Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

["Chris Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Screen quality is great - they are lovely 1024x768 fellows.

You can get them in free standing (look like creston) or wall mount.
They even sell them with winxp embedded but thats not my bag.

I have 2 wall mounted and 2 free standing. Depends on the location.

This is a free stander on ebay - 190003264969 - but mine all in
charcoal grey.

This one (8829514015) has xp embedded.

You just have to watch ebay they come up fairly frequently.

Chris
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--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@...> wrote:
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> Thanks Chris,
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> Sounds interesting. What's the quality of the screen like (which
ones/size/case type etc?)
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> Samsung Q1 is also very tempting.
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> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> > Christopher Purves
> > Sent: 03 July 2006 12:27
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] touchscreen device recommendations
please...
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> > Hi,
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> > I have 4 elo touchscreens onto my htpc pc. It has a quad matrox
card in
> > there all running mainlobby. You can run 4 separate ml clients on
the pc
> > or just clone the matrox and run one client. Plenty of mainlobby
users
> > have taken this route.
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> > Cost
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> > 4 * Elo Serail Touchscreen ~ =A3200 each from ebay (=A3500 new) -
some
come
> > with audio also - is you get the usb you will need a usb extender
rather
> > than serial (=A350 from maplin)
> > Matrox quad pci card ~ =A3100 ebay
> > Serial-2- rj45 * 8 ~ =A35 each cpc
> > VGA~rj45 baluns ~ 4 * =A380 per pair
> > PC - free!
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> > HTH
> > Chris
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> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > From: groups@...
> > > Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:19:37 +0100
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] touchscreen device recommendations
please...
> > >
> > > I'm getting close to finally having all of my HA systems
displayed and
> > controllable from one interface =96 MainLobby =96 and it's
working real=
ly
> > well.
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> > > I've been thinking of how to display/control this and where.
So far
> > there are three obvious places in my house: AV Room, Kitchen and
master
> > bedroom, each of which have slightly different needs. I'll also
be
> > displaying the interface in a number of other rooms on a TV
through my AV
> > distribution system and controlled by simple remote.
> > >
> > > The AV room is really the main area for this to be used and
the
> > `showcase' for visitors as well as day-to-day use. I will be able
to
> > display the interface on the plasma but thinking about it, the
use
of a
> > separate touch screen device sitting on the coffee table would be
the
> > ideal. This means that valuable and regular data can be shown
continuously
> > and the plasma/AV distribution doesn't need to be switched over,
> > interrupting a TV programme or film.
> > >
> > > So, I'm after thoughts/recommendations on a suitable display
with these
> > considerations in mind:
> > >
> > > *	It's GOT to look sexy/aesthetically pleasing/high tech
> > > *	Be able to sit upright on it's own or in a stand
> > > *	Touch screen control
> > > *	Not sure whether audio needed =96 possibly but only for HA
> > announcements (I have whole house audio with announcements
anyway)
> > > *	Got to be able to run 24/7 if needed (prob more likely to
turn off
> > when alarm state changes)
> > > *	Got to be able to go into sleep mode and resume very
quickly
> > > *	Can be a stand alone PC type device or a thin client
> > > *	Good quality screen
> > > *	Smallish =96 prob smaller than a traditional tablet PC
> > > *	Cost well below =A31,000 =96 pref around =A3500
> > >
> > > Sounds like it's maybe a UMPC or thin client =96 but cheap!
> > >
> > > Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
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> > > Paul.
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