RE: Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mmmm decisions, decisions!

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Maybe I'll just buy 5 of each ;)

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We find them more than adequately responsive.

You cant do Video streaming to them though as the are RDP connections.

I have an existing XP machine hacked to two simultaneous users which works
fine - its lets us use the main house PC for general everything, and at the
same time be running an 800x600 mainlobby screen on the AirPanel.

If you're ever in the Beds/Bucks area you are more than welcome to come by
for a coffee and a demo.



HTH



Dean.



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Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

How responsive do you find them, say compared to running ML on a PC? How
would you also rate them compared to the Samsung Q1 or other tablet/display
devices you've seen?

It's difficult to know what route to go without seeing them up close.

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Its the V110

Dean.

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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.

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

Dean

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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.
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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.

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> 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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