontal "line" around the middle of the screen, only noticeable on white backgrounds, sooo... it's an issue but doesn't happen that fast, considering this phone has around 2 years of use and only has 1 thing burnt in. Basically the lowest part of the screen is a very slight Grey compared to the white on the top.
Back in the days of LiveJournal (remember that?) I used to follow the development of this board. I got to communicate with its creators, and I was enamored with its concept of screen keycaps. Then the pricing was announced, and the LiveJournal followers like myself had their minds blown. The price was incredible and way out of our reach. In their defense they also did make a more affordable 3 key macro pad version. But after that, the Optimus Maximus faded in my memory. But after watching this, I'm so glad I didn't have the money to burn on one. I still think it's a neat idea, but it's the kind of idea where the execution of it has to be nailed perfectly.
"shame, such a shame, need a little ibm to heal the pain"
XD
Is That A Massive Attack Reference????!111
I was looking for this comment
@@Mattheus368 he has a Mezzanine album cover in his pictures folder
Always appreciate any attempt at adequately assessing an acquired artefact by actively alliterating
I’m amazed that this thing actually got produced.
I am jealous as hell! I so desperately wanted one of these when they were first produced but couldn't under any circumstances justify the price. Makes you wonder what could be accomplished today to make the same thing.
8:46
please make a compilation of you saying hhhhhhhhhhhhhideous from all the keyboard reviews you made :D
With this video out, it is now officially Christmas. Thanks, mate!
I'm glad this review finally exists. For some time I thought this was pinnacle keyboard that I always aspired to have.
"...We'll get to the swearing later on."
That Enter key sticking out to the right triggers me...
Anyways, great video as always! Glad you saved the best imperial joke for the year end.
I remember stumbling across the website back in 2008, and being so amazed at the idea that I started saving up to buy one. Glad I chose to spend the money on a 40" TV instead (that I still enjoy every day) rather than that dumpster fire! Appreciate your review! And happy holidays!
It is surprising that it has good build quality. Seems like many see build quality an oversight when it comes to gimmicky keyboards.
It would be fascinating to get such keycaps in more mainstream keyboard switches.
F for the ML tho :P
The designers don't seem to think it is gimmicky. They take their own bullshit very seriously!
Your use of colorful metaphors while reviewing keyboards in unparalleled. I watch you videos for the commentary as much as I do for the products reviewed. Well done!
*СПАСИБО !*
Thanks for the review man! Even in Russian I cant find any reviews, so
now I can see that just a fancy concept, sad.. but any way you can use
it as guide map for some custom layout for regular keyboard, or yeah, as
authentic slides for yt videos ;)
were you really thinking of buying that keyboard?
tbh the price is way too high for *any* keyboard, let alone such a flawed one
of course not _(custom 60% PBT blank - is my dream)_ I have a few things from A.L store, which is nice, and I just curios about some other products :P
btw it's now just a regular keyboard, it's a piece of art, project of design studio, statement about yourself as an industrial designer, it's more for advertisement than direct sales, so price point is appropriate ;-)
Стас обзор делал, посмотри.
11 PM, some chips, in bed, post-shower.
Keep making the magic work, Thomas!
This’ll be one hell of a watch, and I haven’t even started the video yet.
I want chips :(
This is an ISO only zone, here we use 23:00 instead of 11 PM.
BOI you have such a cool voice
man you could be a speaker in an epic movie trailer
I don't know which opposite of a genius decided to use OLED for this. They're famous for getting burnt in. They make great TVs, but on a monitor the taskbar will become permanent. With phones they're well known for having the button row get burnt in.
If anyone wants a tip to avoid this on the phone: make sure to hide those buttons by default.
You could have the pattern move a pixel every so often. Move icons up and down and side to side a bit to spread the wear a bit. Of course this only works if you don't need your icon in precisely the same place all the time. (I'm using this technique in an OLED display project myself.)
Wouldn't OLEDs even with inherent burn in be a pretty good choice for a USB powered device featuring over a hundred fully coloured displays, then you add on that you might be using a full set of iconized keys for most modifier profiles that are all being frequented often and might also need to change often if building in house tools that you may have trouble remembering?
They probably made it OLED because of the black pixels being true black, which can make some graphics look better I suppose?
@@jeank1d or the fact they produce their own light rather than needing over 100 bulky expensive backlights for every key... think harder guys lol
They used OLED for these because at the time this was made (pre-orders started in 2007), it was the technology for small screens.
Mezzanine is a great album, love that little easter egg lol
I love your Imperial measurement comparisons. As my physics teacher always said, never forget your units!
