Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

["kw1816" <kw1816@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you can find one, Lots of us Mainlobbers (or should that be=20
Mainlobbiers) run Viewsonic Airpanels - basically an all in=20
one 'Smart display' with touchscreen, wireless LAN and thin client.=20
Works by connecting a remote desktop session to the host PC.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D160002796535

The only downsides are the limited number you can have connected=20
concurrently without using something like Thinsofts WinXP server and=20
the odd unexplained disconnect.

I'm also going to respond to your thread on the Cinemar forums about=20
using Geovision - don't have the answer though :0

Kevin W.



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@...> wrote:
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> I'm getting close to finally having all of my HA systems displayed=20
and controllable from one interface =96 MainLobby =96 and it's working=20
really well.
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> I've been thinking of how to display/control this and where. So=20
far there are three obvious places in my house: AV Room, Kitchen and=20
master bedroom, each of which have slightly different needs. I'll=20
also be displaying the interface in a number of other rooms on a TV=20
through my AV distribution system and controlled by simple remote.
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> The AV room is really the main area for this to be used and=20
the `showcase' for visitors as well as day-to-day use. I will be=20
able to display the interface on the plasma but thinking about it,=20
the use of a separate touch screen device sitting on the coffee=20
table would be the ideal. This means that valuable and regular data=20
can be shown continuously and the plasma/AV distribution doesn't=20
need to be switched over, interrupting a TV programme or film.
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> So, I'm after thoughts/recommendations on a suitable display with=20
these considerations in mind:
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> *	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=20
announcements (I have whole house audio with announcements anyway)
> *	Got to be able to run 24/7 if needed (prob more likely to=20
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
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> Sounds like it's maybe a UMPC or thin client =96 but cheap!
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> Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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