LCD Keyboard hands on

[Brian Reisdorf]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBDBRg3HJqA

Could be useful in edit/graphics suites using multiple programs, but it needs to come down a little from it's current pricetag of $1600....ouch. At least it'd be a write-off.

 

[Dylan Reeve]

Nifty, but doesn't look all that great. A bit laggy, the keys look 'clunky'... And boy, what a cost.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

When its clickiness is better than a 1995-7 era dell quietkey I'll change keyboards.

 

[Dylan Reeve]

I won't elaborate on why exactly, but I've been looking at these a lot lately:
http://www.screenkeys.com/

I think they're pretty awesome.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Cool idea, but a few decades too late IMO.

Art Lebedev is a design studio, not consumer equipment manufacturer, hence the price. The price also depends on the number of the active keys (screens) you want.

This one seems interesting to me. It would require some getting used to, but everything new does.

 

[Robert Mott]

I would think this would be really cool to set up with all the hotkeys for Avid/Final Cut/Premiere. It would be nice because you could configure it however you felt. $1600 seems a bit steep though.

 

[Mitch Deoudes]

engadget review says it's great - for everything but typing.
[link]

But I do like the idea of a customizable control surface for computer stuff. Any other cool stuff out there, besides the usual expensive J.L. Cooper, etc.?

 

[Brian Reisdorf]

engadget review says it's great - for everything but typing.

Yeah, but for a keyboard designed for hotkey identification, I doubt it'll be on a system that's doing a lot of touch-typing work. If it was about 1/4th the current price, it'd almost be worth it.

You would think though, that a keyboard designed to be the end-all be-all would at least perform its primary function well.