Ideal Illuminated mini-keyboard - Page 2

Change · 02-25-2005, 02:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by redmage

They have a 11.5" LED backlit keyboard claiming to be "low-cost" Any info on that?

No idea, but I suspect it will be more expensive than the Deck. I'd really love their backlit keyboard with touchpad...too bad it likely costs around $300-$500 (as most keyboards like that do).

Dexter · 04-15-2005, 03:14 PM

I just got my Deck - Fire.

Its pretty cool. The switches have that old-school IBM Keyboard feel and sound. (Remember the huge keyboards with the AT connectors...yeah, those.)

The actual lettering on the keys is in some weird font. Its not bad, but I didn't expect it at all. Its not regular Arial or whatever..

The brightness levels seem pretty good, and the brightest (0-7) isn't too bright, so this should be perfect for night ( Haven't tested that yet.)

XP was being a little baby and I had to manually point it to the HID Keyboard drivers.

My current only other gripe, is that i keep hitting HOME instead of BACKSPACE because I'm used to the standard longer backspace key, but its cool, I mean its a mini keyboard, what can you expect.

I'll take some pics when I get home, I'm using it at work right now, heh.
So far, I'd say its worth the money and hopefully it'll prove to stand up to the harsh automotive crap...or something...

sanbas · 04-19-2005, 08:09 PM

what the hell is up with these insane prices!?! How can i buy a gps receiver for 50 bucks which communicates with multiple satellites thru the atmospehre 11000+ miles away and cant get a cheap decent keyboard to work without turning around and pointing my keyboard to the damn receiver 4 feet from me.

its very annoying!!! and i dont want to spend more money on an IR keyboard!

TheLlama · 05-02-2005, 01:06 PM

Thats what happens if your cheap. But I agree, $275 is not my idea of "ideal" althought that is a very reasonable price if you used it for its intended application (being industrial control of sorts).