RE: touchscreen device recommendations please...

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Chris,

Sounds interesting. What's the quality of the screen like (which
ones/size/=
case type etc?)

Samsung Q1 is also very tempting.

Thanks,

Paul.

> -----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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> 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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> 4 * Elo Serail Touchscreen ~ =A3200 each from ebay (=A3500 new) - some
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> 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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> Chris
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> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > From: groups@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:19:37 +0100
> > Subject: [ukha_d] touchscreen device recommendations please...
> >
> > I=92m getting close to finally having all of my HA systems
displayed an=
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> controllable from one interface =96 MainLobby =96 and it=92s working
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> > I=92ve 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=92ll 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
> =91showcase=92 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
continuousl=
y
> and the plasma/AV distribution doesn=92t need to be switched over,
> interrupting a TV programme or film.
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> > So, I=92m after thoughts/recommendations on a suitable display
with the=
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> considerations in mind:
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> > *	It=92s GOT to look sexy/aesthetically pleasing/high tech
> > *	Be able to sit upright on it=92s 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=92s maybe a UMPC or thin client =96 but cheap!
> >
> > Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks,
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> > Paul.
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