Logitech G19

Coming from a simple Logitech Ergonomic Wave Keyboard, the only problems I had with the Wave is that the buttons were painted on so a few letters accidently got scratched off so I thought I'd go to the other side of the spectrum, a really good keyboard, the annoying things is that theres no Media player button, no calculator button, no log/turn off button which were a few I used alot but can probably be programmed into the G keys, but afraid I will accidently hit one mid game and take me out of a game, there is media buttons that are there with a really useful volume wheel that shows the current volume on the LCD screen, speaking of which has a severe lack of support atm, Logitech kind of just put it there, put out an SDK then got lazy and told fans to do the rest for them but it still works well, just not much TO work well, and coming to this keyboard from a normal keyboard it may take a a while to having ctrl+esc not being the edge of the board, still have yet to bother with the G keys. All in all if you have a G15, save up for the next (Maybe), hopefully better throught through G series keyboard, G15 might ge a good consideration for a budget keyboard now in terms of good quality keyboards, atm this is kind of only useful as bragging rights.

I've been using my G19 for about 6 months now, I dont think I will ever change my keyboard(Unless they bring out an upgraded version of this one!)

PROS:

Macro keys,
This keybaord has 12 keys on the lefthand side of the keyboard, which you can program to do basicly anything, from starting a program, to doing a series of actions in a computer game(i.e switch to grenade and throw it, then switch back to your weapon), These 12keys are actually really 36keys, because you with the push of a button they are re-mapped to a different set of binds.

Mini Screen,
For gamers this screen is really helpfull, you can have it showing you anything from the kill table, to whos talking in ventrillo… you can even watch youtube on the screen while playing a computer game O_o. (NOTE: Un-popular games, may not have software written for the screen to work for that particular game)

Media keys,
Theres a bunch of keys above the numpad, wich you can controll your media playing software with. Theres also a mute/soundcontroll scroller, wich interacts with the direct system controls, wich I find very usefull as a master volume control.

Windows Key disable switch!
This is an amazing ‘slide switch’ wich when slid to the right, disables your ‘windows key’. No more getting alt tabbed during gameplay yay!

USB Ports
Theres actually two USB Ports coming out of the front of the keyboard, wich are really handy for plugging in your ipod, external HD, thumbdrive, Even headsets.

Looks WAYY PIMP
You can actually change the way the keys light up… its really as cool as it sounds, like right now all my keys are glowing bright pink, 10/10 in keyboard sexyness, people at lan partys are always drooling.

Feel'nTouch
The way the keys press with just the right amount of pressure, not to hard, but not to light is perfect, its really a delight to type with.

CONS:

SIZE,
Okay, theres no doubt, this thing dwarfs your average keyboard size, it manages to JUST squeeze into those ‘keyboard slots’ you have in work desks.

Layout of keys,
Because this keyboard is designed for one main purpose, Hardcore gaming, they've actually moved all the keys around slightly to give the way W,A,S,D sit in the keyboard, more of an erginomic feel, and in doing so, it slightly displaces all of the other keys, so when you first get it, you'll go to touch type, and have trouble hitting the right keys, because of the slight 2MM Difference, but you get used to it in about 2–3 Days.

Overall, I would never use any other keyboard for gaming, this badboy provides everything a hardcore gamer needs!

Excellent chapter in keyboarding :)
The screen is a nice addition, if not gaming, why not look at the clock, it's always a good reminder! Haven't ventured into fully utilising the RSS feed, video watching just as yet, although it's a cumfy and good experience so far! No issues or discomfort, pleased with the coin invested thumbsup

This is a very nice keyboard. The keys feel smoother than other boards and are easier to press. There are very few games that support LCD screen and many that do don't even have anything fancy for it. It is, however, quite useful for keeping track of the time or your computers RAM and CPU usage while you are playing a game. The macro keys are also quite useful. I use Steam a lot and my Steam Overlay is set to Ctrl+Shift+Alt+\ to prevent it from opening when I don't want it to. I can now program this to one of the macro keys and open and close the overlay without having to worry about doing so when I don't want to.

Ok first off I'll start by saying that this keyboard is brilliant. It's slick, accessible, great for gaming bla bla bla.

But it does have one small problem which all hardcore pc gamers will share, and that is the fact that it badly affected by electromagnetic interference nearly every day. Seeing that my keyboard is surrounded by electronic equipment (monitors, speakers, router, cellphone etc) there is a lot of EM interference between them. Every few days my keyboard will either lose some of its functions or just switch off completely with the only solution involving me crawling under my dusty desk on my hands and knees and unplugging and replugging the power. It's a dam pain.

If you do decide to get the keyboard, which I do recommend, just try to keep as much electronic equipment (especially phones) well away from the keyboard.