Get more CONTROL with this keyboard! - ASUS Scope RX
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Do you really need a keyboard that has a double-sized CTRL button? ASUS ROG thinks you do with optical key switches and, most importantly, water-resistance with their Scope RX Gaming keyboard.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - ASUS ROG makes a bold claim
0:14 - Unboxing
0:58 - ROG Optical key switches and keycaps
2:24 - Typing test
2:55 - Plugging it in
3:27 - RGB
3:40 - Build quality and other features
4:10 - Playing games with it
4:44 - Linus gets wet
5:42 - Linus just wants to play games
5:56 - Other Keys
6:23 - The boss key
7:08 - Outro
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The glass of water had me completely thrown, I was like "SURELY they would not miss an opportunity to sneak an LTT water bottle in there... OHHHHHHH"
Exactly.
Chekhov's Gu-lass of water.
Water bottle would've doused Linus as well for sure! He doesn't have any other clothes. He'd have to steal from his store's stock, and that's a business no no.
Damn he wasn't kidding when he said that the keyboard has a "great control"
seems like normal size to us UK folk UK layout
Just like how my commodore 64 gives me lots of SPACE. lol
... All you did here was repeat the joke...
Yep UK layout is way better
@@monke5198 it most is if youre a coder too
That Linus spilling water is "almost" at the level of cheap soap opera acting in my country.
India/bangladesh/pakistan?
Dhum tana nana! dhum tana nana! Dhum dhum!
@@wh2960 yes
drama sinetron?
@@wh2960 all of them at once I suppose ~ Bilbo
I'm surprised that keyboard didn't "ShortCircuit" when Linus spilled water on it 😎
get it "GET IT"
corny
I like the joke there.
im not keyboards are 5 volts modern ones any ways old at i think might have been higher but nither here nor there. worst case with water is you get what amounts to a stuck key that constantly repeats least with mechanical membrane are a different story the water can corrode the traces basically instantly and cause water damage also i would assume that water was bottled water which has fewer impurities in it and is less conductive. Water is not a great conducted of electricity it is the impurities in it that allow it to conduct. Highly purified and deionized water is a fantastic insulator and does not conduct electric at all for example while tap water from the well in highly mineralized strata areas is a good conductor at the opposite end of the spectrum.
@@nanaki-seto holdup dude. It was a joke
when the privacy key is just a glorified WIN + D
I know right?
Win+D and mute
It actually sends a mute control signal as well. You can see it getting muted.
i wish it did more. staring at desktop is just a joke these days. maybe open notepad or something that is quick to load.
@@mehregankbi yeah true someone staring at a plain desktop at work is more suspicious lol
"With great control comes great responsibility" ~ Uncle Linus
With great control comes great responsibility" ~ Linus' Uncle
with great control comes great price
think he isn't the uncle
Gonna cry?
Imagine making a keyboard and having the marketing material be "no aftermarket keycaps will fit on this"
fr tho those proprietary stems are a hard pass
Thats a no immediately for me almost as bad as a phone not having a headphone jack.
Nah, still love logitech romer-g
@@NamelessPassenger but why?
@@magiricod because same as apple and samsung, they want you to change your keyboard frequently. If your key cap or a switch damage you have to change a full keyboard. That’s why they don’t care about hot swap switches. Some have good reason like gx low profile, cherry mx low profile. But non of them implemented hot swap (despite g pro x).
I was like "Are they mad? Why they put that glass of water do close?!"
I usually read the description first so I knew about water resistance, making the whole skit predictable.
@I love you but I'm actually a genius so I knew it before the keyboard even existed.
That's a shockingly level desk. I can't be the only person who's amazed the water doesn't just roll to the edge of the desk.
God's sake, they got me, pass through 0:42 and I explode in laughs.
"Cool key that minimizes everything" Win + D: "Am I a joke to you?!"
I prefer win + M, with win + D after a while you can't get back to all the apps and windows in the order they where. If you use win + M you can by using SHIFT + win + M.
Looks like the "boss key" also muted everything, which could be nice depending on what you were doing.
