Re: Mini-ITX PC's a the future of HA

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

Neil J. Hubbard and Robert Green discussed the future of touchscreens;

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>>  I'll mount  touchcreen controllers on all my walls when the
>> price hits $50 per unit.
>
> Amen, brother! Over $1000 a wall is a little extreme, but on the other
hand,
> my PDA isn't quite cutting it.

I was sorely tempted to go that route because *most* of what you need in a
touchscreen package is already available in a PDA.  I'm also a big fan of
COTS solutions.  It's that last little bit of turning a PDA into a
functional touchscreen for HA that's dicey.  On the other hand, I think
folks like you who've adapted PDA's to the job have gained a lot of
important experience about what works, what doesn't and what needs tweaking.
You'll know better than most what specs are important in an inexpensive
touchscreen.

I bought a little 7" LCD display for $150 that I thought would fill the bill
as a passive display for system status, playlists, etc. but the wife thinks
they're too chintzy and too hard to read in all types of light and from all
angles.  She's right.  They're not touchscreens, either.   Still, it lets me
do a lot of things that I would have fired up a PC monitor or a TV to do,
and that save me a little money.  Might take 20 years to get a payback,
though! (-:

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Bobby G.