Multi-touch cheap as chips...

[Gert van Santen]

Op 20-5-2010 21:06, Martin Naef schreef:
> You might remember that I've had a play with multi-touch on Windows 7 at
> work for a while. Today, the German discounter chain Aldi hat a
> multi-touch screen on offer for a lowly CHF 200.-, roughly €140. I
> couldn't resist the temptation, given that I wanted a secondary monitor
> anyway for a graphics project I'm working on.
>
> So, what did €140 by me: A 22", full HD (1920x180) panel with the usual
> inputs (DVI, HDMI, analog), speakers, multi-touch (the optical sort with
> two contact points). No other niceties, and the cheap TN panel of course.
>
> First impressions are pretty good. Viewing angle is better than I
> expected, colors seem perfectly allright (not sure I would trust it for
> proper color-corrections on my photographs though), touch works as
> expected out of the box without any driver installation required.
>
> Ok, it's a bit more than a bag of chips, but at this price point, I
> definitely see multi-touch becoming a standard even if its use is a bit
> limited on a desktop...
>

Personally I don't really see the point of having a vertical 
monitor with touch capability. It seems... awkward, and I think I 
would rather use mouse, keyboard, tablet, etc...
Now an iPad or a tablet computer - that's different IMHO.

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