OCZ Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard OCZKBSBRUS

by OCZ

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1.2 x 20.6 inches ; 2.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002HE5OR6
• Item model number: OCZKBSBRUS
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

The World's Most Intelligent Gaming Keyboard The Sabre’s unique combination of user-friendly functions, durability, and personalization features is the answer for serious gamers and professionals seeking improved productivity and competitiveness. The nine dynamic OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) user-programmable hotkeys help manage time and efficiency while surfing the web, gaming, emailing, and CAD applications or any avenue the user sees fit. The unique OLED keys can convert any digital image or text into distinctive icons, reminding the user of the personalized shortcut. Additionally, the remaining keys are backlit with glowing amber LEDs and blue side lighting, perfect for users that prefer darkened rooms or gamers frequenting LAN parties. Exclusive Software, Unlimited Customization The Sabre’s exclusive software turns conventional computing or gaming into an engaging, state-of-the-art experience. The software allows the user to map sets of simple or complex command tiers to each OLED and holds the power to store limitless layers of shortcuts and macros. Each “home” command of the key can then activate a sub-grid of your favorite alt/ctrl and menu shortcuts individual to each program or application. Add additional tiers of commands and macros to each sub-layer creating infinite possibilities and increasing speed and productivity at work or during game play. Outlast the Competition Designed for ultra-competitive gamers, CAD professionals, and enthusiasts, the OCZ Sabre keyboard embodies a collection of their high-end needs by uniting style and comfort with the features and personalization demanded from a high-end peripheral. The Sabre features an ergonomic and high-quality design and construction with keys lasting over 5 million cycles and will remain comfortable even through prolonged usage with its clean layout, tilted design, and rubber coated keys to provide the best tactile feedback.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars what they dont tell you..., September 23, 2010

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B. Smith (wolverhampton) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OCZ Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard OCZKBSBRUS (Personal Computers)

not a review, just FYI for prospective customers:

with current (and only) available drivers, the OLEDs have a built in 'screensaver' of 3 minutes. Its a feature confirmed by OCZ on their forums to prevent the OLEDs from burning out.

so if you're wanting to use the OLEDs for say a Flight Sim and dont touch any of the OLEDs for 3 minutes, they will all go blank/off. If you press one of the OLEDs, they will all come on again, but you will invoke the associated function of the pressed OLED button in the process - which is undesirable unless you keep one of the OLEDs dedicated to waking all the OLEDs up...which means you really only have 8 OLEDs to play with.

You cannot choose to turn this feature off. I find it infuriating, but for your intended purposes it might not be a problem for you.

This 'screensaver' only occurs AFTER installing the drivers (so demo machines in shops may seem ok cause they've just plugged the keyboard in w/o drivers and are showing the default icons only - nothing application specific). You need to install the drivers to setup your own icons on the OLEDs.

Same behaviour on xp x32, vista x64, win7 x64

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Keyboard....not so functional..., August 6, 2009

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James Mctamaney (Richmond, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OCZ Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard OCZKBSBRUS (Personal Computers)

Keyboard arrived today. Sturdy and seemingly well constructed. keys have a nice bounce and are easier for me to type on than the "laptop clone" keyboards. The OLED buttons are large and are allegedly programmable. The Product Description states that the "remaining keys" are amber backlit. I took this to mean the Non-OLED keys. Something is not right since the regular keys are dark as a tomb. The software will not install in Windows Vista 32, although is is supposed to be compatable. I am awaiting a response from tech support. If you purchase one of these, hold on to the packaging!!!