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Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Sat, 13 March 2010, 12:08:15
I ran in to this video about a new series of Thermaltake brand peripherals.  There isn't much information given on the mechanical keyboard model (they just brush it aside to focus on L33T GAMER stuff, typical) but it appears to have a USB hub and audio connectors - could well be an OEM model from the usual factories that is only branded as Thermaltake.  Still, it clicks!

http://tv.hexus.net/show/2010/03/CeBIT_2010_Thermaltake_aims_for_the_gamer_with_TT_esports/ (http://tv.hexus.net/show/2010/03/CeBIT_2010_Thermaltake_aims_for_the_gamer_with_TT_esports/)
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Sat, 13 March 2010, 13:18:27
That guy is a fraud.  I find the way he pronounces "Solder" annoying.  A "soddering iron" sounds like the tool of a sado-masochist.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Sat, 13 March 2010, 13:39:28
Yeah, i'm British.  It sounds more difficult to pronounce your way, without an "L" breaking things up a bit.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Sat, 13 March 2010, 15:17:16
Fans? Really Thermaltake? Wow. What next, a subwoofer foot massager?

...

Actually, that has potential. Imma go to the patent office.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sat, 13 March 2010, 16:18:28
Quote from: Phaedrus2129;163769
Fans? Really Thermaltake? Wow. What next, a subwoofer foot massager?

...

Actually, that has potential. Imma go to the patent office.


The guys at deaf gamers already do that:
"Here at Deaf Gamers we have, for over a year ignored audible content within a game and rightly so too but Eponine's review of Morrowind and her use of a subwoofer to give tactile feedback has opened our eyes. Thanks to our good friends at Videologic we now have the superb Videologic ZXR-500 5.1 speaker system (a review on the quality of the subwoofer to follow shortly). The beauty of the ZXR-500 set is that you can turn off the satellite speakers and just leave the bass on. With the subwoofer placed under the desk and with your foot or feet place on it (personally I find placing a foot either side of gives the best effect), it provides incredible tactile feedback if the game uses bass to good effect. AoW 2 uses bass to incredible effect. The soundtrack of the game feels absolutely superb through the subwoofer. The battles again feel incredible with the explosions shaking you out of your seat." (http://www.deafgamers.com/aow2.htm)

although for "tactile feedback", not necessarily massages. They should get a clicky keyboard then.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: elbowglue on Sat, 13 March 2010, 22:44:42
Quote from: Julle;163730
Actually, the fans are there so that when a Thermaltake representative is taking a piss at you, he/she can direct the stream of urine at your face in a nice, refreshing aerosol spray.

This was almost as retarded as Kip Kay's illuminated keyboard "hack":


The whole concept of a backlit keyboard is stupid to begin with.  IMHO, doubleshots = as good as any backlite on a silly deck keyboard :P  I do like the size of the deck 87 ice though.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: kriminal on Sat, 13 March 2010, 23:46:51
ROTFL @ fans on keyboards, actually the dude seemed to have alot of interest in the cherry but offcourse they barely even showed it.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: elservo on Tue, 16 March 2010, 19:50:59
I'm just glad that people from Pittsburgh (where I grew up) didn't pronounce "solder" like "sooter" which they did with "water."  

"You want some ice wooter?"

"Do you have any clothes need warshed?"
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: kishy on Tue, 16 March 2010, 21:36:59
I say it "solder".

Where'd we get our language and the majority of our words?
How do they say it?
Exactly.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: ricercar on Wed, 17 March 2010, 00:11:45
i want to sodder a holder.

