OCZ Sabre OLED Keyboard (Unofficial Codename: Optimus Budgetus) Priced At $135

@Metkis: normal hot keys can't change the picture on them for every program you open for ease of use... I'd say it's worth 135$

tsdexter

So this is the first OLED product to be sold?

@VenomIreland: Ok I've encountered a bug in the comments, in my comment above the paragraph seperaters have vanished and in this comment the image has vanished.

What I need is a keyboard that can change the keyboard layout, for different scripts, so changing the keys A-Z, 0.9 and some special char keys. The other keys don't interest me. So for me, this keyboard is actually 0.0% the keyboard the Optimus is!

TysonNardwuar

@WaffleTeamStrike:

I'm dissapointed after reading OLED and seeing this, I normally love OCZ and think this is alright but for $135 I'd expect a few more Display keys. It really does plae in comparison to the Optimus Maximus though, that thing costs more than my estimated computer costs.

EDIT: Didn't know it had 9 screens, that's pretty damn good for the price. I love this edit button!

@Metkis: I agree the Art keyboard is leaps and bounds ahead of this thing, but I can't consider anything that costs $1,600 to be "novelty."

@Sticks Calhoun: The OLED screens are mono-chromatic and the blue LEDs are just too tacky. I just think that the thing is ugly and a keyboard with hotkeys would work just as good for half the price. This is may be novelty, but at least Art Lebedev does novelty right.

Those don't look like OLED screen-keys...hmm. Any better pics than this?

WaffleTeamStrike

@Metkis But how close does it really have to be? $135 bucks for 9 customizable screens is pretty decent considering optimus wants what, $150 for a mini-three or so?

But...yeah. that thing is still damn ugly. they could at least ditch the blue LEDs.

"Obviously, the OCZ doesn't match up to Art Lebedev's masterpiece." It's unfortunately extremely obvious.

I'm not interested in having that keyboard, but what might tempt me would be if they had just the 9-button section as an add-on for say $70

bitgod

Fun fact- Pc power and cooling owns OCZ. and not the fps doug "it OWNS" kind of owning.

@ottermann: Or a BILLY MAYS key?

Con Seannery

@WaffleTeamStrike: They are OLED, but they are limited to one color to keep the price down. It is almost like e-ink, which actually is a pretty novel idea for keyboards. $135 is a good price that I would pay for this keyboard. Good job OCZ.

@godwhacker, your incandescent leader!:

http://gdgt.com/logitech/g19/

@Kayonesoft: look around for the new g-19, it may well be the keyboard to move me from my current g-15. better layout more g-keys that the 2nd gen g15. http://gdgt.com/logitech/g19/

@VenomIreland: That's okay. The whole new commenting system is buggy. I love the edit button, don't get me wrong, but I have to WAIT for the onscreen text to catch up with my typing, like a laggy word document. Also, if you accidentally click anywhere on the same page outside of the comments box (or scroll up and open the link in a new tab) EVERYTHING you've just typed is *poof* gone. And my comments are lengthy. I'd much rather not have to retype this entire comment in a laggy-as-hell text box.

OCZ, sounds like a disorder. Like maybe a "spend too much on gadgets" thing. I know I have OCZ! About time these dropped in price, not the original obv. But we know how well those sold ;-)

World iS Mi iPhone!!

Ugh, why are all the cool/fancy keyboards standard? Can't they make ANY of them ergonomic? I love all of these keyboards, and have the means to buy, but after using an ergonomic keyboard, I can't even stand standards anymore.

Does this mean I can change a key to become the "Any" key?

ottermann

Was it for the sake of technology they made the OLED keyset significantly larger than actual typing keys? I don't see this being any more interesting than having solid, boring hotkeys built in.

I hate to nitpick, but I suppose when it's the keyboard I'd be using a majority of the time I have to nitpick. I'm not a fan of the Delkey shape (I like the standard 2 rows 3 buttons) and the lack of individual key backlighting like the Logitech G15 is a turnoff for me. However for an OLED keyboard, I'm rather impressed with the price point they have now. I hope they release a version 2 with backlit keys, and they'll have another sale from me. (I buy a lot of OCZ products.