Performance

The reason there are basically no changes from the G19 to the G19s (they only changed the color) is because what Logitech has been doing works very well and no one is really competing when it comes to the features the G19s offers. For example, there are only a few other keyboards who have an easy to use volume control and media controls like the G19s. Most of the others are other Logitech products and a few other companies who used the Logitech design for inspiration. The same goes for how easy it is to program macro keys on the fly using the MR button. I don’t think there is any way to improve on the current design. Personally I don’t need as many macro keys that the G19s offers but it is one of those situations where it is better to have to many than not enough. The only downside is that the additional keys make the G19s a little wider than most other keyboards, this will cause issues if you have a small desk or at a LAN where space is limited.

As someone who likes their PC lighting to match their keyboard, it is great that you can set the backlighting on the G19s to any color. As usual I set everything up with a nice LanOC orange right way before toying with other colors. Just like the G19, G510, and G510s the G19s does have a slightly dim backlight. This is partially due to being compared to the mechanical keyboards with backlighting these days. Mechanical keyboards have one LED behind easy key, making them extremely bright. Even so, when comparing the G19s to our old G15 with the orange backlighting there was a difference. I think you lose a little backlighting when going to the RGB LEDs needed to give us the full color spectrum adjustability.

So how well did the G19s perform when using it both for writing and gaming? Well as expected the keys feel a little mushy coming from a mechanical keyboard. But for a membrane keyboard the G19s performs great. The macro keys on the side are just slightly out of reach without moving your hand off WASD or QWER. I think that most games that you will want to use macros will be games that don’t use QWER or WASD.

So how about the main feature, the full color LCD screen? Compared to the G510s the new screen is larger, brighter, and much easier to see. I really like using this screen to keep an eye on my CPU and memory usage. I found using the screen in game to be a little harder though, especially when they are showing important information on the screen. Looking away from my games can be tough. I really love the integration with LoL though (they even show your gold per minute).

 

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #34586 04 Apr 2014 17:28
Happy Friday everyone. Today I take a look at Logitech's flagship keyboard with its color LCD screen.

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