Touch Screen Monitors?

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I just ordered a Dell ST2220T which is supposed to be a touch screen IPS display. It was about $50-100 more than the a non touch screen 22" IPS panel, but I'm hoping the touch screen feature is worth it. Anyone have any experience with touch screen monitors willing to share their experiences? Also on a different note what is Dell's policy on dead pixels and the like? I'm hoping the monitor that comes is good quality, but I've heard some horror stories about these cheap E-IPS panels in terms of quality control.

 

[Arkadrel]

touchscreen is all well and good, but... unless there is software that makes use of it, why even bother?

useing your finger as a mouse pointer? getting your screen greasy and messed up to look at? haveign to constantly clean it? paying 50-100$ for the same screen size/quality?

Plus normally I sit like abit over a arms length away from my pc (I perfer not to sit closer).... so Id have to change that to make use of one? No thanks.. i ll just keep my mouse and save 100$ on the screen

out of curiosity why did you want one?

 

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I develop mobile applications(i.e. ipad) so being able to test how touch would work on the monitor would save me time loading applications onto a device. I'm not sure if multi touch is enabled on the emulator though so I could have just spent the money for nothing. That and I'm hoping it's good enough to do photoshop and other moderate graphics work. Not sure how accurate it is with a stylus, but supposedly the colors aren't too bad from TFT central review.

I have an older tablet notebook which I use now, but the processor and gpu are beginning to show their age( single core 2 gigs of RAM) so hopefully this will let me use my desktop instead.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I've been using an ST2220T for about two months now, and its a mixed bag.

On the one hand, its a great monitor. Think 1080p version of the 20WMGX2. Its really that good. I have a preference for "glossy" displays so I especially like it. I'd say it might even almost be worth the price just as a display. From what I've seen its also good about input lag and ghosting (again, reminds me of the NEC).

However, the touchscreen is...well its not up to touchscreens in phones/tablets, let alone a real alternative to a digitizer. Its ok for simple touch, but its not precise or fast enough to do much serious digitizer style stuff. Its cool that you can use basically whatever as a stylus (which means you can get something that won't scratch up the screen, I've been using paint brushes for instance). I did some sketching in SumoPaint and its ok, but can be an annoyance (as there's an onscreen mouse that wants to pop up and can cause you to hit it when you're just trying to draw, and unlike with a cursor you can't disable that without disabling touch altogether). You can do some ok sketches, but if you're serious about doing anything like that, even an off brand (non Wacom) tablet would be a step up. Its not completely unusable, and it would probably be fine for testing apps for touch devices.

I've had mine listed in the FS/T forum as I planned on selling it and going dual monitors, however I haven't really been able to find a serious alternative to it just as a display. Ideally I'd get two 20WMGX2 (I already have one that I gave to my Mom, so I could get her a different display), if I could source one, but I can't. I'd consider going with a single 27" Apple but its just too much (and I'd have to also get a new video card for Displayport), so I'm kinda stuck at the moment.

 

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Thanks for your impressions. I'm feeling better about the purchase if the screen is really like the 20WMGX2 which is I believe should be a true 8 bit IPS. I guess the glossy screen is something else that distinguishes it from similar panels. What do you think of the stand? It looks interesting how it can lay almost flat though I'm not sure how practical/easy that is to do.