@I love you but true forgot about that for a moment
@@_M27_ As *@I love you but* mentioned, for example, it won't work on full screened games. Otherwise, good tip, ty
The ray tracing at 6:12 is great, the graphics department really nailed it in this video
“If for whatever reason you have to quickly close a game, either because you’re mad or because your boss is walking in” 🤣
hahahahahahahahah so good hahahaha
0:52 Linus: You'll never miss again. (Accidentally clicked on Shift)
0:22 YEEEEEET
The privacy key also mutes your audio from what I can see
what were you watching 👀👀👀
ಠ‿ಠ
@@LM-dd9db This lovely background image, nothing else, no sireee
Win+D works too if you don’t want move your mouse to the bottom right corner. Also works in fullscreen apps, will hide fullscreen games too.
That 'boss key' is just a shortcut to win + D, except that win + D doesn't mute the audio as well
huge mic peak right off the bat.. thanks for that
That mousepad in incredible lol. Really keeps the pool in line
I wonder if those switches are compatible with the round keys from the Azio Retro. They use a similar centered LED format.
For anyone that wants the shortcut to instantly show the desktop, this is most likely simply a macro key set to Windows + D. I use it all the time on my OLED whenever I AFK to avoid leaving static images on the display.
I absolutely love it when linus unbox things and just yeets all the uninteresting stuff :D
Been using mine for 6 months noe. Extremely happy with the product
I didn't realize how much I liked oversized/double-sized CTRL keys for holding crouch in games like Counter-Strike until I switched from a keyboard that always had a big one to a keyboard with a smaller one. Now my pinky cramps a lot more often trying to reach it in the corner farther. Meanwhile, there's a useless Windows key there I never use taking up that extra space it could be using, even though this keyboard I have has *two* Windows keys, one on the left side, and one of the right side, so I don't even need it there even on the rare occasion I do use the Windows key, which is almost never, lol.
Windows key + D already does this, sends you to the desktop just FYI. Tho it doesn’t mute any audio, so keep that in mind.
it's also a lot less conspicuous to hit if you rest on the home row or wasd
_"Umm, why is your spreadsheet moaning, Billy?"_ 😋 There are lots of "boss key" software out there though, if you need the mute function too.
Windows 10 finally has multiple desktops. I'm surprised people aren't using that instead of minimizing things to desktop.
I love linear optical switches, but since the K100 OPX I have realized the actuation force/distance isn't the only important factor, the physical bottom actually is too. The thing is, even with clicky switches, you can't keep a button pressed right underneath activation, you will drift up and down during the heat of combat and easily cross the release line, so pretty much everyone just bottoms out the keys purely by habit. With a shorter travel distance to bottom, that's way snappier pressing down, and also coming back up.
The second water spill was amazing
Nevermind the switches, the most important thing is the RGB.
and 99 other lied you can tell yourself, the novelization.
The amount of flashy lights it has improved gaming performance
am I the only one who truly doesn’t care about the mega gaymer RGB crap
@@WinterFlare how dare you insult RGB RGB transcends space and time
Loving your videos for the past 3 years😂😂😂😂. The funny tech youtuber❤️
That seems like a good choice. It's so forward . . . . . Look towards more soon.
This looks like a really good keyboard. If I needed one right now I'd be greatly considering this one.
Awesome video as usual Linus! Excellent work!
4:59 "He meant to knock the water over, yeah yeah yeah, art is a lie, NOTHING IS REAL!"
what.
@@AlexRends bo burnham
@@yellodino428 yes from the special What xD Actually am not sure that's from what... But let's say it is for the joke xD
@@a3-radio it is, in fact, from the bo burnham special tittled "what."
That unboxing style made my day holy crap lmao
Linus doing the best "pluck em, file em to the side" I've ever seen in the intro.
Clickbait title: This keyboard has great CONTROL!
that is the title tf
did they see this and change it? lol
"You'll never miss again!" Almost hits shift instead
And props to the creator warehouse team. There seems to be barely any absorption by the LTT desk mat.👍
I've been doing the Linus dishwasher cleaning job on my corsair k70 keyboard, washed it around 15 times now and its still working fine
I actually brought this keyboard just to sync lighting with rest of my setup lmfao
Is the privacy key just win+d shortcut?
@UC5q5_ECn8Qm1MvhpWK8sTDA I see, super cheap to implement and easy to market
Did you just respond to yourself?
Yes sir
@@sklnet9537 no
Wow now I’m sold. They just made win + d into a dedicated key. How useful :)
I know you are sarcastic, but what about the ip56 waterproof certification?
I knew that glass of water was there for a reason. Smooth Linus, smooth.
