The G19 is a costly keyboard that relies on software installed on your system for most of its magic. With the drivers installed, and on operating systems for which the driver is not available its special features don't function at all.

Inbuilt LCD display; Macro keys can be programmed on the fly; Changable back-light colors; Windows-ley disable lock; Good software configuration interface; Support for Windows SlideShow

No support for Linux; Severely limited functionality without drivers; Limited support in Games; display is underutilized

Whether you spend your days hunched over a desk pounding out verbiage or prancing through Khaz Modan in search of Monkey Gauntlets , the tool you wield can make all the difference. Sadly, the science of keyboard design seems to have fallen by the wayside in recent years.

More customizable than a box of Legos; Two self-powered USB ports; Dedicated D-pad and menu keys let you control LCD directly from the keyboard; Convenient cable management lanes carved into bottom of unit lessens clutter slightly; Choose-your-own-color adventure with adjustable backlighting.

Limited desktop space? This is NOT your keyboard; Price tag to match gargantuan footprint; Requires power brick to run; After it's novelty wears off, built-in LCD becomes more of a distraction than a useful tool

I thought Logitech used better quality materials on their products... Apparently I was wrong in assuming that. They just threw in a few "pretty" features to bump the price up.

Looks cool I guess

$200 for a keyboard that doesn't even have mechanical keyswitches is just ridiculous..

Why would any normal person want to splash out close to £120 on a keyboard? Well, Logitech's successor to the popular G15 isn't aimed at the conventional, everyday computer user – the G19 sits pretty close to the ‘ultimate' end of the hardcore gaming peripherals scale.

New to this model (aside from the colour LCD) is its capability to recognise five simultaneous key presses. Macro-happy gamers and digital artists, in particular, should appreciate that feature, which opens up a greater level of mastery to run repetitive commands.

Large colour LCD supports digital photos and video playback; Included software development kit opens LCD up to home-brew and community-made apps; 16 million colour options for backlit keys; Built-in USB 2.0 ports; Improved macro recording capabilities with support for five simultaneous key presses

High price could limit adoption and thus hurt community software momentum; Configuration software needs consolidation

Logitech has a well-deserved reputation for making some of the best gaming peripherals around. All the way from its G5 Gaming Mouse to the recently-reviewed G13 Advanced Gameboard , its G-Series has consistently won TR recommended awards.

Please ignore the guy below who said that it is illegal to use this keyboard in WoW. I've had a G-15 for 2+ yeas and now a G19 because the G15 finally stopped working after years of abuse.

Plug and play with great configurability of the Gkeys

Humungous; Gkeys can be less than useful in some applications

This keyboard is great when it works. The macro functions/keys, the LCD screen (I use it mostly for music and news headlines, the custom backlights, the global hotkeys, everything is great. There's three different macro profiles per game.

Excellent product well designed brilliant quality very quite and responsive the screen is a very useful tool and the customisable colored backlight makes this product look great in a dim room it has 12 G keys that you can assign various key combination's to using the well designed software that is...

Ok first off I'll start by saying that this keyboard is brilliant. It's slick, accessible, great for gaming bla bla bla. But it does have one small problem which all hardcore pc gamers will share, and that is the fact that it badly affected by electromagnetic interference nearly every day.