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Philips Unveils Gaming Peripherals at Computex

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Philips has been selling PC monitors for a while now, and at this year's Computex, the grand old Dutch company unveiled its first gaming-grade peripherals. This includes LED-backlit mechanical keyboards (both full-size and tenkeyless), and four different kinds of ergonomic gaming mice. The SPK8601BHSC and SPK8901SQWC are tenkeyless (87-key) keyboards. The former has a matte-black plastic bezel, and amber illumination, while the latter has silvery brushed aluminium bezel, and white LED illumination. Both keyboards feature "blue" mechanical switches (likely Cherry MX).

The full-size mechanical gaming keyboard lineup includes the SPK8401SQM, SPK8401SHW, SPK8401BHM, and the SPK8801. The SPK8401SQM features silvery brushed aluminium bezel, white keycaps, RGB LED backlighting, and Blue mechanical switches; the SPK8401SHW is its cheaper twin with white LED illumination instead of RGB. The SPK8401BHM has black brushed aluminium bezel, black keycaps, RGB illumination and Blue switches, the SPK8801 is its twin with white keycaps instead of black.



Moving on to the mice, and we find four unique designs that share no elements from each other: SPK9403, SPK9842, SPK9401W, and SPK9212. The SPK9403 features a large footprint, and a right palm-grip optimized design, with a gray rubberized sides blending with a glossy white fascia. You get 8 buttons, a 4,000 dpi optical sensor, 20 million click endurance, and 145 g fixed weight. The SPK9842 has a wacky, asymmetric design that lets your right thumb in on more of the action. It packs a 16,400 dpi sensor, 7 programmable buttons, and 150 g fixed weight. The SPK9401W has the same innards as the SPK9403, but a less flabby outer design that's inviting to claw-grip. An RGB LED diffuser accentuates the bottom half. Lastly, there's the SPK9212, which is probably the cheapest of the lot, with its ambidextrous design, 2,800 dpi sensor, and 120 g fixed weight.



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Wow, that looks like a shoddy OEM rebrand if I ever saw one. Horrible keycap font, poor finish on the whole product, and ... well, it looks like a cheapo rebrand of an off-the-shelf design from a low-end OEM.
 
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Never before a keyboard damaged the eyes. Please veil em again!
 
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Wow, that looks like a shoddy OEM rebrand if I ever saw one. Horrible keycap font, poor finish on the whole product, and ... well, it looks like a cheapo rebrand of an off-the-shelf design from a low-end OEM.

Exactly what i thought.
 
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SPK9401W looks decent, the one with an rgb contour.
It looks like a semi-decent Razer ripoff - which I guess isn't all that bad. Though of course you lose out on the support and software, of course. The last one also looks like a halfway okay MX500 copy, which I guess is also fine. Still, I'd go for something less obviously picked from a random OEM's stock design catalogue.
 
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Wow, that looks like a shoddy OEM rebrand if I ever saw one. Horrible keycap font, poor finish on the whole product, and ... well, it looks like a cheapo rebrand of an off-the-shelf design from a low-end OEM.

Scrolling trough the recent peripheral announcements I got the same impression. Apart from HyperX all the others, ViewSonic, Philips and Patriot seem to have quoted the same Vendor for "their" line-up of RGB mech keyboards and told them to put their logo on existing products.

On some of them even the keycaps seems identical, quite funnily. Not to berate users of these mech keyboards, but If I want to get a cheap Chinese RGB mechanical keyboard with Kailh or Outemu switches I'll go straight to the "source" and get them cheap, without the "brand" mark-up.
 
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Do you do any background work for these pieces?
Philips has absolutely nothing to do with the Philips-branded monitors, the brand when it comes to monitors is owned by MMD, who also makes the displays. Same Philips brand in televisions is owned by TPV Technology (which, if my memory serves me right, owns MMD)
(Philips televisions were for some time a joint venture between TPV and Philips but Philips dropped out from it years ago)

I'm pretty sure same goes for the peripherals - made by someone else and most likely brand is owned by someone other than Philips, too.
 
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Not to berate users of these mech keyboards, but If I want to get a cheap Chinese RGB mechanical keyboard with Kailh or Outemu switches I'll go straight to the "source" and get them cheap, without the "brand" mark-up.
Kailh make pretty good switches nowadays. On par with Cherry, and way more variety.

What's with putting blues in a "gaming" board? I can't imagine wanting clicky keys while gaming. Give me heavy linear or tactiles with a subtle bump, at most.
 
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Kailh make pretty good switches nowadays. On par with Cherry, and way more variety.

What's with putting blues in a "gaming" board? I can't imagine wanting clicky keys while gaming. Give me heavy linear or tactiles with a subtle bump, at most.

I know they are good. That is why I said I don't want to berate cheapo mechboard owners. :)
Would rather spare some cash and go directly Motospeed or such to buy one instead paying close or the same money as other brands that actually bother to develop their product somewhat and not just plastering their logo on some one elses.
 
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