Hey Guys, did you change camera or someone else is doing the color grading? There is more contrast in this video, the quality is waaaay different than the other videos.
It looks washed out to me?
If only I was this early on a verified actual gamer drop. :(
During the livestream he said they were out of GPUs
This is sad guys
Windows + D key combo has been a life saver
I love the wider videos. Finally some youtube content that almost fits my 21:9 display 😅
Upgrade your life to 32:9 and thank me later
@@RyanDurbin10 It's tempting but I feel the extra resolution needed (and consequently lower framerates) at 1440p height won't be worth it in games.
@@poipoi300 if you get the opportunity to try one out, the G9 is absolutely amazing
@@RyanDurbin10 Thanks I'll keep that in mind.
6:44 isn't it just a bind on win+D?
Yeah lol.
3:17 me who recently upgraded to a G502 hero wired mouse🥲
g403 wired here works great
@@dookcurruff9047 nice, the 502 was on sale at target so I snagged it lmao
I've got the g502, recent upgrade here too. I love it
I love my wired Deathadder
@@mohit_panjwani deathadder is a genuinely good mouse, first decent one I got and I still have that v1 working fine but I got a g502 recently so maybe shush about razer shill lel
Man, that keyboard is at least gorgeous. That backlighting is immaculate.
Ironically, the best typing experience I ever had was with the cloud-like switches of the SteelSeries Apex Pro, but in gaming there was no way not to accidentally press buttons you were resting on, because they were literally like air.
For a keyboard that promised "great control", I kinda expected analog optical switches.
Would be so cool, like on all keys, weren't there some special keyboards that had the wasd keys with analog function in the past?
@@ShowXTech both razer and wooting sell analogue keyboards with actual analogue functionality.
@@dylanpresidafonseca2545 Thanks for the info, i've looked into them. Wooting is working on a new model and the old one is rarely available. I'm not a big fan of razers switches, although a haven't tried the huntsman analog. But good to know that there are still models out there, maybe it becomes a more common feature in the near future.
@@ShowXTech I mean, they'll be smooth as butter, and you can set the actuation point freely. Shouldn't be to hard to spring swap them if you really need heavier weighting.
@@ShowXTech My local best buy has a demo of it, they're loud for linears but super smooth. Their optical switches are a huge improvement over ther older switches.
Need more keyboard reviews! They are amazing.
Nnnnnoooo these are THE WORST!!!
Can't wait for the Optical Thermal Electrical Mechanical keyboards to appear on the market. They'll be the best!
Pro tip for 'boss button' - use Windows multi desktop feature. Ctrl+Win+Left\Right arrow and you not only just 'minimize everything', which can be very suspicious if every time your boss is around you stare at an empty desktop, but it will allow you to switch between your 'fun' and 'work' desktops with all the windows and stuff.
The joke you could see coming from miles away.
No way they would deliberately miss out an opportunity to promote the LTT water bottle!
Hey Linus, idSoft employee here, you want access to either of the expansions for Doom Eternal so you're not just running through Intro (Hell on Earth) with only a combat shotty anymore?
Nah, I'll let him or someone at LTT go scrounging in the comments, don't wanna take up valuable inbox space, that shit can be a pain to manage
So much water just pooling on top of that beautiful mouse mat.
I just watched this after about a dozen youtube videos and had to halve my laptop audio when Linus comes on :D
I see optical keys are becoming more common. Guess I’ll have to try them out at some point. That said, isn’t this the wired version of the wireless keyboard that James did a ShortCircuit video for (minus the swappable num pad)? Also, you forgot to censor “pornographic”, given how “porn” was censored in previous LTT videos.
so it goes up and in the first second you know it's optical
@@stx6909dkjdnde in the first 20 seconds he said optical keyboard (0:18) , and it says it in the description...
That previous keyboard is a new thing, this is older
Do yall review keyboards that you aren't sponsored by like I wanna see yall do a test of a bunch to find the best in each price bracket Or just test some steal series ones
I think they did at least one video on a steelseries keyboard
When you kept comparing the linear switches to how close they were to tactile switches I was blown away. I love linear switches and tbh I always thought they were the clear preference of most gamers? Guess I was wrong?
aside from the mute you can basically do the privacy key with win+d. or you can do a virtual desktop thing with crtl+wind+d and use crtl+win+ arrow left and right to switch desktops. just thought id let the people know ;)
Wow.. The rest of the world is catching up to the Wooting.. Took them long enough. Oh wait.. they haven't :3
this drives me crazy, Linus dismissed Wooting's tech but rich sponsors can get him calling THIS "more control"? Unbelievable. You have to imagine ASUS knows about Wooting's optical tech. Nobody can match the Wooting HE tech either...
