The left side of the device features a 3.5mm auxiliary port to plug in headphones, and the front of the unit includes a USB-A port to easily connect a wired or wireless mouse. The keycaps themselves are custom-molded for the ergonomics of the TAC Mechanical Keypad, so you aren’t able to easily replace them if anything were to happen to any of them. These are thonky-sounding keys with smooth actuation and no feedback when pressed. Removing the individual keycaps reveals Kailh black linear switches underneath.
The entire keypad is backlit, too, making it easy to see in dimly lit rooms. The layout isn’t super intuitive, with the commonly used ‘Cross’ button placed in the upper right corner of the keypad, for example, but it works.
When combined with the Function button, you can enable these PlayStation buttons to easily navigate the main menu. On the rightmost side of the palm rest is an octagonally gated analog stick, a button that functions like the Spacebar on a keyboard, and another button that can be used to adjust the depth of the palm rest.Īlthough the keypad has a traditional (if abbreviated) keyboard layout, each key also features the PlayStation-specific icons of Cross, Circle, Triangle, Square, L1, R1, Options, Share, and more, in the upper left corner. To the right of the keys, you’ll find a PlayStation button, Enter button, and an LED that indicates the currently selected profile, of which you can store six per console. It includes the numerical 1-4 keys, QWER, ASDF, and ZXC, as well as Escape, Tab, Shift, CTRL, and a multipurpose Function key on the bottom row. The keyboard layout is effectively what you’d get if you cut off the leftmost side of a traditional keyboard. Additionally, there’s a PlayStation button that can be used to return to your home screen on console, or function as the Windows button on PC. The Hori TAC has a total of 22 remappable keys, as well as an analog stick on the side that can be used for navigation or mapped as eight additional functions.
The device itself is essentially a small portion of a traditional keyboard attached to a palm rest that can be paired with a mouse to give you a PC-like experience on a console. The Hori Tactical Assault Commander (TAC) Mechanical Keypad is an officially licensed PlayStation product, meaning it’s designed to work specifically with PS5/PS4 consoles, yet also works with Windows PCs. 10 Images Hori TAC Mechanical Keypad – Design and Features
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