Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard Review
Posted in Peripheral, Review on 03/11/2010 12:02 am by milkapple
Razer Tarantula launched once-subversive people definition for gaming capabilities of keyboard, its powerful features and beautiful custom exterior leave a very deep impression for people. Although Razer Tarantula is almost the first keyboard product of Razer, it has reached a high level in design or in the details, Razer Tarantula can be said to be the pinacle of membrane keyboard.
Although Razer Tarantula is the top film keyboard, its high price making less users buy it. So razer based on Razer experience and technology to spin off iPod Dock, can replace the keycap such a relatively less functions and launched Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard and by virtue of excellent feel and powerful features, combined with beautiful appearance and moderate price has got tremendous success, and a group of professional players set Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard as their standard equipment. So we always see Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard in a varity of electric competition. Today , we reviow on Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard.

Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard use a large number of straight edges of elements, and keyboard surface adopt high-gloss mirror process, this way make fingerprint collection into super fingerprint collection. You’d better prepare a damp cloth to clean fingerprint if you want to keep keyboard beauriful and clean.

Razer Lycosa Programmable Backlit Gaming Keyboard keys uses high-gloss mirror process, friction between key surface and finger is less. Words in the button use laser hollowing process, and no staining, coulped with mirror reflective element, it is difficult to see clearly without opening the case of backlight.

Razer Lycosa Programmable Backlit Gaming Keyboard overall thickness is thin, it is mainly due to the lower thickness keycap. The lower has a large palmrest, can support user’s wrist and reduce fatigue during use.

There are a USB interface and audio input and output button in the front of keyboard, user can connect digital camera, flash memory and other peripherals via the USB interface. Audio input and output interfaces respectively have clear identity, you may not plug wrong.

In the interface part, in addtion to regular USB port, extension cable connect the keyboard USB port and audio interface.

Cable in the front side of keyboard has done some hedging reinforement, higher the overall strength, not easy to be pull off.
Razer Lycosa Programmable Backlit Gaming Keyboard continue to use Tarantula backlight.

For FPS game players can only choose turn on the backlight of WASD keys.
Backlight not only for dazzling, Razer Lycosa keyboard can bring a lot of convenience to users in the dark environment. In addition , there is a media function keys in the upper-right side, can compatible with most software to broadcast audio and video media files, also volume adjusting.

Razer Lycosa Programmable Backlit Gaming Keyboard keyboard is still the traditional thin-film and crater structure, its thin-film structures protruding slightly higher than the average keyboard, and better flexibility, such as the space bar key will be such a button apopts long multi-point support structures, when pressed by the force as a whole is more balanced, instead of a feeling of collapse.

Rasied part based on WASD keys is different from other keys, the external circle has rubber layer, the button wad depressed will be the first contact with the lower part of wiring, can be faster to respond to the user’s actions.

As general membrane keyboard have flaws in circuit, they are prone to conflict when a number of shared paths button are pressed at the same time. Music players need to press a large number of keys in a very short period of time to operate, using general thin film keyboard will be very prone to conflict. Razer Lycosa has made optimum within the transparent plastic flexible printed circuit to avoid the conflict.

Razer Lycosa’s functions not only confined to the hardware level, good softwares can give full play hardware value. Although Razer Lycosa fully supports plug and play, we recommend users to install the keyboard attached driver to make better use of additional functionality.

I install and use keyboard driver in the Windows 7 RC1X64. Drivers can control the keyboard backlight be turned on and off, in addition to function keys can be set by the media player bundled software. The other features is on-the-fly custom macro functions, with a maximum of 10 people define their own group profile macro action for the game. Razer Lycosa can change game profile no need to switch games. Overall, Razer Lycosa driver is perfect and has a strong practical value and has a strong practical value, can enhance the added value of hardware product itself.
Of course, this is a review on surface level of product. People who want to buy Razer Lycosa will actually more concerned about these keyboard product.
Razer Lycosa Review Summary: Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard Advantages:
Good hand feel;
Fast key response; Ga
Nice backlight
Razer Lycosa Backlit Gaming Keyboard Disadvantages:
Easy to leave fingerprints
