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Has anyone heard of TVS Gold keyboards? Someone is selling an old grey PS/2 one near me cheap (Less than £20) and I'm trying to figure out if it's a good one. I asked him if it's mechanical, but he didn't seem to understand the question. Anyone know anything about them? |
Keyboard advice: thinking of getting a mechanical • Page 5
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asha 2,023 posts
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSeems to be an Indian mechanical keyboard, apparently using Cherry MX blues according to photos. Reviews are very variable though, and all the Cherry MX switches I've seen don't have those rounded edges, so I'm suspecting a cheap copy, especially given how bad some of the reported action is.
Edit: And also how cheap you can get them - apparently 25 quid for a whole keyboard.
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSounds like a cheap way to experiment, at any rate - cheap being relative to income, though.
The only trouble I'm having with blue switches is myself. When I play games, I'm so used to 'prepping' the A key for activation with a half press that it's going off early and sending me sliding gaily sideways. Not sure how long that particular habit is going to take to unlearn. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoYou should be able to just adjust the weight you apply to the key. I don't have my MX keyboard with me, but on this ALPS unit I can easily prep a key just below the activation threshold.
To be fair though I have a lot of trouble not bottoming out my cherry MX brown keyboard, while I can avoid it most of the time on ALPS, so perhaps ALPS switches are heavier weight than MX. -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSorry, I meant you can adjust the pressure you apply to the key by, um, pressing down less hard - I don't think any keyswitches are tweakable like that.
Edit: Oh, and I did try prepping keys on my MX brown keyboard, and it's doable but not as easy as on my ALPS board. Part of that is because the action of the MX browns feels a bit rough, while the ALPS is smooth apart from the actuation bump - that may be because my ALPS keyboard is over 10 years old though, and it's worn the barrels smooth.
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MetalDog 24,076 posts
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It'll take me a little while, I reckon. My brain tells me I'm not pressing half-down when I really am - it's hard to ease off when you think you're not doing it at all. Stupid brain. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBump... any more recommendations? I was using a (non mechanical) Microsoft Natural Keyboard for years, and I loved it... but eventually I had to replace it with the Logitech job that I've got now, and it's shit.
I know I wont be able to get an ergonomic natural (or at least I've never seen one), but I fancy giving a mechanical a go all the same. -
gamingdave 5,087 posts
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Registered 17 years agoOnly took me a year, but I ended up getting a full sized Filco with brown switches. It really is a thing of beauty, a delight to type on, built like a tank, and looks great on the desk. Very happy with it. -
ISmoke 1,700 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI acquired a Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 with Red switches today.
It's funny. i never liked the look of mechanical keyboads so i was always going to stick with dome boards. That is until i stumbled across a Corsair K90 in maplins played with it for 10 seconds and i was converted.
Now actually being able to type on one, i don't think i could go back. It's a delight to write this on. The ducky was expensive but i could probably commit murder with this thing. Nice and durable. Only draw back is there is no wrist rest but I can look past that -
Got a Fujitsu KB910 (€40/£32) now, a flat/softkey keyboard with white backlighting. The lighting is fucking dreadful, it works, but it is ghastly.
However, the keyboard is great. I tried lots of keyboards, including the Apple aluminum thingy, and this is the best I had. I don't really notice it's there, which is a good sign. Importantly for gaming, it supports multi-key commands like W+D+Space, which very few keyboards did that I tried. Most importantly, unlike a twice-the-price Logitech keyboard I considered, that is claimed to be unable to do Shift+W+Space, which is out of question obviously.
It has the standard layout with well-separated function keys, also important for me, no experiments with re-arranged arrow keys, del/pos1/insert etc. Just the right original setting as God created it.
There's a cheaper non-illuminated version, the KB900 (€30/£24) if you don't need that stuff. Again, if you want good illumination, this one's crap. If you want a professional ten-finger keyboard, you're not really looking for flat designs anyway.
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years ago@ISmoke
Interesting. Reds never came up in my searches last time I was on the market for a mechanical. Like MX blacks but lighter, right?
I like a bit more feel personally, but at least you've still got the travel with pretty much any mechanical (a term I hate, by the way - even the action of a rubber dome keyboard is mechanical).
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azurelas_2 2,157 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHello,
I've just spilled water on my Corsair K60 mechanical keyboard, and haven't been able to repair it.
My question is; how does one fix a waterlogged keyboard? I've already drained, dried and disassembled it, and it still isn't working. Also, I really can't afford to pay another 85€ for a a new one.
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHow's it not working? If the computer recognises it when you plug it in, the electronics are still roughly working which just leaves the keyswitches, which are repairable or replaceable. If the computer doesn't then you've fried the board, and you need an electronic engineer to test the individual chips and replace them, which will likely cost more than a new keyboard. -
beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Registered 17 years agoBump!
Any new ones worth considering? -
Nades 2,907 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAhhh, perfect time for a thread like this to come around. All my PC parts have pretty much arrived now so need a keyboard. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWhat's your budget? -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agohttp://www.coolermaster.com/peripheral/keyboards/quickfireultimate/
that's mine, its fucking ace. -
Nades 2,907 posts
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Registered 9 years ago@quadfather 50 max. -
Gibroon 2,658 posts
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Registered 17 years ago@Nades
Clackety, clackety, click, click, clack, make sure you have a proper headset and not a desktop mic, clickety,clickety,clack,clack. -
Nades 2,907 posts
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Registered 9 years ago@Gibroon Been using Astro A40s for years now 
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senso-ji 10,271 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI have a CM Storm (very similar to THFourteen's, except without all the fancy LEDs) that I bought for £80 4 years ago. I can say they are well worth the investment, so if you can increase your budget, then do it. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYeah, if you can stretch to 80-90, you can pick and choose, but I'm not sure you'll get a 'full' mechanical for 50
I ended up spending 90 for this, but it's shot up to £135 now, so you maybe want to forget about that one! -
Nades 2,907 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYeah I may just up my budget tbh. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's worth it, because you won't need to change it for fucking years, and they're ace to game with -
Nades 2,907 posts
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Registered 9 years agoReally like the look of the one you linked, but that price is too much for me. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoNades wrote:
Not that it helps, but it's a really nice keyboard. Fuck knows why it's shot up to that price.
Really like the look of the one you linked, but that price is too much for me.
Though saying that, a quick google provides this which looks very reasonable to me. -
Is that the same one or a different version? If its the same I'll go for it...
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