Eclipse Pc Keyboard

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000K2NW4O
• Item model number: PZ30AU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,354 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 26, 2006

Product Description

Product Description

Saitek award-winning keyboard design just got better! The Eclipse PC keyboard features patented TrueVu key illumination for use in any light, from day to total darkness.True-Vu key illumination through the keys! The Eclipse 104-key keyboard features patented Blue LED key illumination and backlighting, Zero-Slope design and adjustable wrist rest for ergonomic comfort. It is a Plug'n'Play design with USB connector.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars C.W.Varey, January 28, 2008

By	C. W. Varey (Laconia, NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A solid keyboard. The keyboard stays put with the oversized soft rubber pads. This contributes dearly to the feel of the keyboard. Solid. You pretty much have to lift the keyboard to re-position it when it's not in the raised position and all four pads are on the desk.

The lighting of the keys, unlike a couple reviews I've read, is uniform. The one exception to this is the keys that have two lines of writing on them. For instance the Scroll Lock, Number Keys (both the key pad and the top row of number keys), Page Down keys etc. are not lit evenly. Actually I found that I really don't need the keys lit up. My keyboard is in front of my moniter. The light from the moniter reflects off the keyboard. With the silver keys and the the dark laser cut letters the reflection contrasts ideally off the keys making it appear that the keys are white and the letters are black.

I also read of an issue where the keys were loosing their silver coating making the letters hard to read. I've only had this keyboard a couple of months and have not found this to be the case as of yet. Having said that, I use the keyboard for typing, not for gaming where one would continuously hit the same key over and over again. As this is a "basic" keyboard, not specifically geared towards gamers, I suspect this would not be an issue.

I could only come up with 2 insignificant drawbacks with this unit. The 3 led indicator lights at the top of the keyboard for the Number Lock, Cap Lock and the Scroll Lock are a bit bright. (A black magic marker dimmed those lights quite well). Also, the Volumn and Light Intensity buttons could use an indicator light of somekind. In my case, this is not an issue. I don't use the volumn buttons once they were set and the Light intensity button is at the top right of the keyboard where I use the Minus key for a reference.

I would recommend this keyboard for anybody who needs to see the keys in the dark.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great keyboard - for it's price, June 26, 2009

By	S. Kosloske (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Overall, no complaints at all. The backlight works great, all keys have a nice, positive click to them. And I really like being able to fold the wrist-rest under, so you can lift the front of the keyboard up. And, just a personal issue for me, you can easily snap off those stupid windows keys by the space bar.

Does it have 6 different backlight colors? No. Does it have an LCD screen? No. Does it have a whole set of programmable keys? No. But it's also only $35. There are a LOT of gaming keyboards out there that are better, but also much more expensive. The others I was looking at started at almost twice what I paid for the Eclipse, and went up from there. And the Eclipse just plain works. In my opinion, you can't beat the deal.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Keyboard, November 20, 2008

By	B. Kralik "niketurk" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Best keyboard i ever had, just ordered my second one for a christmas present, I searched everywhere and this is still the best price!