As we know, Turtle Beach loves to put a big ol' screen on its peripherals and this decadent Hall effect keyboard is probably the apotheosis of "big screen on otherwise screen-less thing" design. It's a big 4.3-inch color touchscreen affair that does little more than what can already be achieved on the monitor directly in front of you. But it can definitely do it quicker.
More on that screen later but yes, it does confer an added level of prestige to this slab, which is no slouch in the looks department. Weighing in at just under a kilo without a palm rest, it has a weapon-like and stylish aluminium veneer body and, it almost goes without saying, RGB that's customisable on a key-by-key basis. The gun metal grey veneer gives it a slightly gritty quality, but tastefully so: it's a hardcore keyboard, but it's not overtly a hardcore gaming keyboard unless, of course, you have the Counter-Strike touchscreen template blaring on that display.
The elephant in the room is that the Command Series KB7 has Hall effect switches. If you pay attention to modern gamepad design you're probably accustomed to assuming that Hall effect equals better. Where keyboards are concerned, the t...


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