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Tuesday January 6, 2009
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Logitech announced some big news today, ahead of the Consumer Electronics Showcase. The company won seven CES Innovation Awards, and unveiled a new universal remote and new gaming products.
Logitech revealed its new G-series line of gaming peripherals today: the G19 gaming keyboard, the G35 surround sound headset, and the G9x laser mouse. "The G-series product line is all about seeing how far we can push the envelope, giving gamers extraordinary, engineered-to-win features developed as a result of our deep connection with the gaming community," said Ruben Mookerjee, Logitech's director of product marketing for gaming. "With each one of these new G-series products, gamers gain exceptional benefits; but most importantly, they can transform their gear to suit their gameplay."
SEe details on each new product after the jump.
- The Logitech G19 Keyboard for Gaming ($199.99) is the first Logitech keyboard with a color GamePanel LCD. The tiltable, 320-by-240-pixel display has valuable in-game information for over 60 games. The screen can also display VoIP communication data, clock, CPU load, and other non-game related things like pictures or video. The keyboard has 12 fully programmable G-keys with three macros per key, and should be available in March.
- The Logitech G35 Surround Sound Headset ($129.99) is the first headset to offer 7.1 surround sound. The headset uses second-generation Dolby Headphone technology, and creates an outside-the-head sound field. It also significantly reduces ambient noise, and has a noise-canceling microphone. You can also disguise your voice by installing provided voice-morphing software. The headset will be available in March.
- The Logitech G9x Laser Mouse ($99.95) features on-the-fly adjustable dpi from 200 to 5,000 dpi, and moves up to 150 inches per second on most popular gaming-mousepad surfaces. It includes two interchangeable, snap-on grips, and also features onboard memory, allowing you to program up to five ready-to-play profiles. The mouse should be available in April.
Logitech also introduced the Logitech Harmony 1100 advanced universal remote control today. The remote gives you home-entertainment control through a customizable, 3.5-inch full-color touch screen. The palm-sized touch screen allows you to put the commands you want where you want them.
The remote is rechargeable, so you never have to replace the batteries. It has an Internet-based setup, which makes it easy to get the remote up and running. The Harmony 1100 is expected to be available in the beginning of February at a suggested retail price of $499.99.
Posted By:
Jennifer Bergen
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January 6, 2009 9:09 PM
Looks ultra-cool. By far the best keyboard I have seen. But ofcourse this think costs like a netbook.
http://www.livbit.com
January 6, 2009 9:52 PM
They aren't the first ones to offer surround sound headphones.. I've had a pair of Ezonics surround sound headphones for at least 3 years.
January 7, 2009 10:53 PM
does anybody know what type of "useful" in-game info the lcd would be able to display? like amount of wow gold
that your character has, current dps, etc...? i read somewhere that you could watch youtube with the lcd. but i think it'll be rather hard to watch youtube and do raids at the same time. lol