Love the idea, love the Quake 3 icons, hate the studio's execution. Good review as always.
Very unexpected! I knew about this keyboard since the beggining, but this is the first "normal" & present video-review on CZcams now. Great, thanks a lot.
I remember first reading about this keyboard back in 2007 or 2008 and thinking it was so cool. I loved the idea of having little screens in the board. However, the price put it far out of reach. I'd never pay more for a keyboard than I would for my entire system.
Thanks for doing the review for us. Even if it is a pile of crap to use, it was still cool to see.
Perfect now I can make all my Keys Comic Sans.
I love your content. I wish more people were able to appreciate what you have to offer!
I remember being really excited when this was first announced... back when it was suppose to be about $200 bucks which at the time was super expensive for a keyboard. $1600 is absurd. This thing failed and they built it anyway just to prove it could be done. They made something everyone would want but no one in their right mind would buy.
Best keyboard review in the history of keyboard reviews
If the keyboard had xyz pressure control and MIDI 2.0 features considered, with an ability for audio/video/picture editing programs to send video/gifs/updated value widgets etc. with an 8x8 add-on macro keyboard it would be an absolute dream for my productivity in music and video production and photo editing and other technical programs. I would be forced to pay $5,000 for such a setup, although I'm sure the price could come down since this keyboard has been on the market for almost a decade now. Perhaps to make typing easier it would have a mechanical switch to convert the keys from normal key press to pressure mode that could be computer controlled for each key so different presets could do different configurations of typing mode/pressure mode distributed throughout the keyboard.
I lusted after one of these for years - a great idea that sadly fails at being a keyboard...
I love how you insult the imperial system when doing measuring haha
2:07 I love the honest (actually weird) version numbering of the configurator :D 0.0.0.19
Haha, good catch!
This is what happens when you ship an early pre-alpha build
I love how much this review reminds me of the mentor of "Dungeon Keeper" in both voice and dialogue.
The great thing about this keyboard is that it can display any layout. Hopefully it does this by default. Software can check what symbol is outputted per key, without you having to press it first. However, it doesn't follow the ISO standard for symbol placement, where the most common is to place them in the corners. Maybe the screens are too small for it?
taran van helmert from linus tech tips would die for this keyboard.
Needs a battleship 122 version with buckling springs.
'Fuck me with a totem pole', that was the best today. 'Jesus Christ doing the mMacarena' is a good second
I remember the hype for these, the huge delays and then the massive price tag. They also did a mini 3 which was like a stream deck kinda deal. Like so many things, it was better as a 3d render.
I liked that you added in quake icons
such an underrated channel. love your work man!
Привет! Thanks for detailed review. This keyboard even got some design award back in 2008. After your video I think that it's all about fancy looking interesting idea and not about active daily usage.
Razer was planning on making a tiny laptop with key screens, the Razer Switchblade. I think even the early Razer Blades had a macro cluster with similar keys.
"Satan's compressed excrement" Bloody hell. Nearly spat out my drink
Now that 11 years have passed and OLED displays have become ubiquitous in smartphones and other handheld devices, I wonder if a similar one-screen-per-key keyboard could be brought to market without an eye-watering four-figure price tag attached - maybe with better switches this time around.
holy fuck, i honestly thought you were a relaxing person until 8:47, i fucking love you
1 and half size 46 feet
I'm amazed and impressed that they got this to market.
You can hear the scratchiness of these switches, holy shit.
that was best Imperial Measurement Joke this year
Massive Attack album art in those pictures! I APPROVE!
You'd think that small oled panels from when this came out would be cheaper now but these switches are still extremely expensive. The only switch maker that makes these switches that I can find is NKK but the resolution hasnt really improved much since this keyboard came out over 10 years ago. If you think about it, the cost for $1600 keyboard with this many OLED switches at this time should have been extremely expensive and they def didn't make any real profit off these at all. OLED has gotten a lot cheaper and im suprised that companies like Elgato hasnt gotten into OLED keys/switches yet. NKK Has made frameless switches now which makes it probably look a lot nicer but still disappointing that the price per switch is about $75 a piece.
I watched the whole fucking video in order to listen to your voice for 11 minutes straight.
Are you a fellow Massive Attack fan? Damn, that makes me love you even more.
Yes, I'm a big fan of their work :D .