Don’t be fooled. The bigger control key is for some random GNU Emacs user at ASUS who thought of a funny joke for marketing
I love how Linus just pulls the key cap off while everyone else uses a key puller!
FFFFF is for testing your Doom skills on every piece of hardware that comes into testing. I appreciate that. XD
***checks the price*** JEEZUS. These companies have the audacity to charge that amount of money when their product is shit at best. *not hot-swap *proprietary keycaps so no custom keycaps for ya all they got going for it is ip56 certification..
True.
WINDOWS KEY + D
Thanks alot nice and short video i love it
Back in 1986, Gunship, (2 whole floppy disks) also had a boss key. Would blank out the screen on your 286 and blink \C: as if it was sitting at a DOS command line. lol what's old is new again.
Don’t forget that ASUS has an anti-repair stance as well Remember to support right to repair.
They are also bad at honoring warranties as well. With their monitors, that are supposed to have a 2-3 year warranty, if it has even the most superficial, tiniest scratch anywhere on the frame, even on the back, even if there's no way it affected the actual internals of the monitor, they will say the product has been "abused" or "negligently damaged" and refuse to honor your warranty.
@@DeathBringer769 Yeah most companies try to weasel their way out of warranties like that. It’s scummy and should also be legally forbidden.
@@DeathBringer769 I sent a customer service request for my anti ghosting monitor with extreme amounts of ghosting and just didn't recieve anything back lol
These remind me a lot of Romer-G switches. That isn’t a good thing.
At least those are contact-less. Those are known for being rediculously smooth as there are no contacts rubbing against each other. For example Honeywell hall effect switches are well renouned for their smoothness today even though they are from the 60‘s.
I'm loving this dad linus 😂
Windows Key + D is the minimize all short cut. Brings it back as well.
Who ever made this keyboard must not have know about the win+d shortcut or the win+tab shortcut
and you don't even have any single idea that it has its own remapping software
It has a button to replace Win+D?? WHY?
wow, that's a nice feature lemme just set up a new macro on my keyboard. thanks, ASUS.
Got this keyboard cause this review!
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Okay, that hide [advertasment unfriendly content ] button sure gives you great control!
Asus sponsored a video for a LTTStore ad. Nice. Also glad to know that my mousepad is also water resistant.
Hey, nice desk mat! I have the same one!
those key caps still look like they'd be pretty easy to model up and print though, if you wanted to print yourself a set. Particularly if you have an SLA printer.
Unboxing on point
"oh no I spilled water on my keyboard" also linus "lets take every keyboard here, rub grime on it and then put it in the dishwasher"
Short-circuit in the keyboard can't happen when the keyboard isn't powered. It's mostly safe to put any piece of electronic in a dishwasher, as long as it's really dry when it's powered again.
Now that's some Control
omg Linus how I love how you unbox things. My hero..........
In the last few years, Asus has been doing a great job at almost everyting
Except for software.
Getting one today!
The proper placement for the control-key is in place of the caps-lock, next to "a". That's real CONTROL.
wow.. I didn't know that LTT mousepad also ip56 rating.. good job
Is the F12 switch doing the same as Win + D? O_o Kind greetings!
I was really looking forward to every keycap being ctrl
looks like the privacy key is a macro for windows+D keys and also system mute in one. personally setting up multiple desktops with windows+tab and then jumping to another desktop with its own windows open using ctrl+windows+arrow key to be more useful aside from sound muting...
Could you guys check out the razer keyboard with velocity sentive switches? I'm genuinely interested in it
Glad I got a Rama Works Kara👍
Now thats a really keeb. Good taste sir.
"Temporarily" sold out, but it is listed on Amazon. I want to get away from Corsair peripherals, and this keyboard may be the first step. I already use AURA sync for my motherboard and RAM. Why are the media keys and function keys swapped around? That seems weird. I'll take a look at their other keyboards as well.
You should use EK switch hitter software to show what you're pressing.