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Makami
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Jan 15, 2015
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NaabNope,
not in the sense you might think, like Corsair RGB Keyboards. The colors are fixed, you can't change from green to red for example. Lightning up, down, on, off and certain patterns of backlighting, that's it. Look at the pricetag, looong way to go till real RGB keyboards will be so cheap. You might call it some kind of RGB, regarding the "many" different ledcolors used.
not in the sense you might think, like Corsair RGB Keyboards. The colors are fixed, you can't change from green to red for example. Lightning up, down, on, off and certain patterns of backlighting, that's it. Look at the pricetag, looong way to go till real RGB keyboards will be so cheap. You might call it some kind of RGB, regarding the "many" different ledcolors used.
MyCaffeine
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Jan 15, 2015
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MakamiWhy are RGB keyboards so much more? It's not like those LEDS cost much more than a regular LED.
TheWheeledOne
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Jan 15, 2015
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MyCaffeineThe switches. Corsair held exclusivity on Cherry MX RGB switches until the end of 2014, and has kept Cherry in a constant struggle to keep up with the demand. The RGB LED's don't fit in the standard LED cut out in the switch -- they are typically 5mm rather than 3mm (which the cutout fits). Instead, the housing is built clear, so that they can use a surface mount LED from below and achieve a much more uniform lighting effect. Between the exclusivity that Corsair had until just recently, the demand from everyone and their cousin trying to roll out their RGB board to compete with Corsair, and the general newness of the product, they simply are higher cost and hard to come by.
Wilsas
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Jan 15, 2015
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MyCaffeineLeds dont cost that much, but controlling each individual led does. Look at k70, it costs way more than other Cherry-mx keyboards because it has individual key illumination control. k70 rgb is even more overkill because you can control the backlighting through software, not only hardware. So the higher pricetag is to cover RnD aaaand because there basically are no competitors.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT A TRUE RGB KEYBOARD. Color is fixed for each individual key and backlighting options are pre-set (no customization like in k70 rgb).
legacymedia92
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Jan 16, 2015
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MyCaffeineRGB requires 3 LED's per key, and controller logic.
DylanDailey
1
Jan 25, 2015
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MyCaffeineI'm actually building a per-key programmable rgb machanical keyboard using mx clears (switch type, they are not transparent) and 2x5x5 diffused rgb leds right now: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=67676.0
DylanDailey
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Jan 25, 2015
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TheWheeledOneI don't get why; its literally just a different type of plastic. They should be able to just substitute it and use the same molds. I also never understood why cherry doesn't expand. Their switches are obviously in faaaar greater demand than they can produce.
Lawyers
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Jul 5, 2015
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DylanDaileyFor the love of god, I want one. THAT THING IS ADORABLE.
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