Newbie question on touch screens

[Negativecreep0]

Do all thin touchscreens im seeing on ebay have a nice hard glass surface? or are they soft like LCD laptop screens? Also in touchscreen jukebox software does a mouse pointer show or is it invisible to the user? Thanks for any help guys...

[Barry Barcrest]

Well it depends on what type of touchscreen you buy, LCD or CRT. Crt is hard glass like a TV or standard PC Monitor and LCD is like a laptop screen. The touchscreen part is just an overlay built onto an existing display technology.

As for the mouse pointer showing that depends on the software, i have the ability to turn it off in mine. If the option doesn't exist you can still remove the mouse pointer using the windows mouse pointer themes and a blank mouse pointer theme.

[clanggedin]

If you want a touch screen that is glass, then you want a "secure touch" monitor. If you buy a touchscreen that was used in a kiosk, then it will most likely have this type. There are some that are glass, but have a film over it. Then you have Carroll Touch, which is a glass screen, but is done with IR instead of touch. You can use gloves even with those.

You can find more info about the different types of screens at http://www.elotouch.com

[Negativecreep0]

this is cool, i want a screen in the range of 10 - 12 inches taht would be perfect not to big not to small, sadly only small one on eba that are affordable are the ELO monitors and smallest i see are 15". Dont want to spend over 250

[clanggedin]

3M makes Microtouch LCD monitors that are 10" - 12". There have been a couple on ebay recently.