Razer Deathstalker Ultimate Review
Lighting and Screen
Published: 23rd January 2013 | Source: Razer | Price: £250 |
Lighting and Screen
The laser cutting of the keys is incredibly crisp. By default the Deathstalker is set to the Razer green you'd expect, although as we saw on the previous page you can adjust it to any colour you like.
Yes of course we set it to orange. What other colour did you expect? One thing worth noting throughout the following photographs is that the clarity and crispness of the displays proved exceptionally hard to photograph and we're not the kind of site to resort to using the official images if we can help it. Also the ten customisable keys above the trackpad are designed to be viewed from your standard seating position. They're slightly offset when looking from straight on, which again makes for fun photographing.
Anyway, yes you can set anything as your Switchblade background. Naturally we're just like you, if you can customise something you always write your name on it. Doesn't the OC3D logo look awesome.
It's not a matter of a couple of colours either. The screen is a full-on proper screen, capable of displaying any picture in full colour and detail.
Above the Switchblade screen are the application keys. By default from the top left we have the standard trackpad setting which also changes the ten icons to the ten ones you can customise in the Synapse 2.0 software, numpad replicator which turns the screen to a numeric keypad with all the keys you'd expect, the macro editor which produces something exactly like that you would see in the Synapse software, gaming mode (again with options), internet browser, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and finally a clock. That's not all though.
Using a multi-touch gesture (three finger swipe to the right) there are some game-specific options. Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, BattleField 3, and Star Wars TOR are all supported. There is also a stopwatch for keeping an eye on respawns, and on the far top right we have a screenshot grabber, which not only includes the ability to view the images on the screen, but you can also delete ones you don't want, and generally fiddle about with them.
Remember how we showed you that you can use your own icon for key assigns? Here they are in all their glory. Of course we have to use our OC3D logo for one, but we wont tell you what pressing Scruffy from Futurama does.
For those of us who have spent years looking longingly at the vapourware Optimus Maximus this is the real world version and it's every bit as awesome as you hope it is.
Most Recent Comments
Nonetheless; Good review
I'm thinking that touch pad area might be handy for game development...
Just needs some better apps added and its a winner. Id use it.....
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Originally Posted by MrKambo
now this is one amazing keyboard, but without actually using one dont think i could justify the £250 price tag, shame i dont have a store around me that might have this on display
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£250!! Fook that!
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Originally Posted by SPS
Ohhh... I could have sworn when I looked at the review it said £119.99.
£250!! Fook that! |
The keyboard looks AMAZING, but they've taken away a (somewhat) useful part of the keyboard (the numberpad) and added on something that is virtually useless.
I'm sorry, but I'd rather have nothing than have that touchpad, no matter how nice it looks. At least a tenkeyless keyboard has the advantage of giving your mouse an extra 5 inches of space to move around on.
Then again, it's really pretty.
The numpad thing is actually a non-issue besides the alt codes. The app replicates one perfectly, and there is a side-mode that modifies it to just directions. You really don't notice that it's not a "real" one at all. I only notice because, as part of my regular writings here, I have to use the alt symbols a lot.
Trust me, the pad and apps are incredible. If you look at it as an extra £150 for a 4" touch screen, applications, 10 Optimus style keys, and all the fun of a Synaptics touchpad it becomes a LOT more palatable. Like so many of the high-end reviews here at OC3D, until you've used it you just see the huge price and think it can't offer enough over a more cost-effective option.
Sure it's expensive as you like, but how much of your life is spent using the keyboard? Using a cheap keyboard is like buying a 22" TN monitor to put your SLI 680s through. Put the money down on an awesome keyboard and mouse and your hands will thank you.
All of that and not once did I make a comparison between buying a Focus and a Bentley. Damn...
The wristrest is too small for my liking, the keys are too flat and it's not mechanical! D:
250-80 = 170 Quid! Just for that touch screen? No thanks, I'll use my phone
You can literally buy either 3 regular edition keyboards for that, or 3 Corsair K60s ... or 3 CM Storm Quickfires
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Originally Posted by VonBlade
The numpad thing is actually a non-issue besides the alt codes.
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Originally Posted by VonBlade
Trust me, the pad and apps are incredible.
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Originally Posted by VonBlade
Using a cheap keyboard is like buying a 22" TN monitor to put your SLI 680s through.
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That's where my gripe is. For all the flashy features, I don't see anything that I can't already do better with equipment I already have. If I wanted to drop 250 quid on a keyboard, I'd probably pick up a HHKB 2 Pro.
I do think it's a cool concept, though. This just makes way WAY more sense in the Razer Blade than it does on my desk.
i was going to put some money down on the Standard deathstalker but now i have to rethink
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