Hi. I'd like to know if backlit/illuminated keyboards eventually stop lighting up. I also want to know if the technology that are used in illuminated keyboards are different to backlit keyboards as I'm not sure if they are the same thing or they have been marketed differently. Thanks
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Do illuminated / backlit keyboards eventually die?
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WyomingKnott
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All things eventually die, grasshopper. It's just a question of how long you wait. The keyboard I am typing on has a Caps Lock indicator that does not light up, for example.
PsyKhiqZero
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Im pretty sure that keyboards nowadays are lit up with LEDs. Some are edge lit, others are lit by key. LEDs have very long life spans but as others have said, all things die.
Tom Tancredi
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Have had my keyboards for years, and years and years, the keys break / wear out BEFORE the backlit does. Backlit (meaning the lighting is BEHIND the keys to peer through the carved out letters) and Illuminated are the same thing
rhapdog
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Illuminated could mean side lit or back lit. Back lit is an illuminated keyboard that tells you the origin of the illumination. Easy as that. Heck, I suppose technically illuminated could mean there's a book reader shining a light down on it from above the key caps, but I've never seen that one.
Yes, as long as you get an LED illuminated/backlit keyboard, it will last a long time. Mechanics of the keys will probably fail before the lighting in many cases. I can't live without my backlit keyboard now.
Yes, as long as you get an LED illuminated/backlit keyboard, it will last a long time. Mechanics of the keys will probably fail before the lighting in many cases. I can't live without my backlit keyboard now.
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