you can tell a pretentious brit when he says "skool shed-yule." Consistency demands skool sked-yule or shool shed-yule.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Wed, 17 March 2010, 22:17:11
Most Americans still think that the British sound like **** Van-Dyke in "Mary Poppins".  I'd be very impressed if they could distinguish between a pretentious and non-pretentious British accent.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Wed, 17 March 2010, 23:06:57
Most of the brits I've worked with pronounced schedule that way.  It always threw me a bit, like the first time I heard someone say they were going to "knock up a document".  There was a big difference though between one co-worker from Bristol which didn't sound pretentious at all, the opposite probably.  And another from Manchester that arguably could be called pretentious.  Some of them had been here long enough so the accent was barely noticeable, unless they'd been back to the U.K. which would make it resurface for a bit.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Thu, 18 March 2010, 12:59:10
The interesting thing about that is that it's people from the North (e.g Manchester) who tend to perceive themselves as more humble "salts of the Earth" so to speak, and Southerners generally see themselves as more "upper-class" and cultured.  On the other hand, with the continued rejuvenation of larger Northern cities and the increase in the number of wealthy people in those areas, more and more people attempt to ape the habits and mannerisms of their historically richer counterparts in the South.  This is, from my experience, especially true in a city like Liverpool, where good taste and reserve are hard to come by.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: megarat on Thu, 18 March 2010, 13:06:14
Quote from: elbowglue;163846
The whole concept of a backlit keyboard is stupid to begin with.  IMHO, doubleshots = as good as any backlite on a silly deck keyboard :P  I do like the size of the deck 87 ice though.


While I love doubleshot keys, I game in my darkened home theater, and backlit keys are less a luxury gimmick than an essential feature.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Ulysses31 on Thu, 18 March 2010, 15:34:55
Isn't that a golf-ball print-head?  The blue light and cable is new to me...
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: InSanCen on Thu, 18 March 2010, 15:42:51
Quote from: Ulysses31;165164
This is, from my experience, especially true in a city like Liverpool, where good taste and reserve are hard to come by.


One of the funniest things I have heard realting to accents (Apart from a friends accent, born in Jamaica, moved in his teens to South Wales... you have to hear that one to believe it), was a conversation between between a Scouser and a Nigerian. Just play that one over in your mind.

But yes, the word's Reserve and Scousers are rarely uttered in the same sentence without copiuos amounts of laughing.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 19 March 2010, 00:05:08
Quote from: Ulysses31;165225
Isn't that a golf-ball print-head?  The blue light and cable is new to me...


It's an IBM selectric printing ball; ripster loves them over his IBM model M industrial mini.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: lmnop on Sat, 22 May 2010, 22:40:35
took the time to take some screencaps of the yet to be named Thermaltake mechanical keyboard under their eSports lineup.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/4i1yeu.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/fc47s1.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/4gm9hf.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/a1tzif.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/o5p16r.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/35ch4w9.jpg)
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: audioave10 on Sat, 22 May 2010, 22:58:17
That doesn't look half bad. Btw, my Deck backlit keyboard is also essential. One PC is on the other side of the room away from the light.
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: Infinite north on Sat, 22 May 2010, 23:57:35
Quote from: EverythingIBM;163777
The guys at deaf gamers already do that:
"Here at Deaf Gamers we have, for over a year ignored audible content within a game and rightly so too but Eponine's review of Morrowind and her use of a subwoofer to give tactile feedback has opened our eyes. Thanks to our good friends at Videologic we now have the superb Videologic ZXR-500 5.1 speaker system (a review on the quality of the subwoofer to follow shortly). The beauty of the ZXR-500 set is that you can turn off the satellite speakers and just leave the bass on. With the subwoofer placed under the desk and with your foot or feet place on it (personally I find placing a foot either side of gives the best effect), it provides incredible tactile feedback if the game uses bass to good effect. AoW 2 uses bass to incredible effect. The soundtrack of the game feels absolutely superb through the subwoofer. The battles again feel incredible with the explosions shaking you out of your seat." (http://www.deafgamers.com/aow2.htm)

although for "tactile feedback", not necessarily massages. They should get a clicky keyboard then.



This makes me realize how glad I am to not live next to a deaf gamer. how do you decide how loud is too loud when you just don't know
Title: Thermaltake Cherry Keyboard
Post by: lmnop on Sun, 23 May 2010, 06:03:14
Quote from: ripster;165173
I'm kinda into glowing gimmicks right now.  That spartan look gets kinda boring after a while.

Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8493&stc=1&d=1268937731)


pretty :)