Author Topic: Cheap touchscreens on eBay (not mine) (Read 42762 times)

mountain · « **on:** December 02, 2007, 09:57:41 am »

There is a guy selling ELO 15" Touchscreens for $80 Starting bid, $85 BIN, $18 shipping.

Several members here have purchased them now, including myself, and they work great.

Here is the link

http://

unclet · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2007, 11:14:58 am »

The seller has a lot of sales and has a 99.7 feedback as well.

I would agree this is probably a good deal if the monitors do not have screen burn in them and there are no hugh scratches on the glass.

shardian · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2007, 11:20:19 am »

Wow, noone bid on any of them.

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2007, 11:40:39 am »

The link doesn't show anything useful.

Barry Barcrest · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2007, 11:53:43 am »

That's not a bad price but he didn't have international shipping listed... Looking at his completed items he had them up for $105 Buy It Now. I use a 15" and it's a good size for a jukebox.

mountain · « **Reply #5 on:** December 03, 2007, 12:12:38 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 03, 2007, 11:40:39 am

The link doesn't show anything useful.

Here is a link to one of them Chad. The original link was the results page of a search I did with the auction title.

Quote from: shardian on December 03, 2007, 11:20:19 am

Wow, noone bid on any of them.

Yeah, I saw that. Not too sure why. These touch screens use SAW (surface acoustic wave) technology. They have 90% light transmission which is really good, only capacitive has better (that I know of) The SAW touch overlays on these are glass so they will never wear out. Resistive overlays have only 75% light transmission and are made of film that can wear out over time.

This particular model is 14.25” wide and fits perfectly between 16” on center studs. I am getting ready to flush mount one of these in the wall for a Jukebox/Digital picture frame.

The seller will probably re-list these so I would keep an eye out if anyone is in the market.

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2007, 12:20:05 pm »

I just put up a bunch of 16" on center studs... tempting. They're still open.

Barry Barcrest · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2007, 04:23:02 pm »

Chad i think you should contact the seller, he clearly has a few of these. If you ask him he can probably put up a listing with a buy it now for you.

BobA · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:34:51 am »

Couple of them back up with a 105 buy it now price.

AwesomeAlbert · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2007, 08:12:07 pm »

these will work with any computer? just plug in the monitor and usb to the computer? (with the drivers). what is the headphone connection for? it has speakers?

mountain · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2007, 08:45:05 pm »

Quote from: AwesomeAlbert on December 13, 2007, 08:12:07 pm

these will work with any computer? just plug in the monitor and usb to the computer? (with the drivers). what is the headphone connection for? it has speakers?

Yes, it is plug and play like most any other monitor. All I had to do is install the ELO driver for the touchscreen to function.

You are probably thinking of the blue connector next to the VGA and USB connectors. That is for an external on screen display controller (so the manual says). The one I got has a control panel for the OSD on the side.

Hope this helps.

vader · « **Reply #11 on:** December 15, 2007, 01:34:08 am »

don't rush to buy guys, I contacted the seller and he's got 700 of them. I'm ordering mine as soon as I get moved.

surf · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2007, 01:08:13 am »

I just received mine, nice condition, works great!

A few questions to anyone who has one...

This is going into a jukebox, screen will be mounted at about a 45 degree angle...

What is the best way to make (or buy) a bezel for this?

Thanks for any help...

Biscuit · « **Reply #13 on:** December 18, 2007, 08:44:43 am »

Shmokes posted about a custom frame place online that had good prices and good results.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74286.0

I'm going to place an order with them in the next few months.

www.americanframe.com

blah69 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 20, 2007, 12:35:42 pm »

Did anyone have any trouble with the touch screen they bought from this guy? I just got mine and the touch screen part works great, but I am seeing some red-type streaking off any icons or text that is on the screen. I am not sure if this is a refresh rate type problem or something actually wrong with the monitor itself. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

draginit · « **Reply #15 on:** December 20, 2007, 01:25:35 pm »

check the brightnes or contrast settings. i dont have this screen but my 19" was streaking something fierce when i first turned it on. mostly text and white areas but after adjustments all was well.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:03:58 am »

This guy has more up for sale right now.

tophatne1 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2008, 02:48:30 pm »

I just put in a bid for one. I'm going to use it for a project for my kids.

Does anyone have a quick link to the drivers for the touchscreen? I'll be using Windows 2000.

I've never been very good at finding the right drivers for anything in the past.

I'm much better at cabinet building than I am with the computer stuff!

mountain · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:51:03 pm »

Here you go.

tophatne1 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2008, 05:11:44 pm »

awesome. thanks!

browndog1978 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 18, 2008, 08:54:15 am »

I wonder if this guy will send a couple to Australia for me.

