Eagle eye mouse and keyboard converter review

I was able to play Pixel Junk Shooter, for instance, but all it made me want to do is plug in a controller and play the way it was meant to be played. If the game is designed for the PC and also ported to consoles I think the Eagle Eye is worth trying out, but in general genres made for consoles don't appear to work better with unintended peripherals.

The biggest issue I had with the Eagle Eye is the support. Luckily the unit I had was pre-installed with the latest firmware, because if it wasn't it would have been a hassle to get it up to speed. Installing the firmware isn't for a super novice PC user, and currently the firmware only works if you're using a bit OS which increasingly isn't the norm for any gaming conscious PC player.

Thankfully any new units have the firmware and some settings pre-installed, but I feel bad for any users who got one of the earlier units. Even with the latest firmware, you really need to visit the website in order to check out the advance calibration tutorials if you want to optimize your experience.

It's great that the manufacturer is going out of its way to make tutorial videos to help their customers get the most out it, but it seems to me that the Eagle Eye should come with all the information you need to get the best experience right out of the box. Closing Comments If you really want to play PS3 FPS games like you do on PC, you have the time to optimize your settings, view some tutorials, and you have a USB mouse and keyboard though they better not be wireless or use their own drivers, as they likely won't work , the Eagle Eye Converter is the best option out there.

Some titles like MAG worked well after doing some advanced calibration, but others like Black Ops just made me want to plug in a controller and play it as intended. Was this article informative? YES NO. In This Article. More Reviews by Anthony Gallegos. Poker Night at the Inventory 2 Review.

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Apple OSX users are out of luck. Also, unlike other — more self contained — peripherals of this type, the Eagle Eye requires you to have a spare keyboard and mouse to use it. It does not come with a keyboard and mouse. Special gaming keyboards that require their own drivers to carry out special features will not play well with the EEC. In my experience the unit works well with basic wired keyboards and mice, with no special features or buttons. The lack of supported keyboards and mice is a major flaw that I hope gets address in future updates to the product.

In the box are the essentials: the converter, instructions, and CD containing the firmware as well as software needed to program the Eagle Eye Converter.

The unit is a simple box with two USB ports for the keyboard and mouse, and a extremely long cord to connect to the PS3. On the top there is a switch for two key map configurations, and turbo switches for each button on the standard PS3 controller.

The key map switch is handy for flipping between configurations on the fly. For example, during Battlefield Bad Company 2 players can set one map for land based combat and the other for flying vehicles. It's a nice touch and adds another level of customization to the device.

To get the unit up and running, users will have to install Windows drivers, update the firmware and install the Eagle Edit key mapping software. This process is a lot more challenging than it should be. I found this out while visiting the product's support page after many failed attempts to update the firmware.

When plugged into a desktop computer, the Eagle Eye works best using the ports in the rear. I was able to finally install the drivers and update the firmware using the rear USB ports. However, when it came time to save my key configuration to the device