High quality touch screen monitors

[JMapleton]

With all the talk of Windows 7 have touch screen abilities, are there currently any monitors on the market with touch screen abilities that also have a high quality panel (no tn-panels)?

I really think 5 years from now this is going to be a big market with small pens cutting down the use of the mouse (although no eliminating it).

 

[mpilchfamily]

There are comersial options availible but are generally limited in size. There are also overlay kits you can get to ad touch screen abilities to monitors. Once again size is a limitation and they are hard to come by.

As for the perdiction that a pen will replace the mouse. Doubt it. Why use a pen when your finger will do just as well. For detailed clicking a mouse will still be used. Pens are used in CAD and other rendering work but in conjuntion with a tablet. These pens have to hold a bettery so you still have right and left click fuctions.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...TCH&Description=tablet

Tablet PCs are availible. Basicly laptops with touch screens.
http://www.newegg.com/store/Su...ry=407&Tpk=tablet%20PC

There hasn't been much of a market for touch screens on PC. Though HP does have a PC that is a touch screen. Baiscly its like a 22" wide screen laptop. Everything is built into the unit and it stands on its own. It comes with a KB. But due to the format of the PC you don't have much in the way of upgrade options. SO its an oversized tablet PC.
http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/touchsmart/

 

[aceO07]

I have a Thinkpad tablet. For the most part, I don't use the pen on my screen when it's in laptop mode. Just isn't worth the extra step of moving my hand away from the keyboard. The other reason is that it's tough to use a pen on an upright screen. Just imagine trying to write or draw on your wall.

I only use the pen when the laptop screen is folded down into 'tablet' mode. Much easier to use when it's like a notepad on your desk.

Maybe if there was a big UI change or great killer app that need touch screen capabilities OR they get as cheap as normal screens), otherwise I don't see touchscreens getting that popular. Right now, I could only imagine using a touchscreen to 'click' to close/open applications and select items. They do use touchscreens in retail/restaurant industries, but they're very simple interfaces.

Windows XP Tablet edition supported tablets/touchscreens. Then Vista integrated support for it. I'm using Vista on my tablet. I'm curious on how W7 improved over Vista, except maybe better handwritten recognition. Wonder if they have multi-touch, which is 'patented' by Apple.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

the new hp tx2 tablets support multi touch

 

[Zap]

Touchscreens might be good for kiosks, but I think I'll stick with a mouse. I think it is too tiring to hold your hand up for long periods of time. Anyone try using a mouse without lettign ANY part of their arm/wrist/heel-of-hand touch the desk?

Maybe I'm just lazy?

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Zap
Touchscreens might be good for kiosks, but I think I'll stick with a mouse. I think it is too tiring to hold your hand up for long periods of time. Anyone try using a mouse without lettign ANY part of their arm/wrist/heel-of-hand touch the desk?

Maybe I'm just lazy?

I agree, plus I have a decent size monitor a nice distance away from my computer. I'd actually be annoyed if I had to sit up and touch the screen instead of using a mouse.

Not to mention how necessary the mouse is in gaming.