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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: DrSchlock on Fri, 03 January 2014, 14:29:52

Title: Korean Keyboard
Post by: DrSchlock on Fri, 03 January 2014, 14:29:52: Ok, so one of my friends is travelling to South Korea soon on business. He knows I am into keyboards and offered to pick up a keyboard for me while in the country. Problem is that I'm not very familiar with Korean keyboards. Any recommendations for a good keyboard that is hard to get in the US/elsewhere but is available in Korea?
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:04:41: It were me I would look for some Cherry G80-somethingKO models since I assume they are way cheaper there than online sellers. Some of the idfactory stuff is kind of nice (though it also looks incredibly similar to Leopold/Keycool jazzed up a bit) and not too common outside Korea... other than the custom things which is unlikely to get unless they will have plenty of time it seem to me that most is same stuff as everywhere + Hangul on keycap.
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: Puddsy on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:31:59: Leopold 700R, but that's about it really. The only cool thing you want other than that is a custom.
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: esoomenona on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:32:55: Technically, any keyboard in Korea is a Korean keyboard. Tell him to grab them all.
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:35:22: Quote from: TacticalStache on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:31:59
Leopold 700R, but that's about it really. The only cool thing you want other than that is a custom.

get the grey one
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: terran5992 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:07:47: Tell him to pick up a kmac
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: demik on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:10:05: Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:32:55
Technically, any keyboard in Korea is a Korean keyboard. Tell him to grab them all.

the man has a point
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:24:19: Quote from: demik on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:10:05
Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 03 January 2014, 15:32:55
Technically, any keyboard in Korea is a Korean keyboard. Tell him to grab them all.

the man has a point

He has quite a few points, look at the antlers!
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: cmadrid on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:53:57: Those antlers! lol
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: geogga on Sat, 04 January 2014, 18:43:51: Quote from: terran5992 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:07:47
Tell him to pick up a kmac
I agree.
Quick question, how big are the price differences are Korean keyboards sold in korea or US?
Is it just the shipping that costs more?
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: terran5992 on Sat, 04 January 2014, 19:07:17: Quote from: geogga on Sat, 04 January 2014, 18:43:51
Quote from: terran5992 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:07:47
Tell him to pick up a kmac
I agree.
Quick question, how big are the price differences are Korean keyboards sold in korea or US?
Is it just the shipping that costs more?

I think korean shipping is not reallly that expensive.

Price difference should be fairly little
Title: Re: Korean Keyboard
Post by: RESPRiT on Wed, 08 January 2014, 02:03:07: If you're interested, it would be a good opportunity to get a board with hangul legends, since those seem to be damn hard to find for some reason.