Ideazon MERC Gaming Keyboard | 
 enlarge | Brand: Ideazon
Category: CE
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 24430
Platform: No Operating System
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: KW1NAE1-X1ZXP01
Model: KW1NAE1-X1ZXP01
UPC: 826734001928
EAN: 0826734001928
ASIN: B000EPYLJ2
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| Features:
| • | Combines 34 gaming keys, a deadly central "butterfly" layout, three thumb keys, and 11 weapon keys | | • | Game pad tilts 11 degrees to match natural wrist position while providing hours of comfortable gaming | | • | Core game commands are labeled for quick access, including run, walk, jump, crouch, and reload | | • | Full QWERTY keyboard with highly visible Windows shortcut keys | | • | Includes 6-foot USB cord |
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Product Description
With its dedicated gaming terrain, superior feel and sleek ergonomic design, the MERC Gaming Keyboard brings you the ultimate in performance for all types of game-play..
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Excellent gaming board!!! August 15, 2008
Joshua11118 (SE USA)
The Merc is absolutely the best for 1st person shooters. The movement keys on the left are perfectly positioned to give you precise control and flexibility to maximize your skills. I especially like the full QWERTY keyboard - it is much easier to type "in-game". The older Z Board had a disjointed QWERTY interface which was hard to use for game chat.
Awesome gaming keyboard May 5, 2008
Thomas E. Seal (Denver)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This will be the second Merc keyboard I bought. I liked the the first one so much I ordered another for our 2nd computer. Makes a big difference playing WoW in how fast you can respond to things in game.
 Gaming keyboard that is useful January 18, 2008
PDT
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There are many so-called gaming keyboards on the market. Most of the gaming keyboards that I have used in the past fail to be anymore useful to gaming than a standard keyboard. Then there are specialized gaming keypads which are not useful in anything other than games.
The MERC is different in respect that it is actually useful in gaming, while still being useful for everyday use. Many other gaming keyboards provide programmable keys that are not usually located in a convenient location. As a result, I never found myself using any programmable keys on another gaming keyboard. However, the MERC has a gaming key layout that I WANT to use because it is such an improvement over the traditional WASD+QE setup.
The layout of the keyboard places the gaming keys to the left of a standard keyboard area, with a modified number pad to the right. The cursor keys have been integrated into the number pad which takes some getting used to. The area between the number pad and alpha keys which is traditionally reserved for cursors, home, end, prnt scrn, etc., has been omitted, with those keys relocated to other areas. Additionally, there are audio controls across the top left above the gaming pad.
The MERC software is fairly easy to use and contains pre-defined profiles for the most popular game titles. Additionally, new profiles may be downloaded via the software utility. I was pleasantly surprised to find a new profile for The Witcher when I checked today.
You can also define your own profiles for the MERC keypad.
I have owned the keyboard for about about 6 months now and have used this keyboard extensively with Vanguard SOH, Oblivion, WoW, COD1,2,4, Battlefield 2, The Witcher, and Crysis. The key placement of the gaming keypad is exactly the same as standard WASD keys, but the keys themselves are slightly larger.
My only complaint is lack of illuminated keys... but there is the MERC Stealth which has this feature.
PROS:
* Easy transition from WASD to new gaming keypad.
* Still useful for everyday work.
* Highly configurable
* Presets for most popular games.
CONS:
* Touch of keys is not really an improvement over a standard $20 keyboard.
* Slightly larger than a standard keyboard.
* Keys are not illuminated
* Some standard keys have been relocated - get ready to hunt for PRT SCN, HOME, END, and PG UP/DOWN.
Love it but bought it to soon. January 8, 2008
Aric Graham (Washington)
I love this keyboard. I spilled some carbonated beverage on my last one making it unusable so I decided it was time to get a nice gaming keyboard and did some research online and came across this keyboard.
At first I thought the side pad was just something that was there but not necessarily functional. I couldn't be more wrong, from the minute I set up the keyboard and installed the Vista/XP drivers, I dual boot, I realized how much of a god send this keyboard was.
The keys have just enough resistance to give you confirmation that they have been pushed but are soft enough that it doesn't make to much noise. The gamerpad, as I like to call it, on the left is really well done. On the top left of the keyboard you will see an oval button with a Z on it. You can either hit that button or on the taskbar hit the green Z and it opens a mod manager. These mods are used to set up the game to use the keys on the gamerpad. By default it supports a ton of games, you can also make a custom mod for any game you want. You then select the .exe the game uses to run and walla, when that .exe is active the keyboard will use that layout. If you alt tab out of the game or whatever it will also set the mod back to default.
Once again, using these mods you can customize any key on the keyboard besides the I, II and III keys, also maybe the multimedia keys, I haven't tried it yet because I use Windows Media Player.
The complaint I hear most about this board is the numpad and yes it is a pain to use at first. In case you didn't know they merged the numpad and the keys above the arrow keys (home, delete, page up, exc) together. You toggle between the numpad and those keys by enabling/disabling the Num Lock. At first it is annoying if you are used to using the numpad but unless you are horrible with adjusting it shouldn't take that long to learn. It took me about a week to remember to hit num lock, hit the key I wanted to use and then hit num lock again. By default I have num lock enabled.
So long story short, if you are a gamer you might want to invest in this keyboard but you are a casual gamer you might want to look for something a bit older, something like and IBM board.
I marked this down from 5 to 4 simply because it takes a little bit to get use to, its kind of big but I like it fattier then most keyboards, and I bought it like a week before the stealth came out. The stealth is this same keybaord but with a backlight of purple, red or blue.
 didn't work as expected December 2, 2007
RDK
Although the mechanics of this keyboard are quite good for the money -- it has two main drawbacks -- the specialized gaming keys can be hard to adjust to manually -- and for me -- the reason I bought it was to implement keyboard macros in a game.
I could never get this feature to work despite spending hours putzing around with it and following suggestions on the help site.
I suspect this is a common problem from the suggestions posted there.
I returned it -- the return policy was friendly and those wishing to give it a try probably should not be deterred by my experience.
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