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Another big name enters the fray
Turtle Beach, known largely for its gaming headsets, showed off several PC gaming peripherals at CES today -- the most interesting of which is arguably their line of keyboards. This is the first time that the company has branched into this particular market. We first heard about the Impact 100, 500 and 700 back at Gamescom in August, but Turtle Beach was light on details and North American availability at the time. The Impact 700 is their flagship keyboard, with a full-sized chassis, Cherry MX Brown keys, backlighting, headphone and microphone jacks, and a spare USB 2.0 port. Coming in with an MSRP of $195.95, it has a flagship price to match.
The Impact 500 (pictured above) is a tenkeyless unit, meaning that it doesn't have a number pad on the right-hand side. You lose some functionality, but it's more compact and portable. This one uses Cherry MX Blue keys and does not feature backlighting. Its MSRP is $125.95.
The last one is an interesting beast. The Impact 100 is not mechanical, but it uses "smart-guided keycap sleeves," which we have a shot of below. It also has a proprietary 30-key rollover, meaning that pretty much all of your keypresses should register, regardless of how many keys are pressed at once. Turtle Beach also says that the keyboard is "metal reinforced" like the other two. It will arrive with an MSRP of $59.95, putting it in the same category as Microsoft's Sidewinder X4.
The trio is currently scheduled for release this spring.
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Turtle Beach, known largely for its gaming headsets, showed off several PC gaming peripherals at CES today -- the most interesting of which is arguably their line of keyboards. This is the first time that the company has branched into this particular market. We first heard about the Impact 100, 500 and 700 back at Gamescom in August, but Turtle Beach was light on details and North American availability at the time. The Impact 700 is their flagship keyboard, with a full-sized chassis, Cherry MX Brown keys, backlighting, headphone and microphone jacks, and a spare USB 2.0 port. Coming in with an MSRP of $195.95, it has a flagship price to match.
The Impact 500 (pictured above) is a tenkeyless unit, meaning that it doesn't have a number pad on the right-hand side. You lose some functionality, but it's more compact and portable. This one uses Cherry MX Blue keys and does not feature backlighting. Its MSRP is $125.95.
The last one is an interesting beast. The Impact 100 is not mechanical, but it uses "smart-guided keycap sleeves," which we have a shot of below. It also has a proprietary 30-key rollover, meaning that pretty much all of your keypresses should register, regardless of how many keys are pressed at once. Turtle Beach also says that the keyboard is "metal reinforced" like the other two. It will arrive with an MSRP of $59.95, putting it in the same category as Microsoft's Sidewinder X4.
The trio is currently scheduled for release this spring.
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