Thursday, August 12th 2010
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Thermaltake eSports Announces New Meka G1 Gaming Keyboard
Tt eSPORTS, a leading professional gaming gear company, today announces our brand new "MEKA" series of mechanical keyboard at Gamescom in Cologne Germany, the largest gaming event and calendar highlight for interactive games and entertainment.
Tt eSPORTS offers a complete gaming solution. Now with the new MEKA G1 mechanical keyboard, guarantee a 1000HZ polling rate and faster response time on the keyboard which will give gamers supreme experiences to destroy and attack enemies on every terrain.Features of MEKA G1:
Tt eSPORTS offers a complete gaming solution. Now with the new MEKA G1 mechanical keyboard, guarantee a 1000HZ polling rate and faster response time on the keyboard which will give gamers supreme experiences to destroy and attack enemies on every terrain.Features of MEKA G1:
- Polling Rate: 1000HZ
- Solid with heavy duty performance mechanical keyboard Specification
- Full speed USB design; never lag for input signals
- Anti -ghost key design ; PS2 adapter included for N key rollover function
36 Comments on Thermaltake eSports Announces New Meka G1 Gaming Keyboard
Do you think a sub-$100 price point is possible?
Is there really any difference/value in this 1000Hz polling rate over regular keyboards?
But then again, what qualifies as a gaming keyboard. I dont think LCD screens are really needed, but in my opinion programable keys/buttons are a must for a gaming keyboard.
However, as it appears to have no backlighting, it'd have to be pretty cheap for me to recommend it over a Deck.
Its a completely different feel when pushing the keys of the keyboard, from what I hear its like typing with heaven and being able to push like 5 keys at once to get a response.
It such a direct feel typing with a mechanical keyboard- I might decide to get this.
Sense most the mechanical keyboards like Deck and the old IBM's arnt on newegg very widely and sometimes you need to get them from ebay or special orders.
Mechanical keyboard FTW. enough with this plastic switch shit that breaks.
What's up with all the cooler/case companies creating gaming gear?
The keyboard would have to be seriously cheap for me to get this as it's Thermaltake and I don't want a Thermaltake keyboard because it's Thermaltake.
But then again, if it's a good keyboard, I don't really care for brand (to an extent).
BTW I said TT 3 times in 1 sentence, it must be a record!
Will it be, though? No.
Sorry for the awful example, really couldn't come up with anything better.
EDIT: But it would probably cost $300
the Thermaltake Meka is a rebranded i-Rocks KR-6230. the i-Rocks KR-6230 uses Cherry MX Brown switches. the Thermaltake Meka uses Cherry MX Black Linear switches. there is a seller on eBay who has over 10 brand new i-Rocks KR-6230 available for $69.99 /ea they have a $99 MSRP.
no it doesn't. when a switch actuates it bounces like a ball against it's contacts before it settles. if a controller read each bounce it would register many keystrokes so controllers have a feature called debounce time which ignores any bounce for x amount of milliseconds. mechanical keyboards have a lower debounce time because the silicone or rubber in rubber dome keyboards is more elastic. anything over 200Hz is a marketing hype because even a robot would have to wait that x amount of milliseconds before registering another keystroke. not with Cherry MX switches. Cherry does have a low profile switch called Cherry ML.
Deck Legend 105 Ice Tactile
Deck Legend 105 Frost Tactile
or if you spend a equal amount of time gaming and typing you will want a keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches.
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I wish I could afford a Deck, personally.