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Title: outdoor Jukebox touch screen?
Post by: walls83 on May 01, 2014, 12:15:01 pm

I got a touchscreen all in one pc and Im trying to think out to make it outdoors.  I have pool and it will get wet.

Any Ideas?

Title: Re: outdoor Jukebox touch screen?
Post by: yotsuya on May 01, 2014, 12:22:28 pm

Quote from: walls83 on May 01, 2014, 12:15:01 pm

I got a touchscreen all in one pc and Im trying to think out to make it outdoors.  I have pool and it will get wet.

Any Ideas?

Yeah- don't be stepping in any standing puddles while selecting a song?  :scared

Title: Re: outdoor Jukebox touch screen?
Post by: Barry Barcrest on May 02, 2014, 09:39:33 am

The only safe way is to use a touch through glass screen like the zytronic ones. That way it can be in a water proof case.

Title: Re: outdoor Jukebox touch screen?
Post by: BlueGhost on May 02, 2014, 06:22:54 pm

You could use a ruggedized android or windows tablet.  It may limit the screen size to around 10 to 12 inches.

You could even use the tablet as a remote to run the front end and have the pc playing the music tucked away some place safe and dry. 

Another idea would be to look for a kiosk computer used for outdoors, like in an ATM.

Title: Re: outdoor Jukebox touch screen?
Post by: lilshawn on May 14, 2014, 05:49:39 pm

ELO has some touchscreen overlays that can operate through glass.

http://www.elotouch.com/technologies/projectedcapacitive/default.asp (http://www.elotouch.com/technologies/projectedcapacitive/default.asp)