The German manufacturer, Roccat, is finally officially entering the US market next month. One of their most anticipated products is the Isku, an illuminated keyboard (with six different light levels) featuring 123 keys and support for 36 macros. Each macro can store up to 500 actions. In order to save space on the keyboard, some of the macros can be stored on regular keys of the product. It has a handy “rec” button for you to record each macro, and the keyboard literally speaks, telling you how to program the macros. You can store up to five macro profiles. The driver recognizes which game you are launching and loads the profile you created for that particular game, so you won’t need to reprogram all macros you had already created, nor will you need to manually load them from the hard drive. The Isku keyboard recognizes the Kone[+] from the same manufacturer, and you are able to command mouse functions such as macros through the keyboard. This keyboard has a polling rate of 1 kHz, a response time of 1 ms, and USB interface. It will arrive on the market next month costing around USD 90.

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