ChadTower · « **Reply #21 on:** February 18, 2008, 10:53:15 am »

Just won one. Makes a better juke interface than the CRTs I bought.

Barry Barcrest · « **Reply #22 on:** February 18, 2008, 11:15:45 am »

Just mailed him to see how much shipping will be to the uk and if he can do any discounts on multiple purchases.

mountain · « **Reply #23 on:** February 18, 2008, 11:27:09 am »

Look here for some good information on how to mount these screens (in wall). You need to be careful when mounting the trim bezel over the screen.

ChadTower · « **Reply #24 on:** February 18, 2008, 11:30:19 am »

I may not wall mount it, actually... I have an old family heirloom console stereo from the 60s that I want to gently convert into a touchscreen juke. I originally bought a CRT for it but reality set in when I realized how much modification I was going to have to do in order to mount it securely. I want to rebuild the original tube stereo and can't do that if I need a CRT in there.

gonzo90017 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:40:51 pm »

I just ordered mine. Thanks for the link mountain.

I think i'm going to go with urbecrisch's method for my frame since I have no tools. This seems to be the easiest method. I will be ordering a frame from http://americanframe.com/ as soon as I get the screen to measure it.

Steven633 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2008, 06:22:39 pm »

Quote from: Barry Barcrest on February 18, 2008, 11:15:45 am

Just mailed him to see how much shipping will be to the uk and if he can do any discounts on multiple purchases.

How much is P+P to UK Barry???

Barry Barcrest · « **Reply #27 on:** February 22, 2008, 07:59:32 am »

He never even replied to me so i assume he won't ship to the UK.

_Si_ · « **Reply #28 on:** February 23, 2008, 08:41:34 am »

Just for those of you in the UK, I bought one of these 15" touchscreens from ebay for 60pound delivered.

Works fine, it's serial not usb but I've got a convertor kicking around which works. Amusingly it actually came with half a kiosk attached (as shown in the picture), but just helped it survive parcelforce in one piece. Very happy with it.

ChadTower · « **Reply #29 on:** February 29, 2008, 12:28:23 pm »

Okay WTF.

The shipper requires a signature for receipt. Because no one is home at my house during the day I have to go pick the package up. The terminal is more than a half hour from my house, in a different ---smurfing--- state, and apparently only open during the regular workday.

Had I know that would happen I would never have ordered the damn thing.

EDIT: Bigger WTF. I just mapquested it... the terminal is more than halfway across a neighboring state.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 29, 2008, 05:45:45 pm »

I just left the tab signed so they could drop it off the next day. You're right Chad, that guy is an ass, making sure your package gets there and all.

Burke LaShell · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:11:08 pm »

I won my auction yesterday. I guess I got lucky. I won for $91, but two others went for $98 and $107.50.

ChadTower · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:22:08 pm »

Quote from: mccoy178 on February 29, 2008, 05:45:45 pm

I just left the tab signed so they could drop it off the next day. You're right Chad, that guy is an ass, making sure your package gets there and all.

They never left a signature tab. I was tracking it via the website. I don't think they ever even attempted delivery.

BTW, I never did get it. I'm going to have to try and get a refund from the seller. I'll eat shipping if I have to, that's not a big deal, but FedEx really effed this one up.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:55:11 pm »

Of all the things you are a master of, you'd think common sense would be in there somewhere.

ChadTower · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:59:30 pm »

It is common sense. I've had this problem with FedEx before - as have my neighbors. Whoever contracts out this route is not good. If I had known, or perhaps noticed, ahead of time that this guy uses FedEx I would not have tried to buy from him. It is not the seller's fault, nor have I said it was, this is all on FedEx.

mccoy178 · « **Reply #35 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:44:12 pm »

You sound like one of the very same people you complain about from free cycle. In this circumstance the guy is selling a million of them, but if it were a private seller, I'd tell you to take the road trip to Fed Ex. Why should he have to deal with issues on your end? Ever heard of karma?

The_Tyler_Black · « **Reply #36 on:** March 21, 2008, 02:05:16 am »

Quote from: mountain on December 03, 2007, 12:12:38 pm

The seller will probably re-list these

I sure hope so... i found out to late and my next project is a jukebox so this would be a great item for that!

The_Tyler_Black · « **Reply #37 on:** March 21, 2008, 02:21:46 am »

they are now 80 dollars!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!

padstack · « **Reply #38 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:03:21 am »

anyone else interested in a group buy on these? We can most likely get a lot of 10 for $725. That's about$15 each cheaper than the one piece price.

I'd probably be in for one or two.

Just curious.

JonnyBoy · « **Reply #39 on:** March 24, 2008, 10:14:57 pm »

I'd be interested in getting one in a group.


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