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RE: Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...


  • Subject: RE: Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...
  • From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:08:42 +0100

What would you go for now if you were looking again?

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I do keep coming back to the Q1 - it's just such a gadget!

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Paul.=20

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of D=
ean Barrett
Sent: 03 July 2006 15:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

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Its the V110




Dean.



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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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a_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On Behalf Of
Paul Gale
Sent: 03 July 2006 14:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>=20
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

Looks good Dean :-)

Which model is yours?

The Geovision question relates to using the .JPG camera image in ML - it
shows but doesn't update.

Paul.=20

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From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
[mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com] On Behal=
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Of Dean Barrett
Sent: 03 July 2006 14:04
To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

I second the AirPanels.

As a fellow Mainlobbiest i have 2 of them 1 x 10" and 1 x 15"

There's a picture of the 10" one on my coffee table in the lighting
and
gadgets bit of my website - http://www.samares. <http://www.samares.net <ht=
tp://www.samares.net> > net
<http://www.samares.
<http://www.samares.net <http://www.samares.net>
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Have quite good SWMBO rating too - like do the Tesco's ordering a stuff
fro=
m
the Kitchen or Lounge etc.

Whats the Geovision question - you can see mine in the same section of the
website.

Dean

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Sent: 03 July 2006 13:16
To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>=20
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

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.
<http://cgi.ebay.
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D160002796535
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//cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D160002796535> >
co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D160002796535 <http://cgi.ebay.
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co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D160002796535> >
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@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com, "Paul
Gale" <groups@...> wrote:
>
> I'm getting close to finally having all of my HA systems displayed=20
and controllable from one interface - MainLobby - 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 - 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 - prob smaller than a traditional tablet PC
> * Cost well below =A31,000 - pref around =A3500
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> Sounds like it's maybe a UMPC or thin client - but cheap!
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> Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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