I remember when this came out I got pretty hyped for it. glad i never wasted my time with it lol
I got a Stream Deck today and setting it up made me think of this keyboard because it's like the full fleshed out expression of the type of thing this keyboard wanted to be. It's nice that the idea didn't die completely but I don't think it was ever practical on that scale and in that application. As configurable pressable buttons absolutely as keycaps for typing no not so much.
2:55 ah yes, G a M i N g c O m P A n i E S
Honestly, imagine this thing with decent switches, microLEDs instead of OLEDs(that might be entirely feasible in 5 years) and a better keycap design and you have yourself a keyboard that is actually revolutionary for certain use cases. Those who need lots of macros and/or hotkeys(video editors for example) and people who prefer 40% boards with lots of layers(like you showed at 4:58) over full boards would be very happy with such this. Also, thank you for the cunterifically artistic profanity.
11 years ago, this was all I wanted. I was just a poor 13 year old then, but I'm glad I couldn't afford it, after seeing this.
I can see this as the ultimate Macro Keyboard for things like Video Editing.
Imagine a bunch of surveillance camera feeds into each of the key screens. Awesome! Bat-o-vision!
What you need is comic papyrus on those keycaps.
Merry Christmas by the way, it's been a great year for keyboard reviews.
Offer your voice up for Voice Over work!!!!! “No bullshit” love that line!
"... with a totem pole" "... made from Satan's compressed excrement" LOL
You guys might hate me for saying this, but I think with the advancements in technology and updated and improved version of this would be very very nice.
the ultimate keyboard, way ahead of its time
Slashdot announced this keyboard something like 20 years ago, and I have been thinking about it ever since. Obviously the sticker price scared me away, and I am glad it did. Thanks for the review.
I remember when this thing was announced, it looked really cool and was supposed to be between $100 and $200. Boy, did they mess up. But I suppose that price was a little unrealistic to begin with.
wooot! I didn't even get notifications!
This is awesome, great video bro!
Thanks mate :D .
A keyboard like this could be worth it if you use a plethora of editing software and other professional applications (video, daws, 3d modeling, photoshop, lighting, etc) and you like having the command overlays. even then it might be more economical to just buy a dedicated labeled keyboard for each app that requires it.
Will have better keyfeel too. Considering that mechanical keyboards with MX type switches are relatively cheap, one can buy several of those and add custom keycaps on each. Though I don't think that custom keycaps were as easily obtainable at the time of this keyboard's release
By far the best and most creative conversion to imperial
3:00 As a developer, my guess is that the UI probably uses web-technologies, which basically requires an entire embed google chrome browser. Makes it cheaper for a company to develop and make it super "sleek" looking. Open-source linux implementations for things like razer chroma are only like 200KiB, since they use standard desktop UI tech and don't need an entire browser included with them.
I don't even care about the keyboard. his commentary is just comedy! imagine how the companies feel after watching this. man keep this up. you should just review everything. video games would be fucking hilarious
Ok, the transparent key caps are really cool, not gonna lie.
Everyone be flexing their 4 monitor setup... Chyros here flexing his 116 monitor setup.
Artem lebedev is basically "I'm a known brand do i can make bad stuff expensive ooga booga"
Actualy he does it everytime.
@@L0000Kme that's what I'm saying basically
I imagined this as GB keycaps in future using e-ink for lower power consumption.
nifty for f layers in those ultra compact 40% or maybe lower in future.
More than sure you don't read comments, but Lebedev studio's designs (about 2000$ for the worst one) is actually made by neural network! This one isn't, I guess, since it's from 2007, but the author clearly was on something
Ah, you know it's a good video when the HIIIIIIIIIDEOUS is called.
I remember coming across this while looking up logitech G15v2.
Pretty glad this did not stayed as my end game.
I hope you got to donate this unit to an electronics CZcamsr so they could do a public teardown of what seems like interesting internals. I counted 19 pins on each key...
the transparent key caps are actually pretty nice and yeah 7 mb
I had no idea this keyboard was actually manufactured.
"If they hadn't made the keys so big, and used switches that weren't made from Satan's compressed excrement..." LOL!
Okay the Razer question is a good one
Happy holidays!
You know I would love a keyboard like this in 2021 made with the advancements we have made. I hope it will be the future.
This would actually be viable nowadays, with tiny oled screens costing 1$ in bulk
I think the softwares are hundreds of megabytes because they have drivers for other devices, they have to save the heatmap constantly, also the different animations sets that have to saved and they usually save the old drivers just like geforce.
Lol...the album art from 'Mezzanine.' That is so random!
i love your videos. please keep making them
Your voice is something I wish I were blessed with. You could attempt to explain advanced calculus to me and I would be happy to listen.