Living Room Gaming With Corsair’s Lapdog, Hands On

[scolaner]

Corsair has tried--and mostly succeeded--to bring high-end peripherals into the living room to give us the lean-back PC gaming experience we've been pining for.

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[Jeff Fx]

Laser mice work fine on a couch cushion, and I've been using a PC from the couch for years without any problem, so this seems like a really niche product.

 

[jkhoward]

This is pretty awesome. I was stuck with a mouse that wouldn't work on a leather coach for sometime. Not because of the laser, but it had some type of plastic on the bottom that would create friction. I got a new mouse, issue resolved, but.. I could see myself using this if I still played on my TV/bed.

 

[Et2Brute]

What makes this better than the Razer Turret? It is wireless using any format you like, has a cradle to charge and keep out of the way, and, more importantly, comes with a KB and Mouse all for < $40 more than the Corsair board alone. Seems like it would be the perfect living room accessory for gaming. $120 for the Corsair board with no mouse and KB seems...like lunacy.

 

[scolaner]

What makes this better than the Razer Turret? It is wireless using any format you like, has a cradle to charge and keep out of the way, and, more importantly, comes with a KB and Mouse all for < $40 more than the Corsair board alone. Seems like it would be the perfect living room accessory for gaming. $120 for the Corsair board with no mouse and KB seems...like lunacy.

You're talking apples and oranges, friend.

Lapdog houses your existing high-end peripherals. it's wired. And big.

Turret is a chiclet keyboard and has a little mouse. Both are wireless. And petite.

 

[problematiq]

*Buy's plywood and cheep memory foam pillows*

 

[Colin_10]

I wonder why this wouldn't work with k60 keyboards? I have a Corsair k60 now and a cursory glance seems like they are the same. Can anyone enlighten me as to why my keyboard is not listed as compatible?

 

[sla70r]

Ridiculously overpriced imo.

 

[memadmax]

The 16 pin port is for a 16 pin floppy drive.
=P

 

[rantoc]

Ridiculously overpriced imo.

Saw the magic-overpricing label "Gaming" up in the product title and knew it was going to be overpriced before reading the actual price further down.

The Gaming label milking continues...

 

[lalorm]

When will someone consider people that use the mouse with their LEFT hand? Not everyone is right handed and it doesn't look like this can be configured for a left handed person!!!!!

 

[hoofhearted]

where is the holder for your alcoholic beverages?

 

[owcraftsman]

I've use a 16 x 24" board with a pillow wrapped with a sheet to hold it all together for my lapdog works noce for a laptop too and I for one am glad to see this for a nice upgrade. I just happen to have K70 too. I'd like to see a cell phone/tablet craddle incorporated and easily accessible storage under mouse pad but that's nit picky,
Now for the wild speculation regarding the 16 pin port. I think it will be a WiFi or better yet Bluetooth Module making this the perfect HTPC companion

 

[JoeMomma]

I have had my Lapdog for a year now. I made it out of a $10 sheet of plywood.

 

[scolaner]

When will someone consider people that use the mouse with their LEFT hand? Not everyone is right handed and it doesn't look like this can be configured for a left handed person!!!!!

I hear ya. Probably should have mentioned that in the piece. (We did mention that issue in earlier coverage.) Initially, I was thinking that they could make the design more modular--like have a smaller, removable section with the mousepad and a larger compartment for the keyboard that could slide to accommodate whichever side you want your mouse.

But now, I see that would be pretty hard with the current design. However, I think if Corsair goes back to the drawing board, they could figure that out. I'll be sure to press them on that for you at Computex.