Logitech G19 Mini Review

Datamonkey · 6 May 2009 at 20:18

Hi guys,

Right i received my Logitech G19 today,

Initial impressions are very good, feels well made. Solid with no flex in the keyboard when typing. Im happy to say the keys, to me dont feel like that of the G15. I personally felt that the G15 felt quite spongey.

The screen actually suprised me, its of very good quality and easily compairable to that on a smart phone.

The only downside to it being it has the kind of high gloss plastic around it that scratches very easily. As did the screen on the G15.

Comparison size wise its no bigger than the Sidewinder x6, but even though it has more macro keys than the x6 it doesnt feel as cluttered.

As other reviews have mentioned, the keyboard requires a mains adapter, this is both for the screen and also for the 2 fully 2.0 compatible usb ports on the back r/h side.

I like the fact that logitech have continued with the tradition of fitting drainage holes in their keyboard, if your the clumsy type spilling some liquid on your G19 "may not" result in it becoming an expensive ornament.

One thing i do not like about the keyboard is the gaming switch, this is the switch that locks off the windows keys from being accidently pressed in the heat of a battle.

I dont know logitech, i think it looks a bit tacky compared to the switch that was on the g15.

Overall impressions im loving the keyboard so far, havent really had much time to play with it at present as im installing windows 7 and then off to watch the apprentice at 9pm

Anyways, there you have it. My quick summary of the G19.

Cheers

LukeTW · 6 May 2009 at 20:20

Can you buy me one please?

Nice review mate :cool:

selven · 6 May 2009 at 20:53

I want one...

Macky · 6 May 2009 at 21:17

You lucky, lucky sod. It looks fantastic. Nice review too.

RickST · 6 May 2009 at 21:29

honestly looks like a fantastic keyboard (except the gaming switch), maybe one of the best around. Unfortunately for me it has a price to match.

Great review, might start saving some pennies.

Reppyboyo · 6 May 2009 at 21:44

Looks nice.

£120ish though?
Far too much for a keyboard.

Soldier786 · 6 May 2009 at 22:29

Nice! i will buy it now! :cool:

Datamonkey · 6 May 2009 at 22:33

Cheers for the feedback lads,

£120 is a bit expensive for a keyboard, but there are others far more expensive out there.

The screen is crystal clear, that really impressed me, obviously i cannot begin to justify the cost of the keyboard to everyone. Some people are happy with a £5 special, where as others like to have the more expensive. I can honestly say the keyboard feels great, it does feel to me, a lot better than the g15 which surprised me as a lot of reviewers are saying its the same.

I had a g15 about 2 months back and returned it as i didnt like the feel of the keys. (maybe mine was made on a friday afternoon or something ha ha)

SMN · 6 May 2009 at 23:18

Oooo

Very nice. I heard it runs a mini-Linux distro on the actual LCD pad?

Datamonkey · 6 May 2009 at 23:22

Hey SMN,

That i havent been able to look into yet, i will be doing so though.

Will spend more time with it tomorrow and having a real good look around for resources on the web. Busy installing windows 7 rc at the moment.

halliwelldj · 6 May 2009 at 23:24

Looks a nice keyboard even at that price.

Phil2008 · 6 May 2009 at 23:30

Can anyone tell me if the keyboard stays fully functional after the computer has come out of hybrid sleep??? Cos some gkeys dont function on the g15 after comming out of hybrid sleep.

Datamonkey · 6 May 2009 at 23:31

Phil,

I cant really test that for you, im running windows 7 as my os on the machine its connected upto, would be unfair really to test it with that, have you raised it at all with logitech?

Phil2008 · 7 May 2009 at 00:14

Datamonkey said:
Phil,

I cant really test that for you, im running windows 7 as my os on the machine its connected upto, would be unfair really to test it with that, have you raised it at all with logitech?

No I havent, At the moment I using a £15 standard logitech keyboard cos a few months ago my g15 broke. My £15 keyboard with media key runs perfectly when computer comes out of hybrid sleep. Like I would be gutted if I got a g19 and couldnt use hybrid sleep anymore, cos Ive been using it ever since my g15 broke about 6months ago and its great cos its like turning on and off a tv, you can use your pc within about 5 secs after turning on the pc..... Who needs sdd drives, when you have hybrid sleep

willhub · 7 May 2009 at 21:07

What can the LCD display on it? Anything?

Datamonkey · 7 May 2009 at 21:54

Hi Willhub,

The display can show the following out of the box :-

Clock
System Performance, ram cpu, although it doesnt like a i7 920 shows it as single core.
Rss Feeds
Youtube live videos
Pictures
Videos

A fair few games are also supported straight out of the box, i can only vouch for wow, the display on this in wow is better than on the g15, more info on the screen at once.
The wow applet isnt as good as i had hoped, would have been cool to have the in game zone map displayed on it, even in mini map form.

Hope thats a bit of info for you.

willhub · 7 May 2009 at 21:55

Shame, hoping they make it work with some other LCD apps out there so you can literally display anything on it, should be possible.

RJC · 7 May 2009 at 21:59

Nice review

I quite like the keyboard but the price is to high for me

Datamonkey · 7 May 2009 at 22:34

willhub said:
Shame, hoping they make it work with some other LCD apps out there so you can literally display anything on it, should be possible.

I am hoping for the same, would be cool even to be able to run gadgets on it, ie the everest gadget while benching and such, able to keep an eye on temps while running 3dmark and so on.

Would be really handy, i think its going to be a case of wait and see, the sdk is out there so im sure we will see some nifty addons available soon.

RIZZEE · 7 May 2009 at 22:36

looks real nice, still a bit much to spend on a